Panke

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Panke
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Canalised Panke River in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
Location
CountryGermany
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Bernau bei Berlin
  elevation36 m (118 ft)
Mouth  
  location
Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal (North Panke)
  coordinates
52°32′13″N13°22′3″E / 52.53694°N 13.36750°E / 52.53694; 13.36750 Coordinates: 52°32′13″N13°22′3″E / 52.53694°N 13.36750°E / 52.53694; 13.36750
  elevation
33 m (108 ft)
Length29 km (18 mi)
Basin size252 km2 (97 sq mi)
Discharge 
  average0.53 m3/s (19 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression SpreeHavelElbeNorth Sea
Tributaries 
  leftSchmöckpfuhlgraben

The Panke is a small river in Brandenburg and Berlin, a right tributary of the Spree, originating from the Barnim plateau. It has a length of 29 km, of which 20,2 are within the area of Berlin. Consequently, the Panke is the third longest river in the city after the Spree and the Havel. Several areas in Berlin and Brandenburg are named after the Panke, including Pankow and Panketal.

Course

It is 29 km (18 mi) in length with its source in the northeast of Bernau bei Berlin. The headwaters were overbuilt with the construction of the railway from Berlin to Stettin in 1842, today the Panke waters leak beneath the railroad embankment. The river flows southwestwards parallel to the railway line through the Bernau town centre and reaches the municipal border with Panketal, underpassing the Bundesautobahn 11.

South of Panketal, the river crosses the border of Brandenburg with Berlin, where it traverses the Pankow borough from north to south, running through the locality of Buch, where it underpasses the Bundesautobahn 10 (Berliner Ring) and forms the border with the Berlin locality of Karow and the western border of Karow and Blankenburg with Französisch Buchholz. Joined by the Schmöckpfuhlgraben ditch the Panke runs between the Pankow and Niederschönhausen localities through the gardens of Schönhausen Palace and passes Majakowskiring.

The final stretches of the lower Panke run through Berlin's inner city districts of Gesundbrunnen and Wedding, where it is canalised and partly underground. Pedestrian walkways run alongside the river -or near it- for lengthy stretches. Nowadays it has two mouths, a northern one into the Nordhafen port of the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal, and another, considerably smaller one directly into the Spree River in Mitte close to the Berliner Ensemble theater. The Mitte section behind the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) headquarters (the former site of the Stadion der Weltjugend ) is currently renaturated as an urban park component.

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