Nuthe

The Nuthe is a river in

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

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, left tributary of the

Havel The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and long. However, the direct distance from its source to its mo ...

. Its total length is . The Nuthe originates in the Fläming region, near

Niedergörsdorf Niedergörsdorf is a municipality in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Niedergörsdorf.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; ...

. It flows north through

Jüterbog Jüterbog () is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin. History The Slavic settlement of ' ...

Luckenwalde Luckenwalde (; Upper and dsb, Łukowc) is the capital of the Teltow-Fläming district in the German state of Brandenburg. It is situated on the Nuthe river north of the Fläming Heath, at the eastern rim of the Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park, abou ...

Trebbin Trebbin (; Polish ''Trzebin''Thomas Kantzow "Pomerania", tom 1, Szczecin 2005, ) is a town in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Nuthe, 14 km north of Luckenwalde, and 36 km southwest of Be ...

and Saarmund. The Nuthe joins the

in central

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

. It has been said that crossing the Nuthe three times in a row is good luck. Rivers of Brandenburg Rivers of Germany {{Brandenburg-river-stub