Garte

The Garte is a 23 km long stream that rises to the east of Weißenborn at an elevation of 303 m above sea level . Towns that it runs through or by include Beienrode, Kerstlingerode, Rittmarshausen , Wöllmarshausen, Benniehausen , Klein Lengden , and Diemarden. The stream joins the Leine River south of Göttingen. With a drop of 151 m, the stream averages a bed slope of 6.6‰. The watershed is 87 km2 . It is classified as a third-order stream according to the German system of body-of-water ranking.

The river valley is considered locally as something of a micro-cultural unit, especially solidified by the now-defunct Garte Valley Railway, a 750 mm narrow-gauge railway running from Göttingen to Duderstadt.

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