| Stepenitz | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Stepenitz_(Mecklenburg).jpg) The Stepenitz between Mühlen Eichsen and Rüting | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| States | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Reference no. | DE: 9628 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Northwest of Schwerin and the Neumühler See |
| • coordinates | 53°39′55″N 11°16′49″E / 53.66539°N 11.28037°E |
| • elevation | ca. 49 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Into the Pötenitzer Wiek |
• coordinates | 53°54′25″N 10°58′00″E / 53.90694°N 10.96667°E |
| Length | 52 km (32 mi) |
| Basin size | 701 km2 (271 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Trave→ Baltic Sea |
| Landmarks |
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| Tributaries | |
| • left | Radegast, Maurine |
| • right | Poischower Mühlenbach |
| Waterbodies |
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The Stepenitz is a right-hand tributary of the Trave in the northwest of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and within the borough of Lübeck in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.