Laute

Laute
Location Upper Harz, Lower Saxony,  Germany
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 mdep1
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]

References

  1. Evert Heusinkveld: Die Innerstetalbahn Langelsheim - Altenau, p.11. Nordhorn 2007
  2. 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 / 51.867; 10.283

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