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The Unstrut (pronounced [ˈʊnʃtʁuːt]) is a river in Germany and a left tributary of the Saale.

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Unstrut
Bridge over the Unstrut near Weischütz
Location
Country	Germany
States	Thuringia Saxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Source	west of Kefferhausen
• location	Thuringia
• coordinates	51.31623°N 10.2763°E / 51.31623; 10.2763
• elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Mouth	Saale, near Naumburg
• location	Saxony-Anhalt
• coordinates	51°10′33″N 11°48′7″E
• elevation	102 m (335 ft)
Length	192 km (119 mi)
Basin size	6,364.2 km2 (2,457.2 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Saale→ Elbe→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Notter Wipper Helme
• right	Salza Gera Lossa

The Unstrut originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelstädt (west of Kefferhausen in the Eichsfeld area) and its catchment area is the whole of the Thuringian Basin. It breaks out of the basin through the Thuringian Gate west of Heldrungen and, in its lower reaches, flows through Saxony-Anhalt before emptying into the Saale near Naumburg. The total length of the Unstrut is 192 kilometres (119 mi). Towns along the Unstrut include Mühlhausen, Sömmerda, Bad Frankenhausen, Artern, Roßleben, and Freyburg. The main tributaries of the Unstrut are the Gera, Wipper, Helme, and Lossa.

The countryside around the Saale and Unstrut rivers forms the wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut. The well-known brand of sparkling wine, Rotkäppchen ("Little Red Riding Hood") is produced in the cellars of Freyburg.

Name

Old High German Strödu means 'boggy thicket' and un- is a prefix to intensify the meaning, and so the Unstrut region was a very swampy area. In 575, the river was attested as the Onestrudis, in the 7th century it was referred to as the Unestrude, and in 994 as the Vnstruod.

History

In 531, according to the Decem Libri of Gregory of Tours, the decisive Battle of the Unstrut River between the Franconians and Thuringians took place along the Unstrut, which resulted in the destruction and annexation of the early medieval Thuringian kingdom by the Frankish empire. In 933 the German king Henry I fought, after a ten-year truce, against a Hungarian army in the Battle of Riade, a place near the Unstrut, but which is now unknown. His victory led to a period of peace, until the Hungarians returned in 955 and were defeated again. One of his favourite places was Memleben on the Unstrut, where a royal residence, a so-called Pfalz, palatium or villa regia, was built. He died there in 936, as did his son, Otto I, in 973. A monastery was built there in the next years, becoming one of the most important in the German realm for a short time. Its ruins may still be seen; the exact location of the palatium is not known any more.

Due to its marshy character, the Unstrut was not navigable for ships for a long time. Finally, in the years 1790–94, the river was made navigable on the orders of the Elector of Saxony. It became an important shipping lane for a century; in particular, sandstone and limestone were shipped. From 1889, when the Unstrut Railway (Unstrutbahn), was built alongside the river, the significance of the waterway as a transport route was much reduced. Although the Unstrut wine-growing region, with an area of 300 hectares (740 acres), is one of the smallest, it is quite well known.

Sights

• Historic town of Mühlhausen
• Ruined castle of Wendelstein
• Ruined abbey of Memleben
• Neuenburg Castle at Freyburg

See also

• List of rivers of Thuringia
• List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt

На других языках

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[de] Unstrut

Die Unstrut ([.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈʊnʃtruːt], mitunter auch [ˈʊnstruːt]) ist ein 192 km langer, linker Nebenfluss der Saale und deren wasserreichster Zufluss. Einzugsgebiet ist fast das gesamte Thüringer Becken nebst einem Teil der westlichen und nördlichen Randplatten, Teile des Südharzes und kleinere Teile des nördlichen Thüringer Waldes. Dabei entspringen die wasserreicheren Zuflüsse wie auch die Unstrut selbst in den im Vergleich zum Becken niederschlagsreicheren Randgebirgen.

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- [en] Unstrut

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[es] Río Unstrut

El Unstrut es un río del centro de Alemania que nace cerca del poblado de Kreuzebra en el Distrito Eichsfeld en Thüringen fluye en dirección este pasando por Mühlhausen, Bad Langensalza, Sömmerda, Oldisleben, Artern, Memleben, Nebra, Freyburg y confluye con el río Saale cerca de Naumburg por el estado federal de Sajonia-Anhalt. El río Saale, a su vez afluente del río Elba. Tiene una longitud total de 192 km y es uno de los más caudalosos de la región. Conforma la comarca del Thüringer Becken y parte de la región vinícola alemana del Saale-Unstrut. Una de sus afluentes principales son el Río Gera, proveniende del sur, drenando una parte del Thüringer Wald; y el Río Helme proveniendo del norte, drenando la ladera sur del sistema montañoso Harz

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[it] Unstrut

La Unstrut è un fiume tedesco lungo 192 km che attraversa i Länder della Turingia e della Sassonia-Anhalt e sfocia nella Saale a Naumburg.

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[ru] Унструт

У́нструт[1] (нем. Unstrut) — река в Германии, левый приток реки Зале. Исток находится в северной Тюрингии возле Дингельштедта, устье в Саксонии-Анхальт. Длина реки 192 км.

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