Lehrde | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Saxony |
Length: | 32km (20miles) |
Source1 Location: | east of |
Mouth Location: | south of |
Basin Landmarks: | Villages:,, Lehrden, Stemmen,, |
Basin Size: | 190km2 |
Tributaries Right: | Wehnser Bach, Bleckwedeler Graben |
Tributaries Left: | Fahlbeeke, Idsinger Bach, Hammwieder Graben, Vethbach, Otersener Entwässerungsgraben |
Custom Label: | References |
The Lehrde is a long, right tributary of the river Aller in Lower Saxony, Germany.
It rises east of, a borough of Visselhövede, in the Öttinger Ochsenmoor nature reserve. It then heads westward, crossing the district of Heidekreis, passing the villages of (part of Walsrode) and Lehrden. The Lehrde continues across the southern part of the district of Verden. Northeast of (part of Kirchlinteln) it is joined from the left by the Vethbach and discharges south of (part of Kirchlinteln) into the Aller.
The setting for the fairy tale of the Town Musicians of Bremen is along part of the river Lehrde.