The Aue is a river in northern

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

in the

district of Stade Stade is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. History The district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts. Geogra ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

. It has a length of about .

Course

The Aue rises in the vicinity of near

Ahlerstedt Ahlerstedt () is a municipality in the Stade (district), District of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. It belonged to the Archdiocese of Bremen, Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648, the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Breme ...

and flows through the towns and villages of: * Ahrensmoor-West, * Ahrenswohlde, * Bokel, * Klethen, * Oersdorf, * Kakerbeck, * Bargstedt/Klein Hollenbeck, *

Harsefeld Harsefeld (in High German, in Low Saxon: Harsfeld; literally ''horse field'') is a municipality situated south-west of Hamburg (Germany). Harsefeld has a population of c. 12,500 and belongs to the district of Stade, Lower Saxony. Harsefeld is a ...

, * Issendorf and * Bliedersdorf to

Horneburg Horneburg is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany) in the district of Stade in Lower Saxony. Horneburg is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Horneburg. History Horneburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopri ...

, where it changes its name and from there on flows as the Lühe for a further to the

River Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) 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 Republic), then Ge ...

Flood

In August 2002 a flood, caused by a long period of heavy rain in the catchment area of the river, broke through the dykes at

and caused considerable damage there. Horneburg responded to the threat of further flooding by building a stronger quay wall within the village and renovating the dykes.

Gallery

File:Aue-in-Ahrensmoor.jpg, The Aue in Ahrensmoor File:Aue-bei-Ahrenswohlde01.jpg, The Aue near Ahrenswohlde File:Aue-in-Oersdorf.jpg, The Aue in Oersdorf File:AuebrückeKlethen.jpg, The Aue in Klethen File:Landkreis Stade-Ahlerstedt-Kakerbeck-Auebrücke.jpg, The Aue in Kakerbeck File:Aue-Qulle-bei-Ahrensmoor-Nord.jpg, Source of the Aue near Ahrensmoor-Nord File:Harsefeld Aue Juni-2017 DSC 0290.JPG, The Aue near Harsefeld (June 2017)

Course

Flood

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See also