The Weser ( pronounced [ˈveːzɐ] ) is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany . It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda . It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen . Its mouth is 50 km (31 mi) further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham . The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula . It then merges into the North Sea via two highly saline , estuarine mouths.
13-761: The Aue , also known as the Bückeburger Aue , is an approximately 39 km (24 mi) long, eastern tributary of the river Weser in the Schaumburg District of Lower Saxony , and in the Minden-Lübbecke District of North Rhine-Westphalia . It flows into the Weser near Petershagen . This article related to a river in Lower Saxony is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
26-700: A river in North Rhine-Westphalia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Weser It connects to the canal network running east–west across the North German Plain . The river, when combined with the Werra (a dialectal form of Weser ), is 744 km (462 mi) long and thus, the longest river entirely situated within Germany (the Main , however, is the longest if
39-412: Is 24 metres (79 ft) above mean high tide, while the tower as such is 28 metres (92 ft) tall. The foundation is cylindrical and protrudes 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) from the sea at low tide. The tower above is conical. It is painted with red and white bands above a black base. The order of colours is white-red-white-red-white whereby the coloured section also marks the five floors inside
52-495: Is a lighthouse in the North Sea , in the Weser estuary . It entered service in 1885. The light was deactivated in 1986 but the tower still serves as a day beacon . Roter Sand Lighthouse was the first building ever to be erected directly on the sea floor . Including the foundation, Roter Sand Lighthouse is 52.5 metres (172 ft) tall. At low tide , it measures 30.7 metres (101 ft) above sea level . Its focal height
65-791: Is linked west to the Dortmund–Ems Canal via the Coastal Canal . It is linked east at Bremerhaven to the Elbe . A large reservoir, the Edersee , on the Eder , the main tributary of the Fulda, is used to allow enough water depth for shipping year-round. The dam, built in 1914, was bombed and severely damaged by British aircraft in May 1943, causing great destruction and about 70 deaths downstream. It
78-795: The Old Germanic *waisōn "flow, ooze". It is cognate with the Wear in England and Vistula (Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) in Poland, all of which are derived from the Proto-Indo-European root * weys- "to flow", which also gives rise to Old English/Old Frisian wāse "mud, ooze", Old Norse veisa "slime, stagnant pool", Dutch waas "haze; soggy land" (see Waasland ), Old Saxon waso "wet ground, mire", Old High German wasal "rain" and French vase "mud, sludge". The Weser starts at
91-575: The Weser and Werra are not combined). The Weser itself is 452 km (281 mi) long. The Werra rises in Thuringia , the German state south of the main projection (tongue) of Lower Saxony. "Weser" and "Werra" are the same words in different dialects. The difference reflects the old linguistic border between Central and Low German , passing through Hannoversch Münden. The name likely derives from
104-698: The confluence of the Fulda and the Werra. It then runs down to the Porta Westfalica between two high hill ranges, the Wiehengebirge , west and the Weserbergland in the east. Between Minden and the North Sea, humans have largely canalised the river up to a limit of 1,200-ton ships. Eight hydroelectric dams stand at the ends of adjacent weirstreams that make up the river. The navigation
117-532: The ports of Bremerhaven , Nordenham , and Bremen . The Alte Weser Lighthouse marks the northernmost point of the Weser. This replaced the Roter Sand Lighthouse in 1964. The largest tributary of the Weser is the Aller , which joins south of Bremen. Tributaries of the Weser and the Werra (from source to mouth) are: Modes of the list: List: Main towns along the Weser are (from the head of
130-462: The river to its mouth): Hann. Münden , Beverungen , Höxter , Holzminden , Bodenwerder , Hamelin , Hessisch Oldendorf , Rinteln , Vlotho , Bad Oeynhausen , Porta Westfalica , Minden , Petershagen , Nienburg , Achim , Bremen , Brake , Nordenham , Bremerhaven . The river features in the legend and folk tale the Pied Piper of Hamelin . Roter Sand Lighthouse Roter Sand
143-425: The service room, a balcony around the lantern can be reached via a stairway. However, it is not possible to walk all around the lantern because the higher oriel window blocks one part of the balcony. During the 1940s, the rooms used to be different with the inside of the black sector being accessible as storage. At the entrance level, there used to be the equipment for the generation of electrical power. Day trips to
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#1732798012576156-469: The tower. The entrance is located at the lower rim of the lowest white band. The basement serves as a storage. A stairway leads from there to the sleeping room. Further up is the kitchen with a coal-heated oven, and a living and service room. The latter has three oriel windows , two of which have the same height as the room itself while the third one leads even higher. The oriels used to host minor lights and point towards North-west, South and North-east. From
169-487: Was rebuilt within four months. The reservoir is a major summer resort area. Turbines driven by its sluices provide electricity . The Weser enters the North Sea in the southernmost part of the German Bight . In the sea it splits into two arms – the riverbed at the end of the last ice age . These sea arms are called Alte Weser (old Weser) and Neue Weser (new Weser). They are the waterways for ships heading for
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