Lachte

Laughed west of Lachendorf

The Laughed is an approximately 38 km long right tributary of the river Aller which. It drains a very forested catchment area of ​​the eastern South Heath and has an average discharge of approximately 2.9 m³ / s at the mouth. The river system has a striking parallel water structure and is largely in the Nature Park South Heath. It contains some ecologically very high quality water sections.

Course

The Laughed rises in the northern district of Gifhorn southwest of the village Sprakensehl. They first flows in a southwesterly direction and feeds the Good Auermühle a 5 km long chain of ponds. Then it increases from left to Kainbach on and below the stone Horst Jafelbach. In Horst Stein ( with a water wheel in the municipal crest ) a paved ford through the river. In Beedenbostel, the district of Celle, lead from the right major tributary of Laughed Lutter and the Aschau. The Lutter is at the confluence with the Laughed even the larger river. In Lachendorf, the river turns west and flows Lachtehausen, a district of Celle, in the Aller.

Also, if she follows only on its western section of the river, the small railway Celle- Witt rings is also called Laughed Valley Railway.

Reserves

In 1997, the nature reserve Upper Laughed Kainbach, Jafelbach was established with a size of 1090 ha. Since 2009, the Laughed stands in 489 acres of nature reserve Laughed in the district of Celle under protection. A total of 4014 hectares of the river system of Laughed inclusive of Lutter and some tributaries under protection, 5113 form the FFH area " Lutter, Laughed, Aschau ( with some side streams ) ." Part of it lies in the nature park until.