Ilmenau (river)
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| The Ilmenau near Uelzen | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Reference no. | DE: 594 |
| Length | 107 km (66 mi) |
| source | confluence of the Gerdau and Stederau in Veerßen nr. Uelzen 52°56′52″N 10°33′13″E / 52.947639°N 10.5536806°ECoordinates: 52°56′52″N 10°33′13″E / 52.947639°N 10.5536806°E |
| Source height | 35 m above sea level (NN) (Gerdau 70 m above NN, Stederau 66 m above NN) |
| Mouth | near Hoopte, Winsen (Luhe), into the Elbe 53°23′44″N 10°10′25″E / 53.395417°N 10.17361°E |
| Mouth height | 2 m above sea level (NN) |
| Descent | 33 m |
| Basin | Elbe |
| Progression | Elbe → North Sea |
| Catchment | 2,852 km2 (1,101 sq mi) |
| Discharge | Average mid: 17.7 m3/s (630 cu ft/s) |
| Right tributaries | Wipperau, Röbbelbach, Wohbeck, Vierenbach, Dieksbach, Neetze Canal, Neetze, Ilau-Schneegraben |
| Left tributaries | Bienenbütteler Mühlenbach, Barnstedt Melbecker Bach, Hasenburger Mühlenbach, Luhe |
| Large towns | Uelzen, Lüneburg, Winsen (Luhe) |
| Small towns | Bad Bevensen, Bardowick |
| Villages | Emmendorf, Medingen, Wichmannsburg, Melbeck, Deutsch Evern, Wittorf, Fahrenholz, Mover, Tönnhausen, Stöckte, Hoopte |
| Navigable | 28.84 km (17.92 mi) |
The Ilmenau is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is one of the left tributaries of the Elbe. It originates in the Lüneburg Heath, south of Uelzen. It empties into the Elbe near Winsen (Luhe). The Ilmenau is 107 kilometres (66 mi) long. The largest towns along the Ilmenau are Uelzen and Lüneburg. The city Ilmenau in Thuringia is not along the river Ilmenau but along the river Ilm (Thuringia).