Salzau

Salzau
Location	Plön district, Schleswig-Holstein,  Germany
Reference no.	DE: 965529
Physical characteristics
Main source	Selenter See 54°19′22″N 10°23′32″E / 54.32265°N 10.39233°E / 54.32265; 10.39233
River mouth	Passader See 54°20′38″N 10°19′59″E / 54.34382°N 10.33300°E / 54.34382; 10.33300Coordinates: 54°20′38″N 10°19′59″E / 54.34382°N 10.33300°E / 54.34382; 10.33300
Length	8.5 km [1]
Basin features
Progression	Hagener Au→ Baltic Sea

The Salzau is a stream, roughly 8.5 kilometres long, in the district of Plön in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Course

Together with the Mühlenau it is one of the two tailstreams of the lake known as the Selenter See. At its outlet into the Salzau near Fargau the water level of the lake can be controlled.^[2] On its way to the Baltic Sea it flows into the Passader See. It leaves this as the Hagener Au, which after the last few metres discharges into the Baltic between Laboe and Stein.

Origin of the name

The Salzau gives its name to the village of Salzau in the municipality of Fargau-Pratjau, whose manor house, was called Salzau Castle (Schloss Salzau) locally and now houses the Salzau state cultural centre.

References

External links

• Kurd-Ulrich Günther: Hydrobiologische Studien an vier kleineren Fließgewässern in Schleswig-Holstein (Salzau, Hüttener Au, Kossau und Osterau) (pdf file: 2.1 MB)