| Rödelbachgraben | |
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The Rödelbachgraben just behind the Maliniusteich pond |
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| Data | |
| Location | Lower Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
| Reference no. | DE: 568418 |
| Source | Kiliansteich Dam |
| Mouth | in Straßberg into the Selke |
| Basin | Elbe |
| Progression | Selke (river) → Bode → Saale → Elbe → North Sea |
| Right tributaries | Stollgraben, Dorfgraben |
| Reservoirs passed | Maliniusteich |
| Navigable | nein |
The Rödelbachgraben, usually called the Rödelbach and also incorrectly referred to as the Rieschengraben, is a water channel that was dug for mining purposes and is the oldest fully functioning part of the Lower Harz Pond and Ditch System in the Harz Mountains of Germany. The ditch was first mentioned in the records as the Oberer Rödelbachgraben in the year 1610.
The Rödelbachgraben is fed by the Büschengraben that discharges into the Killiansteich pond. Below the Maliniusteich pond there exist in place long disused tributaries from collection ditches (Sammelgräben). In addition the Malinusteich has other small tributaries. Directly behind the Killiansteich the Stollengraben branches off to the right.