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The Ecker is a 28-kilometre (17 mi), right-hand, southeast tributary of the Oker which runs mainly through the Harz mountains in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony .

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5-610: From its source to Abbenrode the Ecker is a border river, today running between the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. Prior to German reunification this was also the border between the German Democratic Republic in the east and Federal Republic of Germany to the west. The Ecker rises around 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of the Brocken at 890 m above  sea level (NN) at

10-600: Is part of the Harz National Park . Only the site of the paper factory, located there since the 19th century, was excluded. Next, the Ecker runs via Stapelburg to Abbenrode (a Nordharz district) before emptying later into the Oker, a tributary of the Aller , just north of Wiedelah  [ de ] (a Vienenburg district) on the A 395 motorway at about 120 m above NN . Before Wiedelah some of

15-502: The Ecker creek and the border with the state of Lower Saxony . The Abbenrode manor, possibly named after a first settler called Abbo , arose in the medieval Duchy of Saxony and was first mentioned as Abbenrot in an 1129 deed issued by King Lothair III of Germany . About 1145 Bishop Rudolf of Halberstadt established a monastery of Benedictine nuns here. His foundation received the confirmation by Pope Eugene III in 1148. The abbey

20-692: The Eckersprung . Until the border was reopened it was the end of the Goethe Way ( Goetheweg ) from Torfhaus . Today there is a large picnic area with toilets at the Eckersprung . Along a steep, rocky bed, the Ecker initially flows to the Ecker Dam , then through the deeply incised Ecker valley towards the north-northeast, where it passes the Ahlsburg , and then leaves the Harz. The upper Ecker valley

25-582: The water is diverted as the Ecker Ditch ( Eckergraben ) and only feeds back into the Oker 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Schladen . Abbenrode Abbenrode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz , in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality of Nordharz . The village is situated north of the Harz mountain range, near

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