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Lahn River

Lahn
Verlaufskarte Lahn.png
Map of the Lahn River from its source in the Rothaargebirge to its mouth near Koblenz.
Country Germany
Basin features
Main source Near the Lahnhof in the municipality of Netphen, North Rhine-Westphalia
602 m (1,975 ft)
50°53′32″N 8°14′30″E / 50.89222°N 8.24167°E / 50.89222; 8.24167
River mouth Rhine River at Lahnstein,
Rhineland-Palatinate
61 m (200 ft)
50°18′32″N 7°35′42″E / 50.30889°N 7.59500°E / 50.30889; 7.59500Coordinates: 50°18′32″N 7°35′42″E / 50.30889°N 7.59500°E / 50.30889; 7.59500
Progression RhineNorth Sea
Basin size 5,924.52 km2 (2,287.47 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length 245.6 km (152.6 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    54 m3/s (1,900 cu ft/s)
Lahn
Badenburger Wehr km -11.075
Gießen km -5
Former border between Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Hesse km 0
Lock Dorlar km 4.64
Garbenheim km 6
Lock Naunheim km 8.05
Wetzlar km 12
Waterways and Shipping Administration Wetzlar km 12.2
Federal waterway km 12.22
Lock Altenberg km 16.49
Lock Oberbiel km 19.26
Lock Niederbiel km 20.26
Leun km 25
Stockhausen km 28.5
Lock Löhnberg km 36.26
Shipping tunnel Weilburg entrance km 39
Federal highway 456
Shipping tunnel Weilburg exit
Lock staircase Weilburg km 41.32
km
Odersbach km 44
Lock Kirschhofen km 45.54
Lock Fürfurt km 51.20
Aumenau km 54.5
Arfurt km 59.5
Lock Villmar km 62.55
Lock Runkel km 65.29
Border between Waterways and Shipping Administrations Wetzlar and Diez km 70
Marina Dehrn km 71.5
Dietirchen km 73
Lock Limburg km 76.60
Lock Diez km 83.23

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