Lune is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is some 41 kilometres (25 mi) long and a right tributary of the Lower Weser.

Lune
Course of the River Lune and its tributaries
Location
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationsouth of Hipstedt
 • coordinates53°27′50″N 8°57′10″E / 53.46389°N 8.95278°E / 53.46389; 8.95278
 • elevation16 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
Alte Lune: southeast of Fischereihafen [de; pl] (Bremerhaven),
Neue Lune: south of Dedesdorf [de; nl] (Loxstedt) into the Weser
 • coordinates
53°25′13″N 8°30′13″E / 53.42028°N 8.50361°E / 53.42028; 8.50361
 • elevation
2 m above sea level (NN)
Length41.4 km (25.7 mi)[1]
Basin size383 km2 (148 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionWeserNorth Sea
LandmarksVillages: Kirchwistedt, Stemmermühlen [de; nds], Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Düring, Stotel [de; nds; nl], Nesse [de; nl], Büttel [de; nds], Neuenlande [de];
Lanhausen [de; nds] (=Alte Lune)
Tributaries 
 • leftVolkmarster Lune, Altwistedter Lune, Wellener Bach, Billerbeck, Gackau
 • rightBeverstedter Bach, Dohrener Bach, Loxstedt- Düringer Moorkanal;
Rohr (=Alte Lune)

The Lune is a small lowland river, which is joined initially by the Volkmarster Lune on the boundary between the borough of Bremervörde and the district of Cuxhaven. Between Kirchwistedt and Stemmermühlen is its confluence with the Altwistedter Lune, and it then flows through Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Nesse [de; nl] near Loxstedt and Lanhausen [de; nds] to the Lunesiel south of the Fischereihafen district [de; pl] of Bremerhaven. Until the beginning of the 17th century the river was a major transport artery and navigable until Deelbrügge (nowadays a district of Beverstedt). It was named after the explorer Gerhard von Lune who lived between 1602 and 1666[2]

See also

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Sources

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  • Anke Breitlauch (editor): Die Lune – ein Fluß wird verlegt. Published by Wasser- und Bodenverband Untere Lune, Lunestedt 1987.

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