Schleuse

{{Short description|River in Germany}} {{refimprove|date=November 2025}} {{Expand German|Schleuse (Fluss)|topic=geo|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox river | name = Schleuse | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | source1_location = | mouth_location = Werra | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50.4907|10.6345|display=it|region:DE_type:river}} | progression = {{RWerra}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = States | subdivision_name2 = Thuringia | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | river_system = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = }} '''Schleuse''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃlɔʏzə|-|De-Schleuse.ogg}}) is a river of Thuringia, Germany. It is a tributary of the Werra, which it joins in Kloster Veßra. The town Schleusingen lies on the Schleuse.

The river was first mentioned in writing in 1545. The name is a back-formation from the place name Schleusingen.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Greule |first1=Albrecht |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqboBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA473 |title=Deutsches gewässernamenbuch: etymologie der Gewässernamen und der dazugehörigen Gebiets-, Siedlungs- und Flurnamen |last2=Hackl-Rössler |first2=Sabine |date=2014 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |isbn=978-3-11-019039-7 |location=Berlin ; Boston |pages=472 |language=German}}</ref>

==See also== *List of rivers of Thuringia

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Category:Rivers of Thuringia Category:Rivers of Germany