The Unstrut is a river in Germany, left tributary of the Saale. It originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelstädt (west of Kefferhausen in the Eichsfeld area). In its lower reaches, it flows through Saxony-Anhalt and empties into the Saale near Naumburg. The total length of the Unstrut is 192 km. Towns along the Unstrut include Mühlhausen, Sömmerda, Bad Frankenhausen, Artern, Roßleben, and Freyburg. Tributaries of the Unstrut are the Gera, Wipper, Helme, and Lossa. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 249 KB) de: Unstrut, Brücke Weischütz Source: taken by user on June 5, 2004 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Unstrut Metadata This file... [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Length 413 km Elevation of the source 728  m Average discharge  ?  m³/s Area watershed  ?  km² Origin  Germany Mouth  Elbe Basin countries Germany Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxonian Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fränkische Saale). ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... This bridge across the Danube River links Hungary with Slovakia. ... Length 413 km Elevation of the source 728  m Average discharge  ?  m³/s Area watershed  ?  km² Origin  Germany Mouth  Elbe Basin countries Germany Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxonian Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fränkische Saale). ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Dingelstädt is a Thuringian (Germany) city in the district of Eichsfeld. ... Kefferhausen is a Thuringian (German) municipality in the district of Eichsfeld. ... Eichsfeld 1900 The Eichsfeld is a historical region in the southeast of Lower Saxony and Thuringia (which is called Untereichsfeld = lower Eichsfeld) and northwest of Thuringia (Obereichsfeld = upper Eichsfeld) in the south of the Harz mountains. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... Length 413 km Elevation of the source 728  m Average discharge  ?  m³/s Area watershed  ?  km² Origin  Germany Mouth  Elbe Basin countries Germany Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxonian Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fränkische Saale). ... This article is about the town in Saxony-Anhalt; for Naumburg in Hesse, see Naumburg, Hesse. ... Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. ... Sömmerda is a small town near Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany on the Unstrut river. ... Bad Frankenhausen (officially: Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser) is a town in Thuringia, Germany. ... Artern is a town in Thuringia, Germany. ... Roßleben is a town in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. ... Freyburg may refer to: Freyburg, Germany, a town in Germany Freyburg, Texas, a town in the USA See also: Freiburg Category: ... The Gera is a river in Thuringia, Germany, tributary of the Unstrut. ... Wipper can refer to: Wipper (Saale), a river in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Wipper (Unstrut), a river in Thuringia, Germany Wipper, the name of the river Wupper in its upper course the German name for the river Wieprza in Poland Category: ...

Together with the Saale, the Unstrut forms the winegrowing district of Saale-Unstrut. The well-known brand of sparkling wine, "Rotkäppchen" ("Little Red Riding Hood") is produced in the cellars of Freyburg. The hillsides along the Saale and Unstrut rivers in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, Germany give their name to the small wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut, which is among the northernmost of Europes traditional wine regions. ... A depiction by Gustave Doré. Little Red Riding Hood is a famous folktale about a young girls encounter with a wolf. ... Freyburg may refer to: Freyburg, Germany, a town in Germany Freyburg, Texas, a town in the USA See also: Freiburg Category: ...

Name

Strödu in Old High German means a boggy thicket, un- is a prefix to intensify the meaning, so the Unstrut region was a very swampy areal. In 575 the river was called Onestrudis, in the 7th century Unestrude, in 994 Vnstruod.

History

In 531, according to the Decem Libri of Gregory of Tours, the decisive battle between the Franconians and Thuringians took place along the Unstrut, which resulted in the destruction and annexation of the early medieval Thuringian kingdom by the Frankish empire. In 933 the German king Heinrich I. fought, after a ten-year truce, against a Hungarian army in the Battle of Riade, a place near the Unstrut, but which is now unknown. His victory led to a period of peace, until the Hungarians returned in 955 and were defeated again. One of his favourite places was Memleben on the Unstrut, where a so called Pfalz, palatium or villa regia was built. He died there in 936, and his son, Otto I, in 973. A monastery was built there in the next years, becoming one of the most important in the German realm for a short time. Remains are still to be seen; the exact location of the palatium is not known any more. Saint Gregory of Tours (c. ... Franconia (German: Franken) is a historic region in modern Germany, which today forms three administrative regions of the German federal state of Bavaria: Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Heinrich I depicted as The Bamberg Knight Henry I, the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... Memleben is a small village in the southern Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, it is located at the river Unstrut. ...

Due to its swampy character, the Unstrut was not navigable for ships for a long time. Finally, in the years 1790-1794, the river was made navigable on the orders of the Elector of Saxony. It became an important shipping lane for a century; in particular, sandstone and limestone were shipped. From 1889, when the railroad, the Unstrutbahn, alongside the river was built, the significance of the river route was much reduced. The Unstrut region is, with an are of 300 ha, one of the smallest wine growing districts, but quite well-known.

Sights

• Historical city Mühlhausen
• castle ruin Wendelstein
• cloister ruin Memleben
• castle Neuenburg at Freyburg