Deube

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The Deube, also: Deuba is a ten kilometer long tributary of the River Ilm in middle Thuringia. It runs on the Ilm -Saale- plate in a highly karstified region.

Course

The Deube rises on the eastern slope of the mountain at Beier Ehrenstein. Then it flows in a westerly direction across the Deube region, a plateau at 400 to 450 meters above sea level, in the villages Nahwinden, Döllstedt, Großliebringen and small Großliebringen lie. This level belongs to the municipality Ilm valley and is used for agriculture, although the dry limestone soils are not very productive. In this area the Deube runs channeled. After leaving the plane in a westerly direction, it flows through Geilsdorf, where the railway line Arnstadt -Saalfeld meets the Deubetal, which they followed up after Stadtilm.

Below Geilsdorf the river seeps temporarily in the karst underground. This water does not flow into the Ilm, but occurs in Remdaer area about ten kilometers east again to day and from there flows from the Saale to. In water-rich years (regular ) Estuary at Oberilm, a district of Stadtilm is achieved in the Ilm, this last section of the river is irrigated by other sources, therefore results there is always water in the Ilm.

Origin of the name

The river name is derived from the Indo-European dheub or dheup ( deep and hollow ), from which is derived the Old High German TIOF. So the river name means the depth.