Lutter (Ems)

Lutter (Ems) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Coordinates: 51°56′57″N 8°12′32″E / 51.9491°N 8.2089°E / 51.9491; 8.2089

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Ems (river)

The Ems (German: Ems; Dutch: Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is 371 kilometres (231 mi). The state border between the Lower Saxon area of East Friesland (Germany) and the province of Groningen (Netherlands), whose exact course is the subject of a border dispute between Germany and the Netherlands, runs through the Ems estuary.

Course

The source of the river is in the southern Teutoburg Forest in North Rhine-Westphalia. In Lower Saxony the brook becomes a comparatively large river. Here the swampy region of Emsland is named after the river. In Meppen the Ems is joined by its largest tributary, the Hase River. It then flows northwards, close to the Dutch border, into East Frisia. Near Emden it flows into the Dollart bay (a national park) and then continues as a tidal river towards the Dutch city of Delfzijl.

Between Emden and Delfzijl, the Ems forms the border between the Netherlands and Germany and is subject to mild dispute: the Dutch believe that the border runs through the geographical centre of the estuary, whereas the Germans claim it runs through the deepest channel (which is close to the Dutch coast). As the parties are now friendly states with an open border, the argument goes no further than an agreement to disagree.

Ems (ship)

The Ems was a 1,829 ton, iron sailing ship with a length of 270.7 feet (82.5 m), breadth of 39 feet (12 m) and depth of 22.5 feet (6.9 m).

History

She was built by Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow for the Nourse Line, and named after the Ems River in north west Germany, and launched on 6 April 1893. She was primarily used for the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to the colonies. Details of some of these voyages are as follows:

In 1898, she made a voyage from Bristol to Calcutta in 87 days and in 1902 arrived in Calcutta from New York in 102 days.

In 1910, the Ems was sold to Tønsberg Whaling Company of Norway. She was resold in 1912 to another Norwegian owner and refitted as a whaling and guano ship.

In 1916 she was sold to the Argentine Whaling Company, was renamed the Fortuna but kept her Norwegian crew. On 28 October 1927, she caught fire, 20 miles (32 km) off the Irish coast while on a voyage from Liverpool to South Georgia with coal and empty oil drums. She was abandoned at sea with the loss of five lives.

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Lutter (Leine)

The Lutter is a stream that is tributary from the right (east) to the Leine river in Göttingen, Germany.

The stream lies entirely within the city of Göttingen, rising in the southern Göttingen Forest and flowing into the Leine as a canalized ditch just west of the intersection of highways B27 and B3 in or near the borough of Weende.

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Coordinates: 51°33′18″N 9°54′56″E / 51.555022°N 9.915423°E / 51.555022; 9.915423

Lutter (Lachte)

The Lutter is a small river in the Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, right tributary of the Lachte. It has its source near Weyhausen, 7 km southeast of Unterlüß. It passes Bargfeld (where it is joined by the "Schmalwasser"), Eldingen, and Luttern. It flows into the river Lachte at Jarnsen, near Lachendorf, east of Celle.

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The Schmalwasser joining the Lutter near Bargfeld

The Schmalwasser joining the Lutter near Bargfeld

Headwaters of Lutter at Eschede-Weyhausen

Headwaters of Lutter at Eschede-Weyhausen

Water mill at Lutter in the Marwede with the stone sculpture "The heath of Lüneburg"

Water mill at Lutter in the Marwede with the stone sculpture "The heath of Lüneburg"

In Luttern, Lower Saxony

In Luttern, Lower Saxony

Coordinates: 52°38′49″N 10°17′20″E / 52.647°N 10.289°E / 52.647; 10.289