Luhe (Ilmenau)

Luhe
Luhe
	The River Luhe near Wohlenbüttel
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Reference no.	DE: 5948
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bispingen
• coordinates	53°04′01″N 9°58′49″E / 53.066806°N 9.980139°E
• elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Mouth
• location	Ilmenau near Stöckte [ca; de]
• coordinates	53°23′04″N 10°12′20″E / 53.384306°N 10.2054861°E
• elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Length	56.1 km (34.9 mi)
Basin size	476 km2 (184 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Ilmenau→ Elbe→ North Sea
Landmarks	Large towns: Winsen (Luhe); Villages: Bispingen, Soderstorf, Oldendorf (Luhe), Salzhausen;
Tributaries
• left	Brunau, Schwinde, Garlstorfer Aue
• right	Lopau

The Luhe is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It runs through the Lüneburg Heath, and discharges into the Ilmenau and thus 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. At the height of the present-day town of Winsen (Luhe), a bridge over the Luhe was controlled by Winsen Castle [de] from the 13th century onwards.