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| Alte Schwentine | |
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 Source of the Alte Schwentine near Bornhöved | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Grimmelsberg nearBornhöved |
| Mouth | |
• location | AtPreetz into theSchwentine |
• coordinates | 54°14′16″N10°17′08″E / 54.23778°N 10.285583°E /54.23778; 10.285583 |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Schwentine→Baltic Sea |
| Waterbodies | Lakes: Bornhöveder See,Schmalensee,Belauer See,Stolper See,Postsee |
TheAlte Schwentine ("Old Schwentine") is a river in the region ofHolstein in NorthGermany. Its different sections are also known as the Bornau, Depenau, Kührener Au, Postau and Mühlenau.
It rises nearBornhöved on the hill of Grimmelsberg by the road from Bornhöved to Tarbek in a meadow and in the mill pond of Bornhöved. Initially, it flows through the Bornhöveder See and from there to theSchmalensee. From there it flows past former Slavic Belauburg into theBelauer See. Behind the lake it passes the Perdöl Mill, an old water mill, and flows into theStolper See in an old carr wood at Perdöl Manor House (Gut Perdöl). It leaves the Stolper See at Depenau Mill and flows past Depenau Moor (Depenauer Hochmoor) towards Depenau Manor House (Gut Depenau). Beyond the manor house the river is also called the Kühren Au and meanders through meadows to the west of the town ofPreetz located on the Postsee lake. Here it joins theSchwentine, which rises on theBungsberg and empties into theKiel Fjord in the Baltic Sea.
Between Postsee and Schwentine the namesPostau orMühlenau (after the old water mill ofPreetz Priory which stood nearby) are used.
This use of different names came about as a result of a mistake by thecartographer, Caspar Danckwerth, who, in 1652, gave the real Schwentine — associated withSventanafeld, the field of battle at theBattle of Bornhöved, different names such as the Bornhöved Bornau, Depenau, Kühren Au and Mühlenau. As a result the BungsbergSchwentine was declared to be the real Schwentine.
A section of theLimes Saxoniae, the fortified border rampart betweenSaxons andWends, which was built by the EmperorCharlemagne, ran along the chain of lakes on the Old Schwentine.
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