Kleine Steinau

Kleine Steinau is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a 9.1-kilometre-long (5.7 mi) tributary of the Sieber, north of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen.

Kleine Steinau
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Göttingen
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Between Schindelkopf and Spießerklippe on the Auf dem Acker
• coordinates	51°43′02″N 10°21′05″E
• elevation	690 m above sea level
Mouth
• location	Near Aschenhütte into the Sieber
• coordinates	51°40′26″N 10°18′06″E
• elevation	210 m above sea level
Length	9.1 km (5.7 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Sieber→ Oder→ Rhume→ Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Große Schweimke

The Kleine Steina rises at about 690 m (2,260 ft) between the Schindelkopf mountain and the Spießerklippe crags on the ridge of Auf dem Acker. It initially flows in a westerly direction, but later swings south before emptying into the River Sieber near the small settlement of Aschenhütte, not far from the mouth of the Große Steinau. In the upper reaches of the Kleine Steinau it is also called the Schindelgraben, although it is not clear from the maps at which point the name changes.