Leine
Sign in to saveThe Leine (; Old Saxon Lagina) is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. thumb|200px|left|Leine near Nordstemmen The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, the river enters Lower Saxony and runs northwards.
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- Leine
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- 280px
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- Course of the Leine
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- Ruthe-Leine-Winter.jpg
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- The Leine near Sarstedt-Ruthe
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- yes
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- 6
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- Country
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- Germany
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- States
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- Thuringia and Lower Saxony
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- Reference no.
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- DE: 488
- River.source1_location
- In Leinefelde in the Eichsfeld
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- Near Schwarmstedt into the Aller at km 52.26
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- at Göttingen gauge
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- Greene
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The Leine (; Old Saxon Lagina) is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. thumb|200px|left|Leine near Nordstemmen The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, the river enters Lower Saxony and runs northwards.
Important towns along its course, from upstream to downstream, are Göttingen, Einbeck, Freden, Alfeld, and Gronau, before the river enters Hanover, the largest city on its banks. Downstream some north of Hanover, near Schwarmstedt, the river joins the Aller and reaches the North Sea via the Weser. Its northern (lower) reaches are only navigable today by the smallest commercial carriers, though in the past, it served as an important pre-railway barge transport artery as far upriver as Göttingen.