Brunau (Örtze)

The Brunau is a 11.0-kilometre (6.8 mi) long stream of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the district of Celle, on the Lüneburg Heath.[2]

For the river of the same name in Soltau-Fallingbostel district, see Brunau (Luhe).
Brunau
Pollarded willows along the Brunau near Bonstorf
Location
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationeast of Nindorf
 • coordinates52°50′29″N 9°59′20″E
 • elevation71 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
northeast of Baven into the Örtze
 • coordinates
52°50′57″N 10°06′06″E
 • elevation
52 m above sea level (NN)
Length11.0 km (6.8 mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionÖrtze→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
LandmarksVillages: Nindorf, Hetendorf (belongs to Südheide), Bonstorf
Tributaries 
 • leftSüllbach

Source and course

The Brunau rises in the vicinity of Nindorf, flows initially northeast to south of Hetendorf (a district of Südheide). Here it swings east, runs past Bonstorf to the north and then continues in a southeastern direction. North of the village of Baven the stream is dammed. Originally it powered a water mill here, the Backebergsmühle, a water-driven corn mill. The Brunau flows right under the building. Shortly before its mouth the Brunau merges with an old, now overgrown, meadow-irrigation channel. With this channel it discharges into the Örtze near Baven north of Hermannsburg.

  • The Brunau near the Backeberg mill
  • Old sluice on the Örtze. Right: the Brunau; left: the old meadow irrigation channel

Water quality

The Brunau derives its name from its brown (Low German: bruun) water. Its quality however is Class II throughout: moderately polluted.[3]

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See also

References
  1. Environmental map service of Lower Saxony (Umweltkartendienst des Niedersächsischen Ministeriums für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz)
  2. Celler Land und Oberes Örtzetal, 2nd edition, KV Plan, 1:60,000.
  3. Gewässergütekarte vom NLWKN
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