Struga (river)

Struga
Struga near Schleife, looking west
Map
Location
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWeißwasser
Mouth 
 • location
Spree north of Neustadt, Spreetal
 • coordinates
51°29′34″N 14°26′23″E / 51.49278°N 14.43972°E / 51.49278; 14.43972
Basin features
ProgressionSpreeHavelElbeNorth Sea

Struga is a river of Saxony, Germany in northern Upper Lusatia. It is a right tributary of the Spree, which it joins in Neustadt (Spree). It passes through the lignite mining region north of the Nochten opencast mine and is canalized for its whole length. Its basin is marked by past and present mining activities.

The river is a principal landmark of the Schleife region,[1] although it is locally considered only a stream.[2]

  1. ^ Vattenfall Europe Mining & Generation, ed. (2007). STRUGA: Das Magazin für die Bürger der Region Schleife, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis. Cottbus.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Kito Lorenc (1967). Struga: Wobrazy našeje krajiny. Bilder einer Landschaft (in Upper Sorbian and German). Verlag Domowina, Bautzen.