Tespe is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in

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 ...

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. Situated on the left bank of the river

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, it abuts on the district of Lüneburg at the south and the west. Tespe is 5 km southeast of

Geesthacht Geesthacht () is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, south-east of Hamburg on the right bank of the River Elbe. History A church was built in what is today ...

and about 30 kilometres southeast of

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. The municipalities Tespe,

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and Drage together form the ''Samtgemeinde''

Elbmarsch Elbmarsch (Northern Low Saxon: ''Elvmasch'') is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the southern (left) bank of the river Elbe, approx. 30 km southeast of Hamb ...

. On the opposite bank of the Elbe is the

Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant is a German nuclear power plant in Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, near Hamburg. It was taken into operation in 1983 and is owned 50% by Vattenfall via Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH and 50% by E.ON, and ope ...

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