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.