Luhnau

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The Luhnau is a river in Schleswig -Holstein. She was a left tributary of the Eider. With the construction of the Kiel Canal, she was separated there. Since then, it flows into the channel.

The Luhnau begins 2.5 km south of the community Luhnstedt in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde which she gave her name. In the first few kilometers, in the direction they are flowing north, they often proceeds piped among fields. In Luhnstedt it changes the flow direction northwest. Your mouth in the North Sea-Baltic Canal is on the edge of the nature reserve " polders Schachtholm ". The former mouth of the Eider is located just 2 kilometers away. The severed portion is as ditch still exists. Tributaries are Barlau, Holt villages Au and Krambek.

The river was named in 1339 Lunowe, in the 17th century Lünow. The name probably comes from the Old Saxon and means "swamp - stream ".

After the national regulation for the implementation of the State Fisheries Act of 2008 of the State of Schleswig -Holstein, the Luhnau part of the fishing district Eider river basin ( catchment area of ​​the North Sea). Responsible for Luhnau is the Water and Soil Association Luhnau, which is located at the Office Nortorfer country. The Kiel Canal is part of the Elbe river basin.