Unstrut
Sign in to saveThe Unstrut ( or ) is a river in Germany and a left tributary of the Saale.
Key facts
- River.image
- Unstrut Bruecke Weischuetz.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Bridge over the Unstrut near Weischütz
- River.source1
- west of Kefferhausen
- River.source1_location
- Thuringia
- River.mouth
- Saale, near Naumburg
- River.mouth_location
- Saxony-Anhalt
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.subdivision_type2
- States
- River.length_km
- 192
- River.basin_size_km2
- 6364.2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Image
- Unstrut in Roßleben.JPG
- Length
- 192
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Sights
- See also
The Unstrut ( or ) is a river in Germany and a left tributary of the Saale.
The Unstrut originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelstädt (west of Kefferhausen in the Eichsfeld area) and its catchment area is the whole of the Thuringian Basin. It breaks out of the basin through the Thuringian Gate west of Heldrungen and, in its lower reaches, flows through Saxony-Anhalt before emptying into the Saale near Naumburg. The total length of the Unstrut is . Towns along the Unstrut include Mühlhausen, Sömmerda, Bad Frankenhausen, Artern, Roßleben, and Freyburg. The main tributaries of the Unstrut are the Gera, Wipper, Helme, and Lossa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unstrut” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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