Lune (river)

Lune
Course of the River Lune and its tributaries
State	Lower Saxony, Germany
Basin features
Main source	south of Hipstedt 16 m above sea level (NN) 53°27′50″N 8°57′10″E / 53.46389°N 8.95278°E / 53.46389; 8.95278Coordinates: 53°27′50″N 8°57′10″E / 53.46389°N 8.95278°E / 53.46389; 8.95278
River mouth	Alte Lune: southeast of Fischereihafen (Bremerhaven), Neue Lune: south of Dedesdorf into the Weser 2 m above sea level (NN) 53°25′13″N 8°30′13″E / 53.42028°N 8.50361°E / 53.42028; 8.50361
Progression	Weser → North Sea
River system	Weser
Landmarks	Villages: Kirchwistedt, Stemmermühlen, Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Düring, Stotel, Nesse, Büttel, Neuenlande; Lanhausen (=Alte Lune)
Tributaries	Left: Volkmarster Lune, Altwistedter Lune, Wellener Bach, Billerbeck, Gackau Right: Beverstedter Bach, Dohrener Bach, Loxstedt- Düringer Moorkanal; Rohr (=Alte Lune)
Physical characteristics
Length	43 km

Alte Lune: southeast of Fischereihafen (Bremerhaven),

The Lune is a river in Germany, some 43 kilometres (27 mi) long and a right tributary of the Lower Weser. It is a small lowland river, which is joined initially by the Volkmarster Lune on the boundary between the borough of Bremervörde and the district of Cuxhaven. Between Kirchwistedt and Stemmermühlen is its confluence with the Altwistedter Lune, and it then flows through Beverstedt, Lunestedt, Nesse near Loxstedt and Lanhausen to Lunesiel south of the Fischereihafen district of Bremerhaven. Until the beginning of the 17th century the river was a major transport artery and navigable as far as Deelbrügge.