Luhe (Ilmenau)
This article is about the river Luhe in Lower Saxony. For the river in Bavaria, see Luhe (Naab). For the river Lühe, see Lühe (river).
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| The River Luhe near Wohlenbüttel | |
| Location | Lower Saxony, Germany |
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| Reference no. | DE: 5948 |
| Length | 58.2 km |
| Source | Bispingen 53°04′01″N 9°58′49″E / 53.066806°N 9.980139°ECoordinates: 53°04′01″N 9°58′49″E / 53.066806°N 9.980139°E |
| Source height | 80 m |
| Mouth | Ilmenau near Stöckte 53°23′04″N 10°12′20″E / 53.384306°N 10.2054861°E |
| Mouth height | 7 m |
| Descent | 73 m |
| Basin | Elbe |
| Progression | Ilmenau → Elbe → North Sea |
| Catchment | 476 km² |
| Right tributaries | Lopau |
| Left tributaries | Brunau, Schwinde, Garlstorfer Aue |
| Large towns | Winsen (Luhe) |
| Villages | Bispingen, Soderstorf, Oldendorf (Luhe), Salzhausen |
The Luhe is a river that runs through the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany and discharges into the River Ilmenau. It is part of the Elbe river system.
The entire catchment area of the Luhe has been heavily populated since the New Stone Age as evinced by sites like the monuments at Soderstorf and the Oldendorfer Totenstatt grave sites. On the heights of the present-day town of Winsen (Luhe) a bridge over the Luhe was controlled by Winsen Castle from the 13th century.