The Recknitz (historically known as Raxa) is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany. The Recknitz's glacial valley stretches as far south as the heights at Glasewitz near Güstrow. The river has no definite source, but rather builds up from streams and drainage ditches. The ditches of the Schaalbeke and Pludderbach have their water flow split between Liessow and Laage, but most of the water flows north as the Recknitz, while the lesser flow, called the Augraben, runs south to the river Nebel.
The lower Recknitz (from Ribnitz-Damgarten to Bad Sülze) is the historic boundary between Mecklenburg and Vorpommern. Nowadays, however, it is only a boundary between the Mecklenburg Regional Evangelical-Lutheran Church and the Pomeranian Evangelical Church.
Starting at Tessin, the Recknitz is navigable by canoe the year round. A number of measures have been undertaken along the river's course to restore the natural environment. Along one stretch of 30 km, three sections of riverside have been declared nature protection areas.
Mouth of the river Recknitz in Ribnitz-Damgarten
The Recknitz empties into the Saaler Bodden, the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea near Ribnitz-Damgarten.
In October 955 A.D. the vicinity of river was the site of famous Schlacht an der Raxa (Battle of Recknitz) between the German (Saxons and Frisians) army of Emperor Otto I of Germany commanded by Gero the Great and the Obodrite and other Polabian Slavs warriors army under prince Stoigniew, brother of prince Nakon.
The Recknitz (historically known as Raxa) is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany. The Recknitz's glacial valley stretches as far...
Jack Recknitz (born Hans-Joachim Recknitz; 1931-2013) was a German and Polish actor. Born 25 May 1931 in Baden-Baden to a family of actors: Hans-Joachim...
neighbours on the other. The Raxa river is identified with either the Recknitz or the Elde river. The German victory over the Slavs followed up on the...
Lübeck-Travemünde) Stepenitz (near Travemünde) Warnow (in Warnemünde) Nebel (in Bützow) Recknitz (in Ribnitz-Damgarten) Peenestrom (in Peenemünde) Peene (near Anklam) Tollense...
the area along the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea between the rivers Recknitz, Trebel, Tollense and Augraben in the west and Vistula in the east. It...
along the lower Warnow and Rostock; the Circipani (Zirzipanen) between the Recknitz, Trebel, and Peene Rivers; the Tollenser east and south of the Peene along...
at Szczecin Swelinia near Sopot Uecker at Ueckermünde Peene at Anklam Recknitz at Ribnitz-Damgarten Warnow at Warnemünde near Rostock Trave at Travemünde...
rule. Otto refused, and the two sides met on 16 October at the Battle of Recknitz. Otto's forces gained a decisive victory; after the battle, hundreds of...
river Recknitz, 23 kilometers southeast of Rostock. Laage lies between the cities Güstrow, Teterow und Rostock on a natural ford along the Recknitz river...
quarrel with their uncle. Their open revolt culminated in the Battle on the Recknitz, where the Obotrites were completely defeated by King Otto's troops. Hermann...
72 kilometre long Recknitz river. This southern part of the bodden is called the Lake Ribnitz (Ribnitzer See). Apart from the Recknitz near Damgarten, the...
army defeated an Obotrite rebellion in the Billung March, probably on the Recknitz. 962 2 February Otto the Great was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 965 20 May...
Leipzig, Dresden, Rostock, Lübeck and Schwerin, rivers like the Ryck or the Recknitz, or islands like Fehmarn. Taaltelling Nedersaksisch, H. Bloemhoff. (2005)...
Ribnitz-Damgarten in the Recknitz valley. Until January 1, 1999, it belonged to Amt Trebeltal and now belongs to Amt Recknitz-Trebeltal. Dettmannsdorf...
War 939 Battle of Andernach 941 Rus'–Byzantine War (941) 955 Battle of Recknitz 967/968–971 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria 980 Battle of Tara 982 Battle...
revolt under Prince Nako that was suppressed by King Otto at the Battle of Recknitz. The young Billungs fled to the court of Duke Hugh the Great of France...
Ribnitz (Mecklenburg) and Damgarten (Pomerania). Border constituted by River Recknitz. "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German)...
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