Aschau (Lachte)
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| Aschau (Bach) | |
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.JPG) The Aschau just after leaving the Aschau Ponds | |
  Location of mouth in Lower Saxony | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | northeast of Eschede, in the Loher Ponds |
| • coordinates | 52°46′09.85″N 10°16′14.17″E / 52.7694028°N 10.2706028°E |
| • elevation | 75 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | south of Beedenbostel into the Lachte |
• coordinates | 52°38′01.65″N 10°15′42.00″E / 52.6337917°N 10.2616667°E |
• elevation | 48 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 25.0 km (15.5 mi) [1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lachte→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea |
| Landmarks | Villages: Eschede, Habighorst, Höfer, Beedenbostel |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Dalle-Bach, Postmoorgraben |
| • right | Quarmbach |
The Aschau (German pronunciation: [ˈaʃaʊ]) is a stream in the Südheide Nature Park in Lower Saxony, Germany, It is a tributary of the Lachte, which in turn discharges into the Aller.
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The Aschau originates in Loher Ponds (Loher Teiche), artificially-created in the 1890s. These ponds are fed by a headstream, the Drellebach. In 1903 more ponds were added to the south and designated as the Aschau Ponds (Aschau Teiche). The entire area today consists of about 50 artificial ponds where trout, carp, tench, pike, ide, signal crayfish and noble crayfish are extensively farmed. The area is also a habitat for gudgeon, roach, stickleback, bitterling and swan mussels.
The ponds have been part of a wetland nature reserve since 1982. In 1987 they were also designated as a bird reserve. Since 2003 the area has been an EU bird reserve and since 2005 it has been part of the EU's nature conservation project, Natura 2000, as Special Protection Area 86, the Lachte-Lutter-Aschau Nature Reserve.[2]
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