The Hase is a long river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ems, but part of its flow goes to the Else, that is part of the Weser basin. Its source is in the Teutoburg Forest, south-east of Osnabrück, on the north slope of the high Hankenüll hill.

Weser-Ems watershed

After about , near

Gesmold Gesmold is a town and former municipality, now part of Melle, Germany, Melle, in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is placed between the Wiehengebirge and the Teutoburg Forest. It features Gesmold ...

and about west of Melle, the Hase encounters an anomaly of terrain and bifurcates such that each branch flows in a different drainage system: * one third of its waters flow along the south side of the Wiehengebirge hills eastward from Gesmold into the Else, which begins there, and flows into the Werre at Kirchlengern (north of Herford). The Werre is a tributary of the Weser. * two thirds of its waters (the ''Hase proper'') flow northwest from Gesmold toward Osnabrück, past the towns listed below, and toward Meppen, where the Ems receives its flow.

Towns

* Melle * Bissendorf * Osnabrück * Wallenhorst * Bramsche - to the south of this city the Hase crosses the Mittelland Canal *

Rieste Rieste is a municipality in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Mayor In November 2011 Sebastian Hüdepohl was elected the new mayor. He is the successor of Anton Harms, who was in office since 1996. Refe ...

* Alfhausen - here the Hase forms the Alfsee, an artificial lake acting as flood retention basin for the lower reaches *

Bersenbrück Bersenbrück (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bessenbrügge'') is a town in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 30 km north of Osnabrück. Bersenbrück is the seat of ...

Badbergen Badbergen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the River Hase The Hase is a long river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ems, but part of its flow goes to the Else, th ...

Quakenbrück Quakenbrück (Northern Low Saxon: ''Quokenbrügge'') is a town in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase. It is part of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") of Ar ...

- in the southeast the Hase divides into two branches: the Big Hase (passing the town in the northeast) and the Little Hase (which itself is divided into several branches within the town, one of which leaves the town northwards to the Big Hase) (Binnendelta) *

Menslage Menslage is a municipality in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Samtgemeinde Artland (the "collective community" of Artland). References

Osnabrück (district) {{Osnabrück-ge ...

- here the Hase is channeled into the Little Hase *

Löningen Löningen () is a town in the Cloppenburg (district), district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the river Hase, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg. History Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo. T ...

- here it flows into a somewhat northerly branch: the Big Hase *

Herzlake Herzlake is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and t ...

- here the two branches flow together again * Haselünne * Meppen

Hydroelectricity

Currently one Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is installed

Pictures

Hase_(Fluss)_unweit_des_Stichkanals_in_Hollage

References

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