Lachte

Lachte
The Lachte west of Lachendorf
Location Lower Saxony, Germany
Length 38 Kmdep1
Source Southwest of Sprakensehl
52°44′40″N 10°28′09″E / 52.7445667°N 10.4692139°E / 52.7445667; 10.4692139Coordinates: 52°44′40″N 10°28′09″E / 52.7445667°N 10.4692139°E / 52.7445667; 10.4692139
Source height 96 m
Mouth East of Celle, near Lachtehausen
52°37′17″N 10°06′11″E / 52.6213944°N 10.1031611°E / 52.6213944; 10.1031611
Mouth height 40 m
Descent 56 m
Basin Weser
Progression Aller Weser North Sea
Right tributaries Lutter, Aschau
Left tributaries Kainbach, Jafelbach
Villages Auermühle, Lüsche, Steinhorst, Wohlenrode, Hohnhorst, Jarnsen, Beedenbostel, Lachendorf, Lachtehausen

The Lachte is a roughly 38-kilometre (24 mi) long right-hand tributary of the River Aller in the Südheide Nature Park in the north German state of Lower Saxony.

Course

Ford across the Lachte at Steinhorst

The Lachte rises in the northern part of the district of Gifhorn southwest of Sprakensehl. It flows initially southwest, feeds a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) long row of fish ponds near the Auermühle Estate (Gut Auermühle) and is then joined from the left by the Kainbach stream and, beyond the town of Steinhorst (which has a water wheel in its coat of arms), the Jafelbach. In Steinhorst a stony ford crosses the river. Near Beedenbostel, Celle district, the Lutter and the Aschau join the Lachte from the right. Near Lachendorf the river swings west and discharges into the Aller near Lachtehausen, a village within Celle district.

In 1997 the "Upper Lachte, Kainbach, Jafelbach" Nature Reserve was opened with an area of 1,090 hectares (2,700 acres).[1] The Lachte and the Lutter with their tributaries, which both run through the eastern part of the Südheide Nature Park, form a river system with numerous branches that covers an area of about 2,450 hectares (6,100 acres) and was designated a nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet) in 2007.[2]

Although only following the western section of the river, the narrow gauge line from Celle to Wittingen was known as the Lachte Valley Railway.

References

  1. NSG Obere Lachte, Kainbach, Jafelbach
  2. Naturschutzgebiet Lutter
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