The river Bille () is a small, slow-flowing German river in Stormarn,

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

and

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

, a right tributary of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Re ...

. Its source is near Linau, north of the heathland

Hahnheide The Hahnheide () is a wooded moraine landscape in the east of the municipality Trittau ( Stormarn County) in Schleswig-Holstein, in Germany. The name ''Hahnheide'' means derived in today's language '' High Heath''. In the Middle Ages the Hahn ...

forest. It then flows south of

Trittau Trittau (; West Low German: ''Trittow'') is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, located 30 km east of Hamburg. It is the economical and administrative center of Amt Trittau, which is part of the Stormarn district. Other villages ...

, representing the border between Stormarn and Lauenburg, continues south of

Reinbek Reinbek (; probably from "Rainbek" = brook at the field margin; Northern Low Saxon: ''Reinbeek'') is a town located in Stormarn district in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein within the metropolitan region of Hamburg. It is accesse ...

and reaches the river

near Billwerder. A lot of old estates and tasteful parks are laid out along its riverbank. Its total length is 65 km. The Bille is one of three rivers which flow through the city of

, the other two being the

and the

Alster The Alster () is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central ...

Tributaries

The upper Bille drains a wide catchment area with many brooks and small stretches of water. Main tributaries are the ''Corbek'' feeding the Bille near Witzhave and the ''Schwarze Au'' at Aumühle, having drained wide parts of the large Sachsenwald forest.

Landmarks

* ''Grander Mühle'', an ancient watermill at Kuddewörde, dating back to 1303 * ''Schloss

'', a castle from 1572 * ''Schloss

Bergedorf Bergedorf () is the largest of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, named after Bergedorf quarter within this borough. In 2020 the population of the borough was 130,994. History The city of Bergedorf received town privileges in 1275, then ...

'', a castle showing wooden raftwork and

Brick Gothic Brick Gothic (german: Backsteingotik, pl, Gotyk ceglany, nl, Baksteengotiek) is a specific style of Gothic architecture common in Northeast and Central Europe especially in the regions in and around the Baltic Sea, which do not have resourc ...

External links

Much information on Bille from the ''Hamburg Department of the Environment''
(German) {{Authority control Rivers of Hamburg Rivers of Schleswig-Holstein Rivers of Germany

Tributaries

Landmarks

See also

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