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1 Elbe  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 53.9222 / 8.7222
The Elbe (; Cs-Labe.ogg ; ; Low German: Elv) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, northwest of Hamburg (...)
2 Dove Elbe  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 0
Lat/Lng : 53.5061 / 10.0595
The Dove Elbe (German pronunciation) is a closed anabranch of the Unterelbe, the lower part of the river Elbe (near Hamburg, Germany). The inflow is blocked by a dike since 1438. The lower end was shortened by a redirection of the Norderelbe in 1579 (...)
3 Bille (Elbe)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 0
Lat/Lng : 53.54 / 10.0242
The river Bille is a small, slow-flowing river in Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, a right offshoot of the Elbe. Its wellspring is near Linau, north of the Hahnheide woodland. It then flows south of Trittau, landmarking the border between Stormarn and Lauenburg, runs on south of Reinbek and (...)
4 Elbbrücken (Hamburg)  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 0
Lat/Lng : 53.5094 / 10.0593
The Elbbrücken (Elbe bridges) are several independent bridge structures crossing the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany. Within Hamburg, the Elbe divides into two main anabranches, the Norderelbe (Northern Elbe) and the Süderelbe (Southern Elbe), which, after the Alte Süderelbe (Old Southern Elbe) was (...)
5 Dresden Elbe Valley  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 107
Lat/Lng : 51.0497 / 13.8133
The Dresden Elbe Valley is a cultural landscape and former World Heritage Site stretching along the Elbe river in Dresden, the state capital of Saxony, Germany. The valley, extending for some and passing through the Dresden Basin, is one of two major cultural landscapes built up over the centuries (...)
6 Havel  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 21
Lat/Lng : 52.9083 / 11.8772
The Havel http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Havel is a river in north-eastern Germany, flowing through the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and long (...)
7 Elbe–Havel Canal  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 35
Lat/Lng : 52.3925 / 12.3819
The Elbe–Havel Canal is a 56-kilometre-long waterway in Germany. It links Magdeburg, on the River Elbe, with Brandenburg on the River Havel. Since 2003, the Elbe–Havel Canal has been connected to the Mittelland Canal by the unique Magdeburg Water Bridge, which crosses above the River Elbe (...)
8 Gose Elbe  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 0
Lat/Lng : 53.4811 / 10.1028
Gose Elbe is a river of Hamburg, Germany. It was an anabranch of the Elbe, but the inflow closed by a dike in 1390. It flows into the Dove Elbe near Reitbrook. (...)
9 Ústí nad Labem  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 150
Lat/Lng : 50.661 / 14.033
Ústí nad Labem , formerly known by its German name Aussig, is the 7th-most populous city of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and Elbe rivers (...)
10 Genthin  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 37
Lat/Lng : 52.4059 / 12.1543
Genthin is a town in Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (...)
11 Elbe–Lübeck Canal  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 19
Lat/Lng : 53.55 / 10.6814
The Elbe–Lübeck Canal (German pronunciation) (also known as the Elbe–Trave Canal) is an artificial waterway in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It connects the rivers Elbe and Trave, creating an inland water route across the drainage divide from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea (...)
12 Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 2
Lat/Lng : 53.495 / 10.0111
Wilhelmsburg (German pronunciation) is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Hamburg, Germany within the borough (Bezirk) of Hamburg-Mitte. It is situated on several islands between the Northern and Southern branches of the Elbe river (Norderelbe and Süderelbe), together with the other quarters of Steinwerder, (...)
13 Alster  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 0
Lat/Lng : 53.5444 / 9.9833
The Alster (German pronunciation) is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central Hamburg (...)
14 Spree  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 36
Lat/Lng : 52.5361 / 13.2086
The Spree is a river that flows through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústí nad Labem region of the Czech Republic. Approximately in length, it is a left bank tributary of the River Havel, which itself flows into the Elbe and then the North Sea (...)
15 Heligoland Bight  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 54.04 / 8.2233
The Heligoland Bight, also known as Helgoland Bight, is a bay which forms the southern part of the German Bight, itself a bay of the North Sea, located at the mouth of the Elbe river. The Heligoland Bight extends from the mouth of the River Elbe to the islands of Heligoland and lies between the East (...)
16 Arneburg  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 59
Lat/Lng : 52.6752 / 12.0021
Arneburg is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 12 km northeast of Stendal. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Arneburg-Goldbeck. (...)
17Elbe-Elster  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 87
Lat/Lng : 51.6925 / 13.2356
Elbe-Elster is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Teltow-Fläming, Dahme-Spreewald, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Meißen, Nordsachsen and Wittenberg. The district has a partnership with the Märkischer Kreis. (...)
18 Eider (river)  
FeatureType : waterbody
Elevation : 1
Lat/Lng : 54.3145 / 8.9545
The Eider (; ; Latin: Egdor or Egdore) is the longest river in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The river starts near Bordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, but flows to the west, ending in the North Sea (...)
19 Harburg (quarter)  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 10
Lat/Lng : 53.4593 / 9.9827
Harburg is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the homonymous borough (Bezirk) of Hamburg, Germany. It used to be the capital of the district in Lower Saxony. In 2016, the population was 26,098. (...)
20 Franconian Forest  
FeatureType : mountain
Elevation : 788
Lat/Lng : 50.2792 / 11.6433
The Franconian Forest at www.britannica.com. Accessed on 1 Apr 11. (German pronunciation), is a mid-altitude mountain range in Northern Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the district of Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) and forms the geological connection between the Fichtelgebirge and the Thuringian (...)