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Örtze
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Also known as River Örtze, Ortze

Örtze () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Örtze rises north of Munster in the Große Heide (in the Raubkammer federal forest) and, after , joins the Aller southeast of Winsen.

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Örtze
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The Örtze near Hermannsburg
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Country
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Germany
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State
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Lower Saxony
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(with Aue and Wietze )
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north of Munster in the Große Heide (Bundesforst Raubkammer)
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into the Aller southeast of Winsen
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Ilster, Wietze, Brunau, Brandenbach, Hasselbach, Mühlenbach
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Kleine Örtze, Schmarbeck and Sothrieth (discharge as the Landwehrbach into the Örtze), Weesener Bach, Angelbach
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ÖrtzeHermbg.jpg
Length
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Örtze
watershed area
738
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  • Source and course
  • Fauna and flora
  • Boating on the Örtze
  • In literature
  • Meadow irrigation
  • Timber rafting
  • History
  • Technology
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Örtze () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Örtze rises north of Munster in the Große Heide (in the Raubkammer federal forest) and, after , joins the Aller southeast of Winsen.

== Source and course == The Örtze valley is an old glacial valley. It was formed during the Saale glaciation about 230,000 to 130,000 years ago by the drainage of meltwater from the ice sheet which cut deep into the plateaus of the southern Lüneburg Heath. The upper Örtze has incised its own, much smaller valley into the sandur beds and the roughly wide, flat glacial valley floor.

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