The Jordanbach is a river of

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. It is a right-bank

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of the Böhme. The Jordanbach lies entirely within the borough of

Walsrode Walsrode (; nds, Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020. History Middle Ages 986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first ...

which is part of

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district in Lower Saxony. It is about long and has its

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in the bog

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, which it drains. It flows in a southerly direction through Altenboitzen and discharges southwest of the village into the Böhme. The Jordanbach gives its name to a railway line between

Bomlitz Bomlitz is a village and a former municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2020, it was merged into the town Walsrode. Geography Location Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area. ...

and Altenboitzen, that is nowadays only used for tourist purposes, such as the special trains of the Heath Express run by the Lüneburg Transport Society (''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verkehrsfreunde Lüneburg''). This section of the Verden – Walsrode line operated by the Verden-Walsrode Railway, which was formed in 1910, is also called the Jordan-Bomlitz Railway, because it runs from the valley of the Jordanbach to the

valley.

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