Ohre
The Ohre near Calvörde
Location
CountryGermany
States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationLower Saxony
Mouth 
  location
Elbe
  coordinates
52°18′40″N 11°45′55″E / 52.31111°N 11.76528°E / 52.31111; 11.76528
Length104.9 km (65.2 mi) [1]
Basin size1,670 km2 (640 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
ProgressionElbeNorth Sea

The Ohre is a river in northern Germany, left tributary to the Elbe. Its total length is 103 kilometres (64 mi). Its source is north of Wolfsburg, in Lower Saxony. It flows generally south-east, at first following the border of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. After Buchhorst it flows completely through Saxony-Anhalt, along the Mittellandkanal. It flows into the Elbe in Rogätz, north of Magdeburg. The towns Brome, Calvörde, Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt lie along the river. The upper course of the Ohre is in the Drömling nature reserve.

Between the end of the Second World War and German reunification, the Ohre separated East from West Germany and so formed part of the Inner German border.

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