The Linde (), known in ancient times as the Starger, is a river in

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. It is about long, and a right tributary of the

Tollense The Tollense (, from Slavic ''dolenica'' "lowland, (flat) valley") is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany, right tributary of the Peene. It has a total length of 95.8 km. The upper course begins near a small lake name ...

river. There is a considerable difference in altitude of over 117 meters between the source and the mouth.

River course

The Linde originates in the municipal area of the town of

Woldegk Woldegk () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 24 km southeast of Neubrandenburg. The former municipality of Petersdorf, Me ...

, on the north side of the Helpter Berg, a kilometer south-southeast of the village of

Helpt Helpt is a village and a former municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Since 25 May 2014, it is part of the town Woldegk Woldegk () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) ...

from the confluence of a small pond and a stream from the forest. From Helpt, the Linde flows westwards as a still small and partially piped body of water. At Pasenow it flows through the Great Lake and then the Small Lake. At Petersdorf, it falls below 80 m above sea level and from here on it is continuously visible above ground. In Lindetal its incised erosion valley begins, which reaches its greatest depth between Stargard Castle and

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (, Low German ''Niegenbramborg'', both lit. ''New Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg'') is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban c ...

. In Neubrandenburg, the Linde forms the outer moat of the medieval defences just behind the Swan Pond, between the Stargard Gate and the Treptow Gate. South of Rostocker Strasse it flows into the Oberbach, the right arm of the Tollense river. The Gätenbach, a canal south of Neubrandenburg's city centre, carries the majority of the Linde water into the

Tollensesee Tollensesee is a ''zungenbecken'' lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It belongs to the Mecklenburg Lake District. At an elevation of 14.8 m, its surface area is 17.4 km². Its maximum depth is about 46 m."Mehr als 45 Meter – Tollensese ...

at a flow rate of ,https://www-docs.b-tu.de/fg-gewaesserschutz/public/projekte/uba_2/02_meck_pom.pdf from which it then flows into the Tollense river, although probably for the most part through its left arm, the Ölmühlenbach.

History

In historical times, the Linde powered many important

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, filled parts of Neubrandenburg's medieval moat system, and flooded the broken areas in the south and west of the city in times of war. In earlier times, the Werbender Mühlenbach was also considered a tributary of the Linde. Today, however, it is considered to be part of the Nonnenbach. Its bifurcation near Blankensee is already shown in the Schmettauschen maps of the 18th century, with emphasis on the branch to the Wanzkaer See, whose outflow is the Nonnenbach.

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Rivers of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Rivers of Germany {{Mecklenburg-river-stub

River course

History

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