Krumme Lutter is a river of
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 ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
.
The Krumme Lutter is one of the two headstreams of the
Lutter in the southern
Harz
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German w ...
, north of
Bad Lauterberg
Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz.
Bad Lauterberg is known ''inter alia ...
in the
district of Göttingen. It rises below 620 m on the
Aschentalshalbe
The Aschentalshalbe is a ridge in the Harz Mountains of Germany that is up to . It lies south of the village of Sieber in the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony.
Name
The Aschentalshalbe was ...
and flows towards the south past the former pits ''Wolkenhügel'' and ''Hoher Trost'', before it unites with the
Grade Lutter
The Grade Lutter is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.
It is one of the two headstreams of the River Lutter in the South Harz. It rises at over 660 metres on the Aschentalshalbe. It then flows mainly in a southerly direction in order to merge wit ...
in ''Kupferhütte'' to become the Lutter.
[Topographical map, 1:25,000 series, no. 4328, Bad Lauterberg im Harz.]
See also
*
List of rivers of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea.
A–Z
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
* Purrmühlenbach
R
S
T
* Tiefenbeek
* Trillkebach
* Trutenbeek
* Twiste
U
* Uffe
* Ulrich ...
References
Rivers of Lower Saxony
Rivers of the Harz
Rivers of Germany
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