Lütsche is a river of

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, left tributary of the

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. Its source is near Oberhof, in the

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. It flows into the reservoir Lütschetalsperre, which is also fed by its right tributary ''Oberster Wiesengrund''. At the confluence with the left tributary ''Ensebach'', the former village ''Lütsche-Dorf'' was situated. It was abandoned and demolished in the 19th century. The Lütsche flows into the Wilde Gera in

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