Lenne () is river of
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 ...
. It is a long, right-hand, eastern
tributary
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of the river
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...
in the
district of Holzminden in the
Weser Uplands.
Course
The Lenne rises on the northern edge of the
Holzberg ridge. Its source is located at on the terrain of the parish of
Wangelnstedt, above the village of Linnenkamp in ''Wolpersgrund'' field.
The Lenne flows in a predominantly northwesterly direction through the villages of Linnenkamp and Wangelnstedt, where it passes the uplands of
Elfas (max. ) to the west. After the village of
Lenne
The Lenne () is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western 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 a ...
the Lenne runs northeast past the hills of the
Homburg Forest (max. ) and through the town of
Eschershausen (with its suburb of Scharfoldendorf), from where it passes between the two ridges of the
Ith
The Ith () is a ridge in Germany's Central Uplands which is up to 439 m high. It lies about 40 km southwest of Hanover and, at 22 kilometers, is the longest line of crags in North Germany.
Geography
Location
The Ith is i ...
(max. ; some distance off) to the north and
Vogler (max. ) to the south. As it does, the Lenne flows through Oelkassen and
Kirchbrak
Kirchbrak is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The municipality lies only a few kilometers east of Bodenwerder. Through Kirchbrak flows a small river called Lenne, a tributary of the Weser.
It consists ...
and passes the village of (a borough of
Bodenwerder
The ''Münchhausenstadt'' Bodenwerder is a municipality in Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the river Weser and is best known as the birthplace and residence of Baron von Münchhausen.
Geography
Bodenwerder is located in ...
), where it is joined by its largest tributary, the
Spüligbach.
The Lenne finally discharges into the Weser on the northern edge of the Vogler between the Eckberg (; with its Bismarck Tower) to the north and the Königszinne (; with its observation tower) to the south, immediately east of the town of Bodenwerder.
Mouth of the Lenne
The gorge at the mouth of the Lenne is known as the Brunswick Gate ( or ). The
water gap
A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a pract ...
created by the Lenne opens up a gate here from the former
Hanoverian town of Bodenwerder into the former
Duchy of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick () was a historical German state that ceased to exist in 1918. Its capital city, capital was the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ...
.
The sand washed into the Weser by the Lenne at one time formed a
ford, so that a trade route crossed here very early on. As a result was founded as early as 960 on the opposite side of the mouth of the Lenne.
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 (Oste), Twiste
U
*Uffe ...
References
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Rivers of Lower Saxony
Rivers of Germany