Brunau (Luhe)

Brunau
River Brunau near An der Horst (behind).
State	Lower Saxony, Germany
Physical characteristics
Main source	Northeast of the Wulfsberg near Behringen 84 m above sea level (NN) 53°07′49″N 9°54′53″E / 53.130139°N 9.91472°E / 53.130139; 9.91472Coordinates: 53°07′49″N 9°54′53″E / 53.130139°N 9.91472°E / 53.130139; 9.91472
River mouth	near Hützel into the Luhe 61 m above sea level (NN) 53°05′50″N 10°01′49″E / 53.097361°N 10.030139°E / 53.097361; 10.030139
Length	10,3 km
Basin features
Progression	Luhe → Ilmenau → Elbe → North Sea
River system	Elbe
Waterbodies	Lakes: Brunausee

The Brunau is a small river, 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) long, in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel, on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It rises south of Niederhaverbeck in the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve. Near Hützel, a village northeast of Bispingen, it discharges into the Luhe from the left bank. The water quality of the worsens as it flows downstream from north of Bispingen to its confluence with the Luhe, going from Class II: moderately polluted, to Class II – III: critically polluted.