The Große Kulmke is one of the two headstreams of the Kulmke

Kulmke

The Kulmke is a tributary of the Sieber near Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in the north Germany state of Lower Saxony. It begins at 392 m with the confluence of the Große and Kleine Kulmke. It then flows 2 km in a west-southwesterly direction before discharging into the Sieber....

 in central Germany. It rises near the natural monument

Natural Monument

A natural monument is a natural or natural/cultural feature of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance....

 of Mönchskappenklippe near the ridge of Auf dem Acker

Auf dem Acker

Auf dem Acker is a mountain ridge up to 865.1 metres high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony .- Geography :...

, north-northeast of Sieber

Sieber (Herzberg am Harz)

Sieber is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Osterode am Harz in South Lower Saxony .Sieber lies at a height of 340 m above sea level and has about 600 inhabitants . The settlement is spread out over a length of several kilometres in a narrow valley, running from...

 in the district of Landkreis Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. It then flows mainly in a southerly direction, separated from the Sieber

Sieber (river)

The Sieber is a 35 km long, right hand tributary of the Oder in the Harz mountains of Germany.It rises at 760 m on the Bruchberg massif and flows through Herzberg before discharging at Hattorf into the Oder which, in turn, flows into the Rhume...

 by the Königsberg. After 5 km it merges with the Kleine Kulmke

Kleine Kulmke

The Kleine Kulmke is one of the two headstreams of the Kulmke in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It rises at a height of 690 m near the Schmierplatz on the Auf dem Acker ridge north-northeast of Sieber in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony and flows initially southwards to its...

 at a height of 392 m to form the Kulmke. The valley of the Großen Kulmke part of the Sieber Valley (Siebertal) nature reserve.

External links

• Sieber Valley Nature Reserve at the website of the Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation
  Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation
  The Lower Saxon Department for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation or NLWKN is a department of the state of Lower Saxony, with its headquarters in Norden and is responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Protection....
  
  (NLWKN)