Lune (river)

Lune

Course of the River Lune and its tributaries
Location	Lower Saxony, Germany
Length	43 km
Source	south of Hipstedt 53°27′50″N 8°57′10″E / 53.46389°N 8.95278°E / 53.46389; 8.95278Coordinates: 53°27′50″N 8°57′10″E / 53.46389°N 8.95278°E / 53.46389; 8.95278
Source height	16 m above sea level
Mouth	Alte Lune: southeast of Fischereihafen (Bremerhaven), Neue Lune: south of Dedesdorf into the Weser 53°25′13″N 8°30′13″E / 53.42028°N 8.50361°E / 53.42028; 8.50361
Mouth height	2 m above sea level
Descent	14 m
Basin	Weser
Progression	Weser → North Sea
Right tributaries	Beverstedter Bach, Dohrener Bach, Loxstedt- Düringer Moorkanal; Rohr (=Alte Lune)
Left tributaries	Volkmarster Lune, Altwistedter Lune, Wellener Bach, Billerbeck, Gackau
Villages	Kirchwistedt, Stemmermühlen, Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Düring, Stotel, Nesse, Büttel, Neuenlande; Lanhausen (=Alte Lune)

The Lune is a river in Germany, some 43 kilometres (27 mi) long and a right tributary of the Lower Weser. It is a small lowland river, which is joined initially by the Volkmarster Lune on the boundary between the borough of Bremervörde and the district of Cuxhaven. Between Kirchwistedt and Stemmermühlen is its confluence with the Altwistedter Lune, and it then flows through Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Nesse near Loxstedt and Lanhausen to Lunesiel south of the Fischereihafen district of Bremerhaven. Until the beginning of the 17th century the river was a major transport artery and navigable as far as Deelbrügge.

Source

• Anke Breitlauch (Redaktion): Die Lune – ein Fluß wird verlegt. Herausgegeben vom Wasser- und Bodenverband Untere Lune, Lunestedt 1987.