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Siede () is a 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 left-hand (northern)
tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Große Aue The Große Aue (in its upper reaches known as the ''Aue'' and then also the ''Neuer Mühlenbach'' or ''Mühlbach'') is an , southwestern, left tributary of the River Weser in northern North Rhine-Westphalia and central Lower Saxony in Germany. ...
, about long. It runs mainly through the southern part of the district of Diepholz and belongs to the
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 ...
river system.


Course

The Siede emerges near Reihausen in the village of Engeln in the parish of
Bruchhausen-Vilsen Bruchhausen-Vilsen is a municipality in the Diepholz district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Bremen. The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Rietha ...
. From its source, it flows in a southerly direction through the ''Samtgemeinde'' Siedenburg and its main municipality Siedenburg, to which it has given its name. It then leaves Diepholz district and discharges into the Große Aue in the district of Nienburg. The tributaries of the Siede are the Kuhlenkamper Beeke (= upper and middle reaches of the , the and the Eschbach.


See also

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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 ...


References

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