Ohre
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- See Ohře for the river in Bavaria and the Czech Republic.
The
Ohre is a
river in northern
Germany, tributary to the
Elbe. Its total length is approx. 110 km. Its source is north of
Wolfsburg, in
Lower Saxony. It flows generally south-east, at first following the border of Lower Saxony and
Saxony-Anhalt. After
Buchhorst it flows completely through Saxony-Anhalt, along the
Mittellandkanal. It flows into the Elbe near
Burg, north of
Magdeburg. The towns
Brome, Calvörde,
Haldensleben and
Wolmirstedt lie along the river. The upper course of the Ohre is in the nature reserve Drömling.
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