Örtze
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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.
Key facts
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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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- References
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Lower Saxony
- Image
- ÖrtzeHermbg.jpg
- Length
- 62
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- Commons category
- Örtze
- mouth of the watercourse
- Aller
- tributary
- Brunau
- watershed area
- 738
- P8168
- Marlene Fuchs
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Örtze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
4 mapped locations