Luhe (Ilmenau) Explained

Luhe
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Lower Saxony
Subdivision Type3:Reference no.
Subdivision Name3:DE: 5948
Length:56.1km (34.9miles)
Source1 Location:Bispingen
Source1 Elevation:80m (260feet)
Mouth Location:Ilmenau near
Mouth Elevation:7m (23feet)
Basin Size:476km2
Tributaries Right:Lopau
Tributaries Left:Brunau, Schwinde, Garlstorfer Aue
Custom Label:References

The Luhe is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It runs through the Lüneburg Heath, and discharges into the Ilmenau and thus 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. At the height of the present-day town of Winsen (Luhe), a bridge over the Luhe was controlled by from the 13th century onwards.

See also