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15-Jun-2013 -- This report describes the second out of three confluence visits that I made during a week-end in Magdeburg.

From the previous confluence point, 52°N 12°E, my navigator told me that the drive will take 2 hrs 20 mins to this one 110 km further north. But the river Elbe had historic flood water and several dikes had been broken. A huge area of land had been flooded including several villages.

My plan was to follow the road B107 along the Elbe, but when I reached the village of Jerichow, I realized that this was the end of road. All the areas north of Jerichow were under water. The inhabitants of Jerichow were lucky that the dam broke a little further north and a ring made of sand-bags resisted the water, saving the village. I had to turn back to Genthin and make a huge circle via Rathenow, Kyritz (because even Sandau and Havelberg were isolated).

At 2:30 PM, after a 5:30 hours drive(!), I reached Grube, where the confluence point is located just north of the village entrance. According to my measurement, the exact location is 1 m east of the road. There is a mown meadow on the eastern side of the road and a forest to the west. The place-name sign of Grube is just 50 m further south.

CP Visit Details:

• Distance to an asphalt road: 1 m
• Distance to a track: 1 m
• Distance of car parking: 35 m
• Time to reach CP from parking: 15 seconds
• Time at CP: 2:30 PM
• Measured height: 34 m
• Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
• Position accuracy: 15 m
• Topography: flat
• Vegetation: short grass on the meadow (mown), deciduous forest to the west.
• Weather: fine, 26° C (felt temperature)
• Given Name: The Historic Floodwater Confluence

The story continues at 52°N 11°E.