Brunau (Luhe)

River in Germany

For the river of the same name in Celle district, see Brunau (Örtze).

Brunau

River Brunau near An der Horst (behind)

Location
Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Northeast of the Wulfsberg near Behringen
• coordinates| 53°07′49″N 9°54′53″E﻿ / ﻿53.130139°N 9.91472°E﻿ / 53.130139; 9.91472
• elevation| 84 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth|

• location

| near Hützel into the Luhe

• coordinates

| 53°05′50″N 10°01′49″E﻿ / ﻿53.097361°N 10.030139°E﻿ / 53.097361; 10.030139

• elevation

| 61 m above sea level (NN)
Length| 10.3 km (6.4 mi)[1]
Basin features
Progression| Luhe→ Ilmenau→ Elbe→ North Sea
Waterbodies| Lakes: Brunausee

The Brunau is a small river, 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) long, in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel, on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It rises south of Niederhaverbeck in the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve. Near Hützel [de], a village in the northeastern part of Bispingen, it discharges into the Luhe from the left bank. The water quality of the worsens as it flows downstream from north of Bispingen to its confluence with the Luhe, going from Class II: moderately polluted, to Class II – III: critically polluted.[2]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Lower Saxony

## References

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1. ^ Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
2. ^ Gewässergüte Luhe/Süd

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