Laute
| Location | Upper Harz, Lower Saxony,  Germany |
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| Length | 6 km |
| Source | near Hahnenklee |
| Source height | ca. 540 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | in Lautenthal into the Innerste |
| Mouth height | 300 m above sea level (NN) |
| Descent | ca. 240 m |
| Basin | Weser |
| Progression | Innerste → Leine → Aller → Weser → North Sea |
The Laute is a right tributary of the Innerste river in Lower Saxony.
It rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about 6 km 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]
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Laute in the east of Lautenthal
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Laute in the middle of Lautenthal
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Former railway bridge over the Laute which discharges into the Innerste (in the foreground)
References
- ↑ Evert Heusinkveld: Die Innerstetalbahn Langelsheim - Altenau, p.11. Nordhorn 2007
- ↑ Fremdenverkehrsverein Bergstadt Lautenthal e.V.: Lautenthal - wo der Harz am schönsten ist, p. 38. Lautenthal 2003
Coordinates: 51°52′N 10°17′E / 51.867°N 10.283°E