Luhe | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Bavaria |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Upper Palatinate |
Subdivision Type4: | Reference no. |
Subdivision Name4: | DE: 1432 |
Length: | 31.6km (19.6miles) |
Source1 Location: | east of Waldthurn-Wampenhof |
Source1 Elevation: | ca. 630 m |
Mouth: | Naab |
Mouth Location: | near Luhe-Markt |
Mouth Elevation: | 378 m |
Basin Size: | 154km2 |
Custom Label: | References |
The Luhe is a roughly 26adj=midNaNadj=mid left headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatine Forest in Bavaria, southern Germany.
It rises near the hamlet of Wampenhof near Waldthurn, flows through Waldthurn, Roggenstein, Kaimling, past Michldorf and Leuchtenberg and through Lückenrieth and Luhe-Markt. There it discharges into the Naab.
Due to the river's very steep descent, many watermills and hammer forges have been built along its course. Its catchment area is used almost entirely for agricultural purposes with the result that the water of the Luhe is of good quality, enabling many species of fish, crustaceans and mussels to thrive there.
Its most important tributaries are the Trausenbach, the Lerau and the Gleitsbach.