Ihme | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Saxony |
Subdivision Type3: | Location |
Subdivision Name3: | Hanover Region |
Length: | 26.2km (16.3miles) |
Source1 Location: | near Wennigsen |
Mouth Location: | In Hanover into the Leine |
Basin Population: | 500.000 |
Basin Size: | 111km2 |
Tributaries Right: | Seniebach |
Tributaries Left: | Hirtenbach, Schneller Graben |
Custom Label: | Navigable |
Custom Data: | Schneller Graben to Leine |
Extra: | The confluence of the Ihme with the Leine (Leine from the right) Ihme in a flood ditch in Hanover, taking floodwater to the Leine. Right: flooded cycle path |
Ihme (in its upper course: Wennigser Mühlbach) is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Leine.
The Ihme is 26km (16miles) long. Its source is in the village, a district of Wennigsen. After about 6km (04miles), the Ihme reaches the city of Hanover, where it flows into the Leine. In order to protect the city center of Hanover from flooding, much of the water of the Leine is rerouted by a ditch into the Ihme. A bridge over the Ihme is named in memory of Benno Ohnesorg.
The Ihme gives its name to the village Ihme, that forms together with Roloven the district of Ronnenberg.