{{Short description|River in Germany}} {{Unreferenced|date=April 2014}} {{infobox river<!-- de:Template:Infobox Fluss --> | name = Wormke | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Saxony-Anhalt | subdivision_type3 = Location | subdivision_name3 = Harz Mountains | length = ca. {{convert|6.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width_avg = | depth_avg = | source1_location = above the Jakobsbruch | source1_coordinates = {{Coord|51.77917|10.662111|type:river_region:DE-ST|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | source1_elevation = ca. 848 m | mouth_location = into the flood protection basin in the Kalte Bode | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|51.741917|10.726889|type:river_region:DE-ST|format=dms|display=inline}} | mouth_elevation = ca. 463 m | basin_population = | basin_landmarks = | progression = Kalte Bode→ {{RBode}} | basin_size = ca. {{convert|6.7|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | tributaries_right = | tributaries_left = | waterbodies = | ports = | bridges = | custom_label = References | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Wormke''' is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the Harz Mountains. It is a left tributary of the Kalte Bode, about {{convert|6.7|km|mi}} long.
== Course == The Wormke rises north of Schierke above the ''Jakobsbruch'' at about {{convert|848|m|ft}} above sea level in the Harz National Park and flows initially eastwards. After turning towards the southeast, it crosses the ''Glashüttenweg'' footpath on the Harzer Hexenstieg trail, where a weir diverts almost all its water into the Wormsgraben ditch. Next the Wormke is crossed by the tracks of the Brocken Railway, the Hagenstraße (L 100) road, on an embankment, and the tracks of the Harz Railway. Near {{ill|Mandelholz|de}} (a part of Elend) the river finally discharges into the Kalte Bode, just above the Mandelholz Dam.
In its lower reaches was once a pond, the {{ill|Mandelhölzer Teich|de}} (Wormke Reservoir), until the dam broke on 22 July 1855.
== See also == *List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt
== External links ==
* [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3827108 OpenStreetMap]
Category:Rivers of the Harz Category:Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt Category:Rivers of Germany