Which federal states does the Elbe flow through?
One of the most famous and largest rivers in Germany is the Elbe. But very few know how and where the Elbe flows through Germany and which federal states it runs through.
Below you will find some interesting information about the Elbe river, such as the course of the river in Germany is and through which federal states the Elbe flows.
Interesting facts about the Elbe
- The Elbe is a Central European river. It rises in the Czech Republic in the Giant Mountains. It flows across Germany and finally flows into the North Sea at Cuxhaven. The Elbe in Germany previously flows through the large cities of Dresden, Magdeburg and Hamburg.
- In the Czech Republic, the Elbe river is known as the Labe. The name is probably derived from the Greek name "Albis". The word "Albis" is derived from Latin and stands for "white".
- The best-known tributaries of the Elbe are the Vltava, the Eger, the Saale and the Iser. The Elbe has a total length of 1,094 meters and covers a total of 1,368 meters in altitude on its long route.
This is how the Elbe flows through the federal states
- On its way through Germany, the Elbe flows through many different federal states. The federal states include Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Hamburg and finally Schleswig-Holstein. The Elbe flows through the federal states one after the other in the order listed.
- The question now arises as to how you can best memorize all of the federal states through which the Elbe flows in the correct order. There is a simple solution to this: you have to build a donkey bridge. To do this, think of a sentence, each word in the sentence must begin with the letter of the respective federal state.
- An example of such a sentence would be: Susi, Nina, Mia are on school holidays. So Susi stands for Saxony-Anhalt, Nina for Lower Saxony, Mia for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, have Hamburg and school holidays for Schleswig-Holstein.
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You only have to memorize the simple sentence and then you can easily remember the federal states through which the Elbe flows.
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