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{{Geobox River| name = Elbe| map = Elbe_watershed_7.png| map_size =| map_caption = The Elbe watershed| other_name = | other_name1 = | other_name2 = Low German:
Ilv], Dresden, Meißen, Torgau,
Lutherstadt Wittenberg,
Dessau,
Magdeburg,
Hamburg,
Cuxhaven| discharge1_average = 303| discharge1_average_imperial =| source_name = Bílé Labe| source_location = Krkonoše| source_region =| source_country = Czech Republic| source_country1 =| source_elevation = 1386| source_elevation_imperial =| source_lat_d = 50| source_lat_m = 46| source_lat_s = 31| source_lat_NS = N| source_long_d = 15| source_long_m = 32| source_long_s = 16| source_long_EW = E| mouth_name = North Sea| mouth_location =| mouth_country = Germany| mouth_region =| mouth_country1 =| mouth_elevation = 0| mouth_elevation_imperial =| mouth_lat_d =| mouth_lat_m =| mouth_lat_s =| mouth_lat_NS =| mouth_long_d =| mouth_long_m =| mouth_long_s =| mouth_long_EW =| tributary_left = Vltava| tributary_left1 = Ohře| tributary_left2 = [Mulde,
Saale,
Ohre, Tanger, Ilmenau River, Oste| tributary_right1 = Schwarze Elster, [Havel, Elde, Sude,
Alster, Stör]:
De Ilv) is one of the major
rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the northwestern
Czech Republic before traversing much of
Germany and flowing into the North Sea. Its total length has been given as 1,091 kilometers or 678 miles.
Geography
The Elbe rises at an elevation of about 1400 m (4593 ft) in the Karkonosze (also known as
Giant Mountains or in German as
Riesengebirge) on the north west borders of the Czech Republic. Of the numerous small streams whose waters compose the infant river, the most important is the
Bílé Labe, or White Elbe. After plunging down the 60 m of the Labský vodopád, the latter stream unites with the steeply torrential Malé Labe, and thereafter the united stream of the Elbe pursues a southerly course, emerging from the mountain glens at and continuing on to
Pardubice, where it turns sharply to the west. At
Kolín some 43 km (27 miles) further on, it bends gradually towards the north-west.At the village of Káraný, a little above Brandýs nad Labem it picks up the
Jizera River.
At Mělník its stream is more than doubled in volume by the
Vltava, or Moldau, a river which winds northwards through Bohemia. Although upstream from the
confluence Vltava is longer (434 km vs. 294), has larger discharge and larger drainage basin, due historical reasons (at the
confluence the Vltava meets the Elbe at almost a right angle, so it appears as a tributary) river continues as Elbe.
Some distance lower down, at
Litoměřice, the waters of the Elbe are tinted by the reddish
Ohře. Thus augmented, and swollen into a stream 140 m (459 ft) wide, the Elbe carves a path through the basaltic mass of the
České Středohoří, churning its way through a deep, narrow rocky gorge. Shortly after crossing the Czech-German frontier, and passing through the sandstone defiles of the
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the stream assumes a north-westerly direction, which on the whole it preserves right to the North Sea.
The river rolls through Dresden and finally, beyond Meißen, enters on its long journey across the North German Plain passing along the former border of
East Germany, touching
Torgau, Wittenberg,
Dessau,
Magdeburg,
Wittenberge, and
Hamburg on the way, and taking on the waters of the Mulde and Saale from the west, and those of the Schwarze Elster, Havel and Elde from the east. Soon the Elbe reaches
Hamburg, and then passes through
Holstein until it flows into the North Sea at
Cuxhaven. Near its mouth it passes
Glückstadt,
Brunsbüttel and the entrance to the
Kiel Canal.
Navigation
in
Germany.The Elbe has been navigable by commercial vessels since 1842, and provides important trade links as far inland as
Prague. The river is linked by
canals to the industrial areas of Germany and to Berlin. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal links the Elbe to the
Baltic Sea, as does the
Kiel Canal, whose western entrance is near the mouth of the Elbe.
Before Germany was reunited, waterway transport in Western Germany was hindered by the fact that inland navigation to Hamburg had to pass through the German Democratic Republic. The Elbe Seitenkanal (Elbe Lateral Canal) was built between the Mittellandkanal and the lower Elbe to restore this connection. When the two nations were reunited, works began to improve and restore the original links: the Magdeburg Water Bridge near Magdeburg now allows large barges to cross the Elbe without having to enter the river. The often low water levels of the Elbe do not hinder navigation to Berlin any longer. (Source: NoorderSoft Waterways Database)
Etymology
First attested in Latin as
Albis, the name
Elbe means "river" or "river-bed" and is nothing more than the High German version of a word (*
albiz) found elsewhere in Germanic; cf. Old Norse river name
Elfr, Swedish language dialectal
älv "deep river-bed",
Old English river name
Ielf, and
Middle Low German elve "river-bed" Orel, Vladimir.
A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 13.
History
The Elbe was recorded by Ptolemy as
Albis (Germanic for "river", see below) in
Germania Magna with its source in the
Asciburgis mountains (Karkonosze, Riesengebirge or Giant Mountains), where the Germanic
Vandalii lived.
The Elbe has long been an important delineator of European geography. The
Roman Empire knew the river as the Albis; however, they only attempted once to move the Eastern border of their empire forward from the
Rhine to the Elbe, and this attempt failed in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, after which they never seriously tried again. In the
Middle Ages it formed the eastern limit of the Empire of Charlemagne. The river's navigable sections were also essential to the success of the
Hanseatic League and much trade was carried on its waters.
In
1945, as
World War II was drawing to a close, Nazi Germany was caught between the armies of the western Allies advancing from the west and the Soviet Union advancing from the east. On
April 25, these two forces linked up near Torgau, on the Elbe. The event was marked as Elbe Day. After the war, the Elbe formed part of the border between East Germany and West Germany.
According to Russian accounts, In April,
1970, when the SMERSH facility in
Magdeburg was being transferred to the East Germany government, the remains of Adolf Hitler,
Eva Braun,
Joseph Goebbels, Magda Goebbels and Goebbels children were reportedly exhumed, thoroughly cremated, and the ashes finally dumped unceremoniously into the Elbe.
References
External links
- Ancient library Albis river in Germania Magna
- Source of Albis river in Asciburgis (Riesengebirge Giants mountains
- information and pictures of the spring of Labe in Giant Mountains (Krkonoše, Riesengebirge)
{{Geobox River| name = Elbe| map = Elbe_watershed_7.png| map_size =| map_caption = The Elbe watershed| other_name = | other_name1 = | other_name2 =
Low German:
Ilv], Dresden, Meißen,
Torgau, Lutherstadt Wittenberg,
Dessau,
Magdeburg,
Hamburg,
Cuxhaven| discharge1_average = 303| discharge1_average_imperial =| source_name = Bílé Labe| source_location = Krkonoše| source_region =| source_country = Czech Republic| source_country1 =| source_elevation = 1386| source_elevation_imperial =| source_lat_d = 50| source_lat_m = 46| source_lat_s = 31| source_lat_NS = N| source_long_d = 15| source_long_m = 32| source_long_s = 16| source_long_EW = E| mouth_name = North Sea| mouth_location =| mouth_country = Germany| mouth_region =| mouth_country1 =| mouth_elevation = 0| mouth_elevation_imperial =| mouth_lat_d =| mouth_lat_m =| mouth_lat_s =| mouth_lat_NS =| mouth_long_d =| mouth_long_m =| mouth_long_s =| mouth_long_EW =| tributary_left = Vltava| tributary_left1 = Ohře| tributary_left2 = [Mulde, Saale, Ohre, Tanger,
Ilmenau River, Oste| tributary_right1 = Schwarze Elster, [Havel, Elde, Sude, Alster, Stör]:
De Ilv) is one of the major
rivers of
Central Europe. It originates in the northwestern
Czech Republic before traversing much of
Germany and flowing into the North Sea. Its total length has been given as 1,091 kilometers or 678 miles.
Geography
The Elbe rises at an elevation of about 1400 m (4593 ft) in the Karkonosze (also known as
Giant Mountains or in German as
Riesengebirge) on the north west borders of the Czech Republic. Of the numerous small streams whose waters compose the infant river, the most important is the
Bílé Labe, or White Elbe. After plunging down the 60 m of the Labský vodopád, the latter stream unites with the steeply torrential Malé Labe, and thereafter the united stream of the Elbe pursues a southerly course, emerging from the mountain glens at and continuing on to
Pardubice, where it turns sharply to the west. At Kolín some 43 km (27 miles) further on, it bends gradually towards the north-west.At the village of
Káraný, a little above Brandýs nad Labem it picks up the
Jizera River.
At
Mělník its stream is more than doubled in volume by the
Vltava, or Moldau, a river which winds northwards through Bohemia. Although upstream from the
confluence Vltava is longer (434 km vs. 294), has larger discharge and larger
drainage basin, due historical reasons (at the
confluence the Vltava meets the Elbe at almost a right angle, so it appears as a tributary) river continues as Elbe.
Some distance lower down, at Litoměřice, the waters of the Elbe are tinted by the reddish
Ohře. Thus augmented, and swollen into a stream 140 m (459 ft) wide, the Elbe carves a path through the basaltic mass of the České Středohoří, churning its way through a deep, narrow rocky gorge. Shortly after crossing the Czech-German frontier, and passing through the sandstone defiles of the
Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the stream assumes a north-westerly direction, which on the whole it preserves right to the North Sea.
The river rolls through Dresden and finally, beyond Meißen, enters on its long journey across the
North German Plain passing along the former border of
East Germany, touching Torgau, Wittenberg,
Dessau, Magdeburg,
Wittenberge, and Hamburg on the way, and taking on the waters of the Mulde and Saale from the west, and those of the Schwarze Elster,
Havel and Elde from the east. Soon the Elbe reaches Hamburg, and then passes through
Holstein until it flows into the North Sea at Cuxhaven. Near its mouth it passes Glückstadt,
Brunsbüttel and the entrance to the
Kiel Canal.
Navigation
in Germany.The Elbe has been navigable by commercial vessels since 1842, and provides important trade links as far inland as
Prague. The river is linked by canals to the industrial areas of Germany and to
Berlin. The
Elbe-Lübeck Canal links the Elbe to the
Baltic Sea, as does the Kiel Canal, whose western entrance is near the mouth of the Elbe.
Before Germany was reunited, waterway transport in Western Germany was hindered by the fact that inland navigation to Hamburg had to pass through the German Democratic Republic. The Elbe Seitenkanal (Elbe Lateral Canal) was built between the Mittellandkanal and the lower Elbe to restore this connection. When the two nations were reunited, works began to improve and restore the original links: the Magdeburg Water Bridge near Magdeburg now allows large barges to cross the Elbe without having to enter the river. The often low water levels of the Elbe do not hinder navigation to Berlin any longer. (Source: NoorderSoft Waterways Database)
Etymology
First attested in Latin as
Albis, the name
Elbe means "river" or "river-bed" and is nothing more than the
High German version of a word (*
albiz) found elsewhere in Germanic; cf.
Old Norse river name
Elfr, Swedish language dialectal
älv "deep river-bed", Old English river name
Ielf, and
Middle Low German elve "river-bed" Orel, Vladimir.
A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 13.
History
The Elbe was recorded by Ptolemy as
Albis (
Germanic for "river", see below) in
Germania Magna with its source in the
Asciburgis mountains (
Karkonosze, Riesengebirge or Giant Mountains), where the Germanic
Vandalii lived.
The Elbe has long been an important delineator of European geography. The
Roman Empire knew the river as the Albis; however, they only attempted once to move the Eastern border of their empire forward from the Rhine to the Elbe, and this attempt failed in the
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, after which they never seriously tried again. In the Middle Ages it formed the eastern limit of the Empire of Charlemagne. The river's navigable sections were also essential to the success of the Hanseatic League and much trade was carried on its waters.
In 1945, as
World War II was drawing to a close, Nazi Germany was caught between the armies of the western Allies advancing from the west and the
Soviet Union advancing from the east. On
April 25, these two forces linked up near Torgau, on the Elbe. The event was marked as Elbe Day. After the war, the Elbe formed part of the border between
East Germany and West Germany.
According to Russian accounts, In April,
1970, when the
SMERSH facility in Magdeburg was being transferred to the East Germany government, the remains of
Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, Joseph Goebbels,
Magda Goebbels and
Goebbels children were reportedly exhumed, thoroughly cremated, and the ashes finally dumped unceremoniously into the Elbe.
References
External links
- Ancient library Albis river in Germania Magna
- Source of Albis river in Asciburgis (Riesengebirge Giants mountains
- information and pictures of the spring of Labe in Giant Mountains (Krkonoše, Riesengebirge)
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