# Innerste

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{{Short description|River in Germany}}
{{Infobox river
  | name              = Innerste
  | image             = Sarstedt-Innerste-Muehle-Malzfeldt.jpg
  | image_caption     = The Innerste in Sarstedt
  | map               = Innerste.png
  | source1_location  = [Harz](/source/Harz) 
  | mouth_location    = [Leine](/source/Leine)
  | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|52|14|50|N|9|49|30|E|display=inline,title}}
  | progression       = {{RLeine}}
  | subdivision_type1 = Country
  | subdivision_name1 = [Germany](/source/Germany)
  | subdivision_type2 = State
  | subdivision_name2 = [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony)
  | length            = {{convert|100.7|km|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}}
  | source1_elevation = {{convert|615|m|abbr=on}}
  | discharge1_avg    = ±{{convert|10|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
  | basin_size        = {{convert|1265|km2|abbr=on}} {{GeoQuelle|DE-NI|UK}}
}}
The '''Innerste''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɪnɐstə|-|De-Innerste.ogg}}) is a river in [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is a right tributary of the [Leine](/source/Leine) river and {{cvt|101|km}} in length. 
[[File:RioInnerste.jpg|thumb|left|River Innerste near [Steuerwald Castle](/source/Steuerwald_Castle)]]
[[File:InnersteMagdalenenkirche.jpg|thumb|left|250px|River Innerste in the center of [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim) in winter]]

== Origin of the name ==
The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times called the ''Inste'' (1805), ''Inderste'' (1567), ''Indistria'' (1313), ''Entrista'' (1065) and ''Indrista'' (1013), probably goes back to the Indo-Germanic root ''oid'' = ''turbulent, strong''. It may be the name referred to in the name of the battlefield of  ''[''Idista''viso](/source/Idistaviso)'' (16 A.D.).

== Course ==
The river's source is in the [Harz](/source/Harz) mountains, {{cvt|4|km}} from the town of [Clausthal-Zellerfeld](/source/Clausthal-Zellerfeld) to the southwest at an elevation of 615 m and is called ''Innerstesprung''. As a small brook, the Innerste flows west and passes a system of lakes, the first of which is called ''Entensumpf''. The next lakes are ''Oberer Nassenwieser Teich'', ''Bärenbrucher Teich'', ''Ziegenberger Teich'', and ''Sumpfteich''. The German word ''Teich'' means "pond".

Having passed through the middle of the village of [Buntenbock](/source/Buntenbock), the Innerste passes ''Prinzenteich'' and turns to the west to [Wildemann](/source/Wildemann) (390 m), one of the smallest towns in Germany. [Grumbach](/source/Grumbach_(Innerste)), one of the first tributaries, flows into the Innerste in the middle of Wildemann. The Innerste turns to the North to [Lautenthal](/source/Lautenthal) (300 m), another town on its course and flows parallel to the abandoned track of the [Innerste Valley Railway](/source/Innerste_Valley_Railway). Here the [Laute](/source/Laute) flows into the Innerste in the middle of Lautenthal. The name of the town means "Laute Valley". Near [Lautenthal](/source/Lautenthal) the Innerste is [dam](/source/dam)med (the ''[Innerstetalsperre](/source/Innerstetalsperre)''). When the dam was built 1963–1966, a nice lake for holidays and watersports was created. A few kilometers further on, the Innerste leaves the Harz Mountains near the town of [Langelsheim](/source/Langelsheim) (204 m) and turns to the Northwest. The first tributary is river [Grane](/source/Grane_(river)) ({{cvt|12|km}} in length).

From here, the Innerste flows through the ''Harzvorland'', a hilly countryside. Further tributaries are river [Nette](/source/Nette_(Innerste)) ({{cvt|42|km}} in length), river [Lamme](/source/Lamme) ({{cvt|21|km}} in length), river Bruchgraben, river [Neile](/source/Neile) and river [Beuster](/source/Beuster_(Innerste)) ({{cvt|12|km}} in length). Some more towns on its course are the southern quarters of [Salzgitter](/source/Salzgitter) and [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim). The Innerste passes [Marienburg Castle](/source/Marienburg_Castle%2C_Hildesheim), the centre of [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim) (90 m) and [Steuerwald Castle](/source/Steuerwald_Castle) in the North of the City.

North of Hildesheim, the Innerste enters the [North German Plain](/source/North_German_Plain). About {{cvt|18|km}} further on, it flows into the Leine near the town of [Sarstedt](/source/Sarstedt), south of [Hanover](/source/Hanover), at an elevation of 65 m.

==Media==
[Wilhelm Raabe](/source/Wilhelm_Raabe) wrote a novelle titled ''Die Innerste''.

==See also==
*[List of rivers of Lower Saxony](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Lower_Saxony)

==References==
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Category:Innerste basin
Category:Rivers of Lower Saxony
Category:Rivers of the Harz
Category:Rivers of Germany

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