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The Salzwedeler Dumme runs a few kilometres south of the border with the neighbouring state of Lower Saxony in the Altmark region. It rises near Neuekrug-Höddelsen and passes inter alia the municipality of Dähre, before discharging into the northward-flowing Jeetzel at Salzwedel, hence the first part of the name.
The river Jeetzel, which begins in the Altmark under the name Jeetze, [2] flows from Saxony-Anhalt through Lower Saxony, in Germany. From its source near the village of Dönitz , it flows north through Beetzendorf , Salzwedel , Wustrow , Lüchow and Dannenberg , before joining the Elbe in Hitzacker .
Jeetzel→ Elbe→ North Sea Wustrower Dumme is a river of the German states Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony . It is a roughly 32 kilometres (20 mi) long, and a left, western tributary of the Jeetzel (also: Jeetze).
Jeetzel→ Elbe→ North Sea: Purnitz is a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows into the Jeetze south of Salzwedel. See also. List of rivers of Saxony-Anhalt
However, it is situated very close to the Elbe river, which served as the border between East and West Germany until 1990. Lüchow-Dannenberg is situated in a region known as the Wendland , a mostly rural and agricultural area on the eastern edge of Lower Saxony.
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Passenger services ceased in 1975, goods trains continued tor run until the end of 1997. The section still being worked between Lüchow and the station at Dannenberg Ost has been owned since 2001 by the Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn (DRE) and is called the Jeetzel Valley Railway (Jeetzeltalbahn). [1]
The branching Elbe creates an ideal place for a port complex with warehousing and transshipment facilities. The extensive free port was established when Hamburg joined the German Customs Union. It enabled duty-free storing of imported goods and also importing of materials which were processed, re-packaged, used in manufacturing and then re ...