Salzwedeler Dumme

Salzwedeler Dumme
State Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Physical characteristics
Main source near Neuekrug
ca. 75 m
52°46′26″N 10°48′31″E / 52.7739583°N 10.8086806°E / 52.7739583; 10.8086806Coordinates: 52°46′26″N 10°48′31″E / 52.7739583°N 10.8086806°E / 52.7739583; 10.8086806
River mouth in Salzwedel into the Jeetze
ca. 21 m
52°51′24″N 11°09′13″E / 52.8565972°N 11.15361°E / 52.8565972; 11.15361
Basin features
Progression Jeetzel→ Elbe→ North Sea

The Salzwedeler Dumme is a left, western tributary of the River Jeetzel (also: Jeetze) in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Name

The river name, Dumme, means something like Eichenbach or "oak stream", because Dumme goes back to the Old Slavic word, dabu, meaning "oak". It is thus unrelated to the German word "dumm", which means "dumb".

Course

The Salzwedeler Dumme runs a few kilometres south of the border with the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony in the Altmark region. It rises near Neuekrug-Höddelsen and passes inter alia the municipality of Dähre, before discharging into the northward-flowing Jeetzel at Salzwedel, hence the first part of the name.

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