Laute

River in Germany

For the musical instrument, see lute.

Laute

Location
Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
Location| Upper Harz
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| near Hahnenklee
• elevation| ca. 540 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth|

• location

| in Lautenthal into the Innerste

• coordinates

| 51°52′11″N 10°17′06″E﻿ / ﻿51.8698°N 10.2851°E﻿ / 51.8698; 10.2851

• elevation

| 300 m above sea level (NN)
Length| 6 km (3.7 mi)
Basin features
Progression| Innerste→ Leine→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea

Laute is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Innerste.

The Laute rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about 6 km (3.7 mi) later into the Innerste in Lautenthal. The source is at an elevation of about 540 m at the bottom of a mountain called Kuttelbacher Berg. The Laute flows to the west parallel to road L 516 which is called Hahnenkleer Straße in Lautenthal. The name of the town means Laute Valley. The mouth is at an elevation of about 300 m in the west of Wildemanner Strasse, the high street of Lautenthal.

In 1875 a railway bridge of the Innerste Valley Railway was built over the Laute close to its mouth.[1] Although the railway line was closed in 1977, the bridge is well preserved and still used by hikers. A flood of the Laute caused considerable damage in Lautenthal in 1877.[2]

* Laute in the east of Lautenthal

* Laute in the middle of Lautenthal

* Former railway bridge over the Laute which discharges into the Innerste (in the foreground)

## See also

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* List of rivers of Lower Saxony

## References

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1. ^ Evert Heusinkveld: Die Innerstetalbahn Langelsheim - Altenau, p.11. Nordhorn 2007
2. ^ Fremdenverkehrsverein Bergstadt Lautenthal e.V.: Lautenthal - wo der Harz am schönsten ist, p. 38. Lautenthal 2003