Lenne is river of
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
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. It is a long, right-hand, eastern
tributary
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of the river
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...
in the
district of Holzminden in the
Weser Uplands
The Weser Uplands (German: ''Weserbergland'', ) is a hill region in Germany, between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica, along the river Weser. The area reaches into three states, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Important ...
.
Course
The Lenne rises on the northern edge of the
Holzberg ridge. Its source is located at on the terrain of the parish of
Wangelnstedt, above the village of Linnenkamp in ''Wolpersgrund'' field.
The Lenne flows in a predominantly northwesterly direction through the villages of Linnenkamp and Wangelnstedt, where it passes the uplands of
Elfas (max. ) to the west. After the village of
Lenne
The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany. It has caused flooding in recent years.
Having its source on top of the ''Kahler Asten'' near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the Len ...
the Lenne runs northeast past the hills of the
Homburg Forest (max. ) and through the town of
Eschershausen (with its suburb of Scharfoldendorf), from where it passes between the two ridges of the
Ith
The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometres, is the longest line of crags in North Germany.
Geography
Location
The Ith is immediatel ...
(max. ; some distance off) to the north and
Vogler (max. ) to the south. As it does, the Lenne flows through Oelkassen and
Kirchbrak
Kirchbrak is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The municipality lies only a few kilometers east of Bodenwerder. Through Kirchbrak flows a small river called Lenne, a tributary of the Weser.
It consists ...
and passes the village of (a borough of
Bodenwerder), where it is joined by its largest tributary, the
Spüligbach.
The Lenne finally discharges into the Weser on the northern edge of the Vogler between the Eckberg (; with its Bismarck Tower) to the north and the Königszinne (; with its observation tower) to the south, immediately east of the town of Bodenwerder.
Mouth of the Lenne
The gorge at the mouth of the Lenne is known as the Brunswick Gate (german: Braunschweigische Pforte or lat, Porta Brunswiga). The
water gap
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created by the Lenne opens up a gate here from the former
Hanoverian town of Bodenwerder into the former
Duchy of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick ().
It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna ...
.
The sand washed into the Weser by the Lenne at one time formed a
ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
, so that a trade route crossed here very early on. As a result was founded as early as 960 on the opposite side of the mouth of the Lenne.
See also
*
List of rivers of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea.
A–Z
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
* Purrmühlenbach
R
S
T
* Tiefenbeek
* Trillkebach
* Trutenbeek
* Twiste
U
* Uffe
* Ulrich ...
References
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Rivers of Lower Saxony
Rivers of Germany