Delvenau
Sign in to saveDelvenau (incorrectly known today as: Stecknitz) is a river in Herzogtum Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It begins in Büchen, flows to the Elbe–Lübeck Canal near its confluence with the Elbe in Lauenburg. The lower section between Bröthen and Lauenburg forms the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- District of Duchy of Lauenburg
- Image
- Delvenau witzeeze.jpg
- Length
- 50
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- Delvenau
- mouth of the watercourse
- Elbe–Lübeck Canal
- origin of the watercourse
- Büchen
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Delvenau (incorrectly known today as: Stecknitz) is a river in Herzogtum Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It begins in Büchen, flows to the Elbe–Lübeck Canal near its confluence with the Elbe in Lauenburg. The lower section between Bröthen and Lauenburg forms the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The name Delvenau originates from the Middle Low German word delf meaning trench.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Delvenau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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