| Warnow | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mecklenburg |
| Mouth | |
• location | Baltic Sea |
• coordinates | 54°10′54″N12°5′32″E / 54.18167°N 12.09222°E /54.18167; 12.09222 |
| Length | 155.4 km (96.6 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,324 km2 (1,283 sq mi) |
TheWarnow (German pronunciation:[ˈvaʁno]) is a river in the state ofMecklenburg-Vorpommern inGermany. It flows into theBaltic Sea near the town ofRostock, in its boroughWarnemünde.
The source of the Warnow is in Grebbin, a small village 10 kilometres (6 mi) north ofParchim, at the western end of theMecklenburg Lake District. It flows north throughSternberg,Bützow andSchwaan before reaching Rostock.
In 2003, Germany's first modern toll road, theWarnow Tunnel was opened, connecting the port of Rostock on the east bank with the west bank of the river.
There is inIndaial, a city of Brazil, a river with the same name. WhenHermann Blumenau came to America and started to explore the country, he gave this name to the river in the Brazilian city because it resembled the river in Germany.
The origins of the name are uncertain. Recent work suggests a non-Indo-European (perhaps specificallyHattic) elementar(i)n ('spring, stream'), giving rise to the Slavic formWarnow through the prosthesis of /v-/.[1] TheWarnabi, a medieval Slavic tribe, probably derived their name from the Warnow. The ancient geographerClaudius Ptolemäus mentioned a river around 150 CE whose location would correspond to the Warnow, which he called the Χαλοῦσος (Latin: Chalusus).[2] The river also appears in a few medieval sources under names along the lines ofGoderak:Guðakrsá ('God-field's river') inKnýtlinga saga chapter 119 andSaxo Grammaticus'sGesta Danorum in the phrasead Gudacram amnem ('to the river Gudacra'; xiv.25.16).[3] Meanwhile,Arnold of Lübeck'sChronica Slavorum mentions thatBerno, Apostle of the Obotrites 'pro Gutdracco Godehardum episcopum venerari constituit' ('instituted the veneration ofBishop Godehard in place of Gutdracco').[4] This Gutdracco is otherwise unknown, and there is some suspicion that the name of this god arose as a folk-etymologisation of the name of the river.[5]
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