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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%B1_(%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1)" title="فيزر (نهر) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فيزر (نهر)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="وزر چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="وزر چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Везер – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Везер" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Вэзэр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вэзэр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Везер – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Везер" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Везер (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Везер (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser_(suba_sa_Alemanya,_Lower_Saxony)" title="Weser (suba sa Alemanya, Lower Saxony) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Weser (suba sa Alemanya, Lower Saxony)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vezera" title="Vezera – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vezera" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afon_Weser" title="Afon Weser – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Afon Weser" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Βέζερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βέζερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1" title="وزر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="وزر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Weser" title="Río Weser – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Weser" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%A0%80%EA%B0%95" title="베저강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베저강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%80_(%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF,_%D4%B3%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1)" title="Վեզեր (գետ, Գերմանիա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վեզեր (գետ, Գերմանիա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvio_Weser" title="Fluvio Weser – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Fluvio Weser" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Weser" title="Sungai Weser – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Weser" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A8_(%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94)" title="וזר (גרמניה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וזר (גרמניה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D3%A9%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD)" title="Везер (өзен) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Везер (өзен)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mto_Weser" title="Mto Weser – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mto Weser" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Везер – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Везер" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visurgis" title="Visurgis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Visurgis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%93zere" title="Vēzere – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vēzere" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser_(Floss)" title="Weser (Floss) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Weser (Floss)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%97zeris" title="Vėzeris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vėzeris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Везер – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Везер" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weser" title="Weser – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Weser" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ვეზერი (გერმანია) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ვეზერი (გერმანია)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B1" title="نهر فيسر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر فيسر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%86%D9%87" title="وسر روخنه – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="وسر روخنه" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wezer" title="Wezer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wezer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E5%B7%9D" title="ヴェーザー川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴェーザー川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeser" title="Weeser – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Weeser" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Weser%22">"Weser"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Weser%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Weser%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Weser%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Weser%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Weser%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2021</span>)</i></span><span 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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Weser<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%">Werser (<a href="/wiki/Low_German" title="Low German">Low German</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weser2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Weser2.JPG/300px-Weser2.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Weser2.JPG/450px-Weser2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Weser2.JPG/600px-Weser2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Weser near Bad Oeynhausen</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png/220px-Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png/330px-Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png/440px-Weser_Einzugsgebiet.png 2x" data-file-width="791" data-file-height="886" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Watershed of the Weser</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od 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style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Weser is located in Germany"><img alt="Weser is located in Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg/240px-Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg/360px-Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg/480px-Relief_Map_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1073" data-file-height="1272" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:19.803%;left:30.656%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Weser"><img alt="Weser" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">European context: mouth within Germany.</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="5" data-overlays="["_80b47a6ae831db8cb17d1cd7a7924dea5dacf73c"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Weser&revid=1275977682&groups=_80b47a6ae831db8cb17d1cd7a7924dea5dacf73c" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Weser&revid=1275977682&groups=_80b47a6ae831db8cb17d1cd7a7924dea5dacf73c 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Etymology</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>*waisōn</i>, <a href="/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" title="Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a>, meaning "flow" or "ooze"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">States</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bremen_(state)" title="Bremen (state)">Bremen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Saxony" title="Lower Saxony">Lower Saxony</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hesse" title="Hesse">Hesse</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minden" title="Minden">Minden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hamelin" title="Hamelin">Hamelin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hann._M%C3%BCnden" title="Hann. Münden">Hann. Münden</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kassel" title="Kassel">Kassel</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fulda_(river)" title="Fulda (river)">Fulda</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Fulda_(river)" title="Fulda (river)">Fulda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Werra" title="Werra">Werra</a> Rivers in <a href="/wiki/Hann._M%C3%BCnden" title="Hann. Münden">Hann. Münden</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Weser&params=51_25_17_N_9_38_53_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°25′17″N</span> <span class="longitude">9°38′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.42139°N 9.64806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.42139; 9.64806</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">116 m (381 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wadden_Sea" title="Wadden Sea">Wadden Sea</a> of the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Between <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nordenham" title="Nordenham">Nordenham</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Weser&params=53_32_8_N_8_33_56_E_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°32′8″N</span> <span class="longitude">8°33′56″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.53556°N 8.56556°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.53556; 8.56556</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">452 km (281 mi) [744 km (462 mi) if combined with the Werra]</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">46,306 km<sup>2</sup> (17,879 sq mi)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">327 m<sup>3</sup>/s (11,500 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">River system</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Weser basin</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diemel" title="Diemel">Diemel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emmer" title="Emmer">Emmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Werre" title="Werre">Werre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Aue" title="Große Aue">Große Aue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunte" title="Hunte">Hunte</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aller_(Germany)" title="Aller (Germany)">Aller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesum" title="Lesum">Lesum</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png/50px-Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png/75px-Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png/100px-Orthographic_projection_centred_over_Bremen_and_the_Weser_watershed.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="487" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Weser</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈveːzɐ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/4a\/De-Weser.ogg\/De-Weser.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Weser.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4a/De-Weser.ogg/De-Weser.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator 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It begins at <a href="/wiki/Hann._M%C3%BCnden" title="Hann. Münden">Hannoversch Münden</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Werra" title="Werra">Werra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fulda_(river)" title="Fulda (river)">Fulda</a>. It passes through the <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>. Its mouth is 50 km (31 mi) further north against the ports of <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nordenham" title="Nordenham">Nordenham</a>. The latter is on the <a href="/wiki/Butjadingen" title="Butjadingen">Butjadingen Peninsula</a>. It then merges into the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> via two highly <a href="/wiki/Saline_water" title="Saline water">saline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuarine</a> mouths. </p><p>It connects to the canal network running east–west across the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Plain" title="North German Plain">North German Plain</a>. </p><p>The river, when combined with the <b>Werra</b> (a dialectal form of <i>Weser</i>),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is 744 km (462 mi) long and thus, the longest river entirely situated within Germany (the <a href="/wiki/Main_(river)" title="Main (river)">Main</a>, however, is the longest if the Weser-Werra are considered separate). The Weser itself is 452 km (281 mi) long. The Werra rises in <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">German state</a> south of the main projection (tongue) of Lower Saxony. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Weser" and "Werra" are the same words in different dialects. The difference reflects the old <a href="/wiki/Isogloss" title="Isogloss">linguistic border</a> between <a href="/wiki/Central_German" title="Central German">Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Low_German" title="Low German">Low German</a>, passing through Hannoversch Münden. </p><p>The name likely derives from the Old Germanic <i>*waisōn</i> "flow, ooze".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Orel doesn't mention the Weser in his entry for *waisōn (December 2024)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> It is cognate with the <a href="/wiki/River_Wear" title="River Wear">Wear</a> in England and <a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> (Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) in Poland, all of which are derived from the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" title="Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a> root <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weys-" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weys-">*<i>weys-</i></a> "to flow", which also gives rise to Old English/Old Frisian <i>wāse</i> "mud, ooze", Old Norse <i>veisa</i> "slime, stagnant pool", Dutch <i>waas</i> "haze; soggy land" (see <a href="/wiki/Waasland" title="Waasland">Waasland</a>), Old Saxon <i>waso</i> "wet ground, mire", Old High German <i>wasal</i> "rain" and French <i>vase</i> "mud, sludge". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Course">Course</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Course"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Weser starts at the confluence of the Fulda and the Werra. It then runs down to the <a href="/wiki/Porta_Westfalica_(gorge)" title="Porta Westfalica (gorge)">Porta Westfalica</a> between two high hill ranges, the <a href="/wiki/Wiehengebirge" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiehengebirge">Wiehengebirge</a>, in the west and the <a href="/wiki/Weserbergland" class="mw-redirect" title="Weserbergland">Weserbergland</a> in the east. </p><p>Between <a href="/wiki/Minden" title="Minden">Minden</a> and the North Sea, humans have <a href="/wiki/River_engineering" title="River engineering">largely canalised the river</a> up to a limit of 1,200-ton ships. Eight hydroelectric dams stand at the ends of adjacent weirstreams that make up the river. The navigation is linked west to the <a href="/wiki/Dortmund%E2%80%93Ems_Canal" title="Dortmund–Ems Canal">Dortmund–Ems Canal</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Canal">Coastal Canal</a>. It is linked east at <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Elbe_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbe River">Elbe</a>. </p><p>A large reservoir, the <a href="/wiki/Edersee" title="Edersee">Edersee</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Eder_(Fulda)" title="Eder (Fulda)">Eder</a>, the main tributary of the Fulda, is used to allow enough water depth for shipping year-round. The dam, built in 1914, was <a href="/wiki/Operation_Chastise" title="Operation Chastise">bombed and severely damaged by British aircraft</a> in May 1943, causing great destruction and about 70 deaths downstream. It was rebuilt within four months. The reservoir is a major summer resort area. Turbines driven by its <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">sluices provide electricity</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AlteWeser_1964.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/AlteWeser_1964.jpg/170px-AlteWeser_1964.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/AlteWeser_1964.jpg/255px-AlteWeser_1964.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/AlteWeser_1964.jpg/340px-AlteWeser_1964.jpg 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alte_Weser_Lighthouse" title="Alte Weser Lighthouse">Alte Weser Lighthouse</a></figcaption></figure> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 165px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Upper" Weser, in reality the central section between the upper courses Werra and Fulda, and the lowland section"><img alt=""Upper" Weser, in reality the central section between the upper courses Werra and Fulda, and the lowland section" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg/180px-Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg/270px-Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg/360px-Weserradweg_b_Oedelsheim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1316" data-file-height="833" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Upper" Weser, in reality the central section between the upper courses Werra and Fulda, and the lowland section</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 165px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mittelland Canal/River Weser Lock in Minden taken in 1977"><img alt="Mittelland Canal/River Weser Lock in Minden taken in 1977" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg/180px-Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg/270px-Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg/360px-Minden_Weser-Mittelland_Kanal_Lock_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1528" data-file-height="1016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mittelland_Canal" title="Mittelland Canal">Mittelland Canal</a>/River Weser Lock in Minden taken in 1977</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 165px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MI-16_River_Weser_(Minden)_North_(RLH).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View north of the River Weser and the road bridge at Minden"><img alt="View north of the River Weser and the road bridge at Minden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg/180px-MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg/270px-MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg/360px-MI-16_River_Weser_%28Minden%29_North_%28RLH%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1648" data-file-height="992" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View north of the River Weser and the road bridge at Minden</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 165px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Weser_(Minden)_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_(RLH).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Southern view of the River Weser from the road bridge at Minden in 1977"><img alt="Southern view of the River Weser from the road bridge at Minden in 1977" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg/180px-River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg/270px-River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg/360px-River_Weser_%28Minden%29_South_To_Porta_West_Falica_%28RLH%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1008" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Southern view of the River Weser from the road bridge at Minden in 1977</div> </li> </ul> <p>The Weser enters the North Sea in the southernmost part of the <a href="/wiki/German_Bight" title="German Bight">German Bight</a>. In the sea it splits into two arms – the riverbed at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation" title="Quaternary glaciation">last ice age</a>. These sea arms are called <i>Alte Weser</i> (old Weser) and <i>Neue Weser</i> (new Weser). They are the waterways for ships heading for the ports of <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nordenham" title="Nordenham">Nordenham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bremen_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bremen (city)">Bremen</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Alte_Weser_Lighthouse" title="Alte Weser Lighthouse">Alte Weser Lighthouse</a> marks the northernmost point of the Weser. This replaced the <a href="/wiki/Roter_Sand_Lighthouse" title="Roter Sand Lighthouse">Roter Sand Lighthouse</a> in 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributaries">Tributaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest tributary of the Weser is the <a href="/wiki/Aller_(Germany)" title="Aller (Germany)">Aller</a>, which joins south of Bremen. Tributaries of the Weser and the Werra (from source to mouth) are: </p><p><b>Modes of the list:</b> </p> <ul><li>Listed upstream, but sides seen with the flow</li> <li>Distances ("km …") from the hydrographical limit towards the sea <ul><li>"II", "III"and "IV" mark distances of secondary/tertiary tributaries from the confluence with the Weser etc.</li></ul></li> <li>After the names, lengths and basin sizes are given.</li> <li>Lengths with longer affluents are given behind the slash, lengths including an upper course with another name with "or"</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weser_basin_topo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Weser_basin_topo.png/509px-Weser_basin_topo.png" decoding="async" width="509" height="852" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Weser_basin_topo.png/764px-Weser_basin_topo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Weser_basin_topo.png/1018px-Weser_basin_topo.png 2x" data-file-width="2544" data-file-height="4260" /></a><figcaption>Weser and its tributaries in blue, other rivers in grey</figcaption></figure> <p><b>List:</b> </p> <ul><li>km 19, right: <a href="/wiki/Geeste_(river)" title="Geeste (river)">Geeste</a> (in Bremerhaven), 42.5 km, 338 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 33, right: <a href="/wiki/Lune_(Weser)" title="Lune (Weser)">Lune</a>, 43 km, 383 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 35.9, right: <a href="/wiki/Drepte" title="Drepte">Drepte</a>, 37.6 km, 101 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 52.8, left: <a href="/wiki/Hunte" title="Hunte">Hunte</a>, 189 km, 2.785 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>II: km 125.7: Lake <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCmmer" title="Dümmer">Dümmer</a></li></ul></li> <li>km 67.6, right: <a href="/wiki/Lesum" title="Lesum">Lesum</a>, 9.9 or 131.5, 2,188 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>II: km 9.9, right <a href="/wiki/Hamme_(river)" title="Hamme (river)">Hamme</a>, 48.5 km, 549 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>↑ main stream: <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCmme" title="Wümme">Wümme</a>, 118 / 120, 1,585 km<sup>2</sup></li></ul></li> <li>km 72.5, left: <a href="/wiki/Ochtum" title="Ochtum">Ochtum</a>, 25.6 or 45 km, 917 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>II: km 25.6: left <a href="/wiki/Hache_(Ochtum)" title="Hache (Ochtum)">Hache</a>, 33 km, 118 km<sup>2</sup></li></ul></li> <li>km 125.6, right: <a href="/wiki/Aller_(Germany)" title="Aller (Germany)">Aller</a>, 260 km, 15,744 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>II: km 63.6, left: <a href="/wiki/Leine" title="Leine">Leine</a>, 278 km, 5,617 km<sup>2</sup>, stronger than river Aller above <ul><li>III: km 112.7, right: <a href="/wiki/Innerste" title="Innerste">Innerste</a>, 99.7 km, 1,264 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>III: km 192.8, right: <a href="/wiki/Rhume" title="Rhume">Rhume</a>, 44 km, 1,193 km<sup>2</sup>, stronger than river Leine above</li> <li>IV: km 15.6, right: <a href="/wiki/Oder_(Harz)" title="Oder (Harz)">Oder</a>, 56 km, 385 km<sup>2</sup>, headwater of the strongest waterway of Aller system</li></ul></li> <li>II: km 97.3, right: <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rtze" title="Örtze">Örtze</a>, 62 / 70 km, 760 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>II: km 140.7, left: <a href="/wiki/Oker" title="Oker">Oker</a>, 218 km, 1822 km<sup>2</sup>, stronger than river Aller above</li></ul></li> <li>km 184.6, right: Steinhuder Meerbach <ul><li>↑ km II: 29 lake <a href="/wiki/Steinhuder_Meer" title="Steinhuder Meer">Steinhuder Meer</a></li></ul></li> <li>km 188.7, left: <a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Aue" title="Große Aue">Große Aue</a>, 84.5 km, 1,522 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 261.3, left: <a href="/wiki/Werre" title="Werre">Werre</a>, 71.9 km, 1485 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>II: km 12.7, left: <a href="/wiki/Else_(Werre)" title="Else (Werre)">Else</a>, 34.6 km, 416 km<sup>2</sup>, branch of the <a href="/wiki/Hase" title="Hase">Hase</a>, an affluent of <a href="/wiki/Ems_(river)" title="Ems (river)">Ems</a></li></ul></li> <li>km 287.7, left: <a href="/wiki/Exter_(Weser)" title="Exter (Weser)">Exter</a>, 26.1 km, 109 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 323.3, left: <a href="/wiki/Emmer_(Weser)" title="Emmer (Weser)">Emmer</a>, 61.8 km, 535 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 387.5, left: <a href="/wiki/Nethe" title="Nethe">Nethe</a>, 50.4 km, 460 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 406.5, left: <a href="/wiki/Diemel" title="Diemel">Diemel</a>, 110.5 km, 1,762 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 451.5, left: <a href="/wiki/Fulda_(river)" title="Fulda (river)">Fulda</a>, 220.4 km, 6.947 km<sup>2</sup></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>II: km 45.3, left: <a href="/wiki/Eder_(Fulda)" title="Eder (Fulda)">Eder</a>, 176.1 km, 3,361 km<sup>2</sup>, headwater of the strongest waterway of Weser system <dl><dd>III: km 17.1, left: <a href="/wiki/Schwalm_(Eder)" title="Schwalm (Eder)">Schwalm</a>, 97.1 km, 1.299 km<sup>2</sup></dd> <dd>↑ III: km 49.4–70.5: <a href="/wiki/Edersee" title="Edersee">Edersee</a> reservoir</dd></dl></dd> <dd>II: 120.1, right: <a href="/wiki/Haune" title="Haune">Haune</a>, 66.5 km, 500 km<sup>2</sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>↑ main stream above km 451.5: <a href="/wiki/Werra" title="Werra">Werra</a>, 299.6 km, 5.497 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 566.5, right: <a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6rsel" title="Hörsel">Hörsel</a>, 55.2 or 64.3, 784 km<sup>2</sup> <ul><li>km 9.8, right: <a href="/wiki/Nesse_(H%C3%B6rsel)" title="Nesse (Hörsel)">Nesse</a>, 54.5 km, 426 km<sup>2</sup></li></ul></li> <li>km 513.1, left: <a href="/wiki/Ulster_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster River">Ulster</a>, 57.2 km, 421 km<sup>2</sup></li> <li>km 604.4, right: <a href="/wiki/Schleuse_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleuse (river)">Schleuse</a>, 34.2 km, 283 km<sup>2</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_towns">Notable towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable towns"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Münden">Hann. Münden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beverungen" title="Beverungen">Beverungen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoexter" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoexter">Höxter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holzminden" title="Holzminden">Holzminden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodenwerder" title="Bodenwerder">Bodenwerder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamelin" title="Hamelin">Hamelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hessisch_Oldendorf" title="Hessisch Oldendorf">Hessisch Oldendorf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rinteln" title="Rinteln">Rinteln</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vlotho" title="Vlotho">Vlotho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bad_Oeynhausen" title="Bad Oeynhausen">Bad Oeynhausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Porta_Westfalica" title="Porta Westfalica">Porta Westfalica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minden" title="Minden">Minden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petershagen" title="Petershagen">Petershagen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nienburg,_Lower_Saxony" title="Nienburg, Lower Saxony">Nienburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Achim" title="Achim">Achim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brake_(Unterweser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brake (Unterweser)">Brake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nordenham" title="Nordenham">Nordenham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bremerhaven" title="Bremerhaven">Bremerhaven</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The river features in the legend and folk tale the <a href="/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin" title="Pied Piper of Hamelin">Pied Piper of Hamelin</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 441. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789004128750" title="Special:BookSources/9789004128750"><bdi>9789004128750</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Handbook+of+Germanic+Etymology&rft.place=Netherlands&rft.pages=441&rft.pub=Koninklijke+Brill+NV&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9789004128750&rft.aulast=Orel&rft.aufirst=Vladimir&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2FOrel-AHandbookOfGermanicEtymology%2F2003OrelV.-AHandbookOfGermanicEtymology%23page%2Fn479%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWeser" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dieter Berger: <i>Geographische Namen in Deutschland</i>. Duden-Verlag, Mannheim 1999.</li> <li>Hans Krahe: <i>Sprache und Vorzeit</i>. Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1954. (<i>Zur alteuropäischen Hydronomie</i>.)</li> <li>Julius Pokorny: <i>Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch</i>. Francke, Bern 1959.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Karsten Meinke: <i>Die Entwicklung der Weser im Nordwestdeutschen Flachland während des jüngeren Pleistozäns</i>. Diss., Göttingen 1992. Mit Bodenprofilen der Weserstädte.</li> <li>Ludger Feldmann und Klaus-Dieter Meyer (Hrsg.): <i>Quartär in Niedersachsen. Exkursionsführer zur Jubiläums-Hauptversammlung der Deutschen Quartärvereinigung in Hannover</i>. DEUQUA-Exkursionsführer, Hannover 1998, page 89ff.</li> <li>Hans Heinrich Seedorf und Hans-Heinrich Meyer: <i>Landeskunde Niedersachsen. Natur und Kulturgeschichte eines Bundeslandes</i>. Volume 1: <i>Historische Grundlagen und naturräumliche Ausstattung</i>. Wachtholz, Neumünster 1992, page 105ff.</li> <li>Ludger Feldmann: <i>Das Quartär zwischen Harz und Allertal mit einem Beitrag zur Landschaftsgeschichte im Tertiär</i>. Papierflieger, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2002, page 133ff and others.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bremer Archäologische Blätter, Beiheft 2/2000 zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Focke-Museum: <i>Siedler, Söldner und Piraten, Chauken und Sachsen im Bremer Raum</i>, Der Landesarchäologe Bremen, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0068-0907">0068-0907</a>.</li> <li>Bremer Archäologische Blätter, Beiheft 3/2004 zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Focke-Museum: <i>Gefundene Vergangenheit</i>, Archäologie des Mittelalters in Bremen, Der Landesarchäologe Bremen, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-7749-3233-6" title="Special:BookSources/3-7749-3233-6">3-7749-3233-6</a>. (wg.Geschichte des <a href="/wiki/Balge_(Arm_der_Weser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balge (Arm der Weser)">Weserarms Balge</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weser&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Georg Bessell: <i>Geschichte Bremerhavens</i>. Morisse, Bremerhaven 1927, 1989.</li> <li>Heinz Conradis: <i>Der Kampf um die Weservertiefung in alter Zeit</i>. In: <i>Bremisches Jahrbuch</i>. Bremen 41.1944.</li> <li>J. W. A. Hunichs: <i>Practische Anleitung zum Deich-, Siel- und Schlengenbau</i>. Erster Theil, von den Sielen. Bremen 1770.</li> <li><i>Die Kanalisierung der Mittelweser</i>. Published by the Mittelweser AG, Carl Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 1960.</li> <li>Kuratorium für Forschung im Küsteningenieurswesen: <i>Die Küste</i>. 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