The Gösebek (also Göselbek, Göschbek oder Göschbeek – low German for "Goose Brook") is a river in Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It drains at the and flows into the Baltic Sea in Scharbeutz.
From the north, it flows southward through Süseler See and before flowing eastward toward the Baltic Sea. Since 1949, the waterway has been enclosed in a pipe between Taschensee and Großer Pönitzer See as it runs beneath . Originally two meteres in depth, the canal was built to supply water to and two other mills.
It originally emptied into Haffkrug Lagoon until the lagoon was drained using pumps. The Gösebek serves as a drainage channel for the meadows that sit below sea level and terminates at a pumping station that sits between Scharbeutz and Haffkrug.
History The name is derived from , a Buchwaldt family castle destroyed in the Feud of 1366 with the Lübeckers. The ruins stand on the Gösebek's banks, south of the Gronenberg copper works.
In 1855, it was noted to flow into the , along with the river.
See also List of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein
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