Rotes Luch

The Red Luch is the highest part of the glacial trough that connects the Berlin glacial valley in Erkner with the Oder in the Eberswalde glacial valley at Neutrebbin and the northwest area of ​​the high points of Barnim separates from the southeast to the country Lebus.

The Red Luch is about 11 kilometers long and one kilometer wide and contains a Pseudobifurkation or Talwasserscheide. The water level is over 44 meters at the highest point 46.3 m above mean sea level, the ground level is 25 to 40 feet lower than the surrounding moraine hills, the meadow area of Luches is southeast almost completely bounded by forest, while to the north- west and adjoins farmland. The Luch is part of the Natural Park märkische Switzerland.

From the trenches in Luch water flows northeastward than the 27 km long Stöbber by the märkische Switzerland into the Oder and joins there 3.8 m above mean sea level with an elderly or for Friedlander current, which flows in Wriezen in the largest Old Or.

Southwest Windwärts the water leaves the Luch as Stöbberbach and joins after 6 kilometers with the coming of the Maxsee Mühlenfließ to Löcknitz after less than 25 km in the Flakensee and from there one kilometer to 32.3 m above mean sea level in the Dämeritzsee the Spree flows.

From 1956 to 1993 here the regiment 14 of the NVA Air Force was stationed.