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]

Brunau
Pollarded willows along the Brunau near Bonstorf
Location
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	east of Nindorf
• coordinates	52°50′29″N 9°59′20″E
• elevation	71 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)
Length	11.0 km (6.8 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Örtze→ Aller→ Weser→ North Sea
Landmarks	Villages: Nindorf, Hetendorf [de] (belongs to Südheide), Bonstorf
Tributaries
• left	Süllbach

Source and course

The Brunau rises in the vicinity of Nindorf, flows initially northeast to south of Hetendorf [de] (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.

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  The Brunau near the Backeberg mill
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  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]

See also

• List of rivers of Lower Saxony

References

На других языках

[de] Brunau (Örtze)