Schilde is a river of

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. It is a left tributary of the

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. The Schaale flows into the Sude which is a tributary to the

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River course

The source area of the Schilde is located in the nature reserve Neuendorfer Moor, which belongs to the district Neuendorf of the municipality

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, about west of Schwerin. It first turns in a southerly direction and, after about , flows through Woezer See in the municipality of

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. From here, the Schilde flow towards the south-west. In Camin (district of

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), the

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, the only notable tributary flows into the Schilde. The river flows then into the Schaale near Bennin, a district of

. The height difference from the source to the mouth is about – from to {{convert, 15, m above sea level. At the Schilde, the communities

, Lützow,

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of district Nordwestmecklenburg and

and

of district

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are situated.

Watershed

The source area of the Schilde lies on the

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watershed: while the Schilde flows over the

into the North Sea, the area north of the springs drains over the Stepenitz and the Trave into the Baltic Sea.