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Jordanbach

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Main source
  
im Vehmsmoor

Length
  
7 km

River system
  
Weser

Country
  
Germany

Location
  
Gemeinde Walsrode, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lower Saxony,  Germany

River mouth
  
southwest of Altenboitzen into the Böhme

Progression
  
Böhme → Aller → Weser → North Sea

The Jordanbach is a right-bank tributary of the River Böhme in North Germany. It lies entirely within the borough of Walsrode which is part of Soltau-Fallingbostel district in the state of Lower Saxony.

Map of Jordanbach, Germany

The river is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long and has its source in the Vehmsmoor, which it drains. It flows in a southerly direction through Altenboitzen and discharges southwest of the village into the Böhme.

The Jordanbach gives its name to a railway line between Bomlitz and Altenboitzen, that is nowadays only used for tourist purposes, such as the special trains of the Heath Express run by the Lüneburg Transport Society (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verkehrsfreunde Lüneburg). This section of the Verden – Walsrode line operated by the Verden-Walsrode Railway, which was formed in 1910, is also called the Jordan-Bomlitz Railway, because it runs from the valley of the Jordanbach to the Bomlitz valley.

References

Jordanbach Wikipedia