Laute is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Innerste.
The Laute rises in the vicinity of Hahnenklee in the Upper Harz and discharges about 6 km (3.7 mi) later into the Innerste in Lautenthal. The source is at an elevation of about 540 m at the bottom of a mountain called Kuttelbacher Berg. The Laute flows to the west parallel to road L 516 which is called Hahnenkleer Straße in Lautenthal. The name of the town means Laute Valley. The mouth is at an elevation of about 300 m in the west of Wildemanner Strasse, the high street of Lautenthal.
In 1875 a railway bridge of the Innerste Valley Railway was built over the Laute close to its mouth.[1] Although the railway line was closed in 1977, the bridge is well preserved and still used by hikers. A flood of the Laute caused considerable damage in Lautenthal in 1877.[2]
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Laute in the east of Lautenthal -
Laute in the middle of Lautenthal -
Former railway bridge over the Laute which discharges into the Innerste (in the foreground)
