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Ichte, in its upper course also called Steinaer Bach, is a river of
Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...
and
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 ...
,
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 ...
. The Ichte springs east of the
Oder Dam The Oder Dam () is a dam in the Harz mountains of Germany. It lies above Bad Lauterberg im Harz, Bad Lauterberg in the district of Landkreis Göttingen, Göttingen in Lower Saxony and impounds the river Oder (Harz), Oder. The dam went into service ...
as Steinaer Bach in Lower Saxony. After the confluence of the Hellegrundbach, the river is called Ichte. The Ichte then crosses the boundary between Lower Saxony and Thuringia. It finally discharges northeast of , a district of
Werther ''Werther'' is an opera (''drame lyrique'') in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym Henri Grémont). It is loosely based on Goethe's epistolary novel ''The S ...
, from the left into the
Helme Helme may refer to: * G.W. Helme Snuff Mill Historic District, historic district in Helmetta, New Jersey * Helme (river), a river in central Germany * Helme Parish, a rural municipality in Valga County, Estonia * Helme, Estonia, a small borough ( ...
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See also

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List of rivers of Thuringia A list of rivers of Thuringia, Germany: A *Alster * Apfelstädt * Ascherbach * Auma B * Biber * Bibra * Blambach * Bode * Breitenbach * Breitstrom D * Dammbach * Deube * Dober * Dürrbach E * Effelder * Eichbach * Ellenbach * Eller * Els ...
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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 (Oste), Twiste U *Uffe ...


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Rivers of Thuringia Rivers of Lower Saxony Rivers of Germany {{LowerSaxony-river-stub