Luhe (Ilmenau)

Left: Brunau , Schwinde, Garlstorfer Aue
Right: Lopau

Luhe
	The River Luhe near Wohlenbüttel
State	Lower Saxony, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 5948
Physical characteristics
Main source	Bispingen; 80 m; 53°04′01″N 9°58′49″E / 53.066806°N 9.980139°ECoordinates: 53°04′01″N 9°58′49″E / 53.066806°N 9.980139°E
River mouth	Ilmenau near Stöckte; 7 m; 53°23′04″N 10°12′20″E / 53.384306°N 10.2054861°E
Length	56.1 km (34.9 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Ilmenau→ Elbe→ North Sea
Basin size	476 km2 (184 sq mi) [1]
Landmarks	Large towns: Winsen (Luhe); Villages: Bispingen, Soderstorf, Oldendorf (Luhe), Salzhausen;
Tributaries	Left:; Brunau, Schwinde, Garlstorfer Aue; Right:; Lopau;

The Luhe is a river that runs through the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany and discharges into the River Ilmenau. It is part of the Elbe river system.

The entire catchment area of the Luhe has been heavily populated since the New Stone Age as evinced by sites like the monuments at Soderstorf and the Oldendorfer Totenstatt grave sites. On the heights of the present-day town of Winsen (Luhe) a bridge over the Luhe was controlled by Winsen Castle from the 13th century.

References

1 2 Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)

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[DE-NI_UK-1] 1 2 Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)