Tarnitz
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The Tarnitz is a tributary of the Löcknitz in southwest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and north Brandenburg
in Germany.
The roughly 14 kilometre long river has its source in a small, wooded area on the municipal boundary between Muchow
and Stolpe at a height of about 42 metres above sea level. From here the Tarnitz flows initially for about a kilometre in a southwestern and then southern direction, running east of the villages of Muchow and Zierzow
. In the parish of Prislich
meadows and larger woods frame its river banks, otherwise it runs almost entirely through arable fields from which many ditches drain into the Tarnitz. On the state border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg it is joined from the west by the Meynbach
. From here on the Tarnitz in a southeasterly direction on Brandenburg territory, then forms a short section of the state border and discharges into the Löcknitz near Streesow. The river descends about 16 metres over its length.
The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Advisory State Programme (Gutachtliche Landesprogramm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) from 2003 describes the Tarnitz, which has been straighted along almost all its length, as not very natural (naturfern).
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
in Germany.
The roughly 14 kilometre long river has its source in a small, wooded area on the municipal boundary between Muchow
Muchow
Muchow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.-Geography and transport links:The parish which is surrounded by fields lies in a sparsely-populated region ten kilometres southeast of Neustadt-Glewe and 10 kilometres northeast of Grabow. The...
and Stolpe at a height of about 42 metres above sea level. From here the Tarnitz flows initially for about a kilometre in a southwestern and then southern direction, running east of the villages of Muchow and Zierzow
Zierzow
Zierzow is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
. In the parish of Prislich
Prislich
Prislich is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
meadows and larger woods frame its river banks, otherwise it runs almost entirely through arable fields from which many ditches drain into the Tarnitz. On the state border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg it is joined from the west by the Meynbach
Meynbach
Meynbach is a river of Brandenburg, Germany....
. From here on the Tarnitz in a southeasterly direction on Brandenburg territory, then forms a short section of the state border and discharges into the Löcknitz near Streesow. The river descends about 16 metres over its length.
The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Advisory State Programme (Gutachtliche Landesprogramm Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) from 2003 describes the Tarnitz, which has been straighted along almost all its length, as not very natural (naturfern).