Lehrde

Lehrde
Location Lower Saxony, Germany
Length 22 Kmdep1
Source east of Kettenburg
52°57′16″N 9°35′46″E / 52.95444°N 9.59611°E / 52.95444; 9.59611Coordinates: 52°57′16″N 9°35′46″E / 52.95444°N 9.59611°E / 52.95444; 9.59611
Source height 66 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth south of Hohenaverbergen
52°51′55″N 9°18′02″E / 52.865222°N 9.3006°E / 52.865222; 9.3006
Mouth height 14 m above sea level (NN)
Descent 52 m
Basin Weser
Progression Aller Weser North Sea
Right tributaries Wehnser Bach, Bleckwedeler Graben,
Left tributaries Fahlbeeke, Idsinger Bach, Hammwieder Graben, Vethbach, Otersener Entwässerungsgraben
Villages Kettenburg, Stellichte, Lehrden, Stemmen, Wittlohe,

The Lehrde is a 22 km long, right tributary of the river Aller in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Course

It rises east of Kettenburg, a village in the borough of Visselhövede, in the Öttinger Ochsenmoor nature reserve. It then heads westward, crossing the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel, passing the villages of Stellichte and Lehrden. The Lehrde continues across the southern part of the district of Verden. Northeast of Wittlohe it is joined from the left by the Vethbach and discharges south of Hohenaverbergen into the Aller.

Culture

The setting for the fairy tale of the Town Musicians of Bremen is along part of the river Lehrde.

External links

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