Aue (Elbe)
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The Aue is a river in northern Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in the district of Stade in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. It has a length of about 26 km.

Course

The Aue rises in the vicinity of Klethen near Ahlerstedt
Ahlerstedt
Ahlerstedt is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown....

 and flows through the towns and villages of:
  • Oersdorf
    Oersdorf
    Oersdorf is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was founded 1496....

    ,
  • Kakerbeck
    Kakerbeck
    Kakerbeck is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kalbe....

    ,
  • Bargstedt,
  • Harsefeld
    Harsefeld
    Harsefeld is a municipality situated south-west of Hamburg...

    ,
  • Issendorf und
  • Bliedersdorf
    Bliedersdorf
    Bliedersdorf is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.-History:Bliedersdorf belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In the mid-16th c. the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism...



to Horneburg
Horneburg
Horneburg is a municipality southwest of Hamburg in the district of Stade in Lower Saxony.Horneburg is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Horneburg.-History:Horneburg belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...

, where it changes its name and from there on flows as the Lühe
Luhe (river)
The Luhe is a river that runs through the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany and discharges into the River Ilmenau. It is part of the Elbe river system....

 for a further 12.7 km to the Elbe River.
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