The Kabelske (German pronunciation: [kaˈbɛlskə]) is a river in the German states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a left tributary of the Reide, and flows through the counties of Nordsachsen and Saalekreis, as well as the eastern part of the borough of Halle (Saale) in southern Saxony-Anhalt.

Its source is a reservoir on the western edge of Leipzig-Halle Airport in the cadastral municipality of Schkeuditz in Nordsachsen. It then flows northwest, passes under the A 9 motorway and the Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway line near Gröbers.

Its waters flow almost entirely on the territory of the eponymous unitary municipality of Kabelsketal with its villages of Beuditz[de], Schwoitsch[de], Benndorf[de] and Naundorf[de], until it reaches the Halle city quarter of Kanena[de], where it empties into the Reide from the left. The Reide, in turn, discharges into the White Elster near Osendorf[de] after another 6.5 km (4.0 mi).

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Literature

  • Hans-Werner Sonntag; Manfred Döll; René Zimmer (1999), Reide und Kabelske. Eine Bachlandschaft im Fluß der Zeiten (in German), Halle (Saale): Unabhängiges Institut für Umweltfragen e.V., ISBN 3-00-005099-X