Lober (Mulde)

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Lober
Lober sudwestlich des Delitzscher Stadtparks Mitte Marz 2023.jpg
Lober southwest of the Delitzsch city park, March 2023
Lober (Mulde)
Location
Country Germany
States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth of Zschölkau
 • coordinates 51°25′48″N12°24′53″E / 51.43°N 12.4147°E / 51.43; 12.4147
Mouth  
 • location
 Mulde
 • coordinates
 51°36′24″N12°25′53″E / 51.6067°N 12.4314°E / 51.6067; 12.4314
Lengthapproximately 20 km [1] (originally about 30 km)
Basin features
Progression Mulde→ Elbe→ North Sea
River system Elbe

The Lober is a river of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It flows into the Mulde near Pouch. Its course has been heavily affected by lignite mining; its lower course is a canal, also called Lober-Leine-Kanal. [2] The Lober flows through the town Delitzsch.

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Name

The name could have been derived from the Germanic root *alba- for 'gravel' with an r-suffix and then Slavicized to *Labar-. The meaning would therefore have been "river with a gravelly bed". [3]

Course changes

The course of the Lober was changed several times to allow the expansion of lignite mining. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ measured in Google Earth
  2. 1 2 "Central German lignite mining area Holzweißig/Goitsche/Rösa" (PDF). lmbv.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-18.
  3. ↑ Greule, Albrecht (2014-01-31). Deutsches Gewässernamenbuch: Etymologie der Gewässernamen und der zugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN   978-3-11-033859-1.


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