Luhe (Naab)

The Luhe is a roughly 26-kilometre (16 mi) long, left headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatine Forest in Bavaria, southern Germany.

This article is about the river Luhe in Bavaria. For the river Luhe in Lower Saxony, see Luhe (Ilmenau). For the river Lühe in Lower Saxony, see Lühe (river).

Luhe
Location
Location	Upper Palatinate, Bavaria,  Germany
Reference no.	DE: 1432
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	east of Waldthurn-Wampenhof
• coordinates	49°42′20″N 12°21′00″E
• elevation	ca. 630 m
Mouth
• location	near Luhe-Markt into the Naab
• coordinates	49°34′54″N 12°08′37″E
• elevation	378 m
Length	31.6 km (19.6 mi) [1]
Basin size	154 km^2 (59 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Naab→ Danube→ Black Sea

It rises near the hamlet of Wampenhof near Waldthurn, flows through Waldthurn, Roggenstein, Kaimling, past Michldorf and Leuchtenberg and through Lückenrieth and Luhe-Markt. There it discharges into the Naab.

Due to the river's very steep descent, many mills and hammer forges have been built along its course. Its catchment area is used almost entirely for agricultural purposes with the result that the water of the Luhe is of good quality, enabling many species of fish, crustaceans and mussels to thrive there.

Its most important tributaries are the Trausenbach, the Lerau and the Gleitsbach.

References

1. Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)