The Tarnitz is a tributary of the
Löcknitz
Löcknitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in north-eastern Germany, located in the historic region of Pomerania, west of the German-Polish border and west of Szczecin.
Cross-border contacts ...
in southwest
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...
and north
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a 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 area of 29,480 sq ...
in Germany.
The roughly river has its source in a small, wooded area on the municipal boundary between
Muchow and
Stolpe at an elevation of about above sea level. From here the Tarnitz flows initially for about a kilometre in a southwestern and then southern direction, running east of the villages of Muchow and
Zierzow. In the parish of
Prislich meadows and larger woods frame its river banks, otherwise it runs almost entirely through arable fields from which many ditches drain into the Tarnitz. On the state border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg it is joined from the west by the
Meynbach
Meynbach is a river of northeastern Germany. It flows from its source near Hühnerland in a generally western direction along the border between Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It flows into the Alte Elde near Krinitz. A branch of the ...
. From here on the Tarnitz in a southeasterly direction on Brandenburg territory, then forms a short section of the state border and discharges into the Löcknitz near Streesow. The river descends about {{convert, 16, m over its length.
The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Advisory State Programme (''Gutachtliche Landesprogramm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern'') from 2003 describes the Tarnitz, which has been straighted along almost all its length, as not very natural (''naturfern'').
Umweltministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: ''Gutachtliches Landesprogramm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern'', 2003
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See also
* List of rivers of Brandenburg
A list of rivers of Brandenburg, Germany:
A
* Alte Oder
* Alte Schlaube
B
* Bäke
* Berste
* Black Elster
* Briese
* Buckau
D
* Dahme
* Demnitz
* Döllnfließ
* Dömnitz
* Dorche
* Dosse
E
*Elbe
* Elde
F
* Finow
* Fredersdorfer Mühlenfließ ...
* List of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
A list of rivers of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany:
A
* Aubach
* Augraben, tributary of the Nebel
* Augraben, tributary of the Tollense
B
* Barthe
*Beke
* Bietnitz
* Boize
* Brebowbach
* Bresenitz
* Brüeler Bach
D
*Datze
* Delvenau
* Dollbek
...
References
Rivers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rivers of Brandenburg
Prignitz
Rivers of Germany