Hase
River in Lower Saxony, Germany
title: "Hase" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hase-basin", "rivers-of-lower-saxony", "federal-waterways-in-germany", "osnabrück-(district)", "bissendorf", "rivers-of-germany"] description: "River in Lower Saxony, Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hase" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Lower Saxony, Germany ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Hase |
| name_etymology | haswa, germanic for gray |
| image | Bifurkation-Melle.JPG |
| image_size | 300 |
| image_caption | Hase - Else River bifurcation |
| map | Karte Hasetal.gif |
| map_caption | Course of the Hase through the Hase Valley |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Germany |
| subdivision_type2 | State |
| subdivision_name2 | Lower Saxony |
| subdivision_type5 | Cities |
| subdivision_name5 | |
| length | 169.7 km |
| source1_location | Melle-Wellingholzhausen, Teutoburg Forest |
| source1_coordinates | |
| source1_elevation | 165 m |
| mouth | Ems River |
| mouth_location | Meppen |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 15 m |
| progression | |
| basin_size | 3116 km2 |
| tributaries_right | Südradde, Mittelradde |
| :: |
| name = Hase | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = haswa, germanic for gray | image = Bifurkation-Melle.JPG | image_size = 300 | image_caption = Hase - Else River bifurcation | map = Karte Hasetal.gif | map_size = | map_caption = Course of the Hase through the Hase Valley | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Germany | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Lower Saxony | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = Cities | subdivision_name5 = | length = 169.7 km | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = Melle-Wellingholzhausen, Teutoburg Forest | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 165 m | mouth = Ems River | mouth_location = Meppen | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 15 m | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = 3116 km2 | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Südradde, Mittelradde | extra = The Hase () is a 169.7 km river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Ems, but part of its flow goes to the Else, that is part of the Weser basin. Its source is in the Teutoburg Forest, south-east of Osnabrück, on the north slope of the 307 m Hankenüll hill.
Weser-Ems watershed
After about 15 km, near Gesmold and about 6 km west of Melle, the Hase encounters an anomaly of terrain and bifurcates such that each branch flows into a different drainage system:
- One third of its water flows along the south side of the Wiehengebirge hills eastward from Gesmold into the Else, which begins there, and flows into the Werre at Kirchlengern (north of Herford). The Werre is a tributary of the Weser.
- Two thirds of its water (the Hase proper) flows northwest from Gesmold toward Osnabrück, past the towns listed below, and toward Meppen, where the Ems receives its flow.
Towns
- Melle
- Bissendorf
- Osnabrück
- Wallenhorst
- Bramscheto the south of this city, the Hase crosses the Mittelland Canal
- Rieste
- Alfhausenhere the Hase forms the Alfsee, an artificial lake acting as flood-retention basin for the lower reaches
- Bersenbrück
- Badbergen
- Quakenbrückin the southeast, the Hase divides into two branches: the Big Hase (passing the town in the northeast) and the Little Hase (which itself is divided into several branches within the town, one of which leaves the town northwards to the Big Hase) (Binnendelta)
- Menslagehere the Hase is channeled into the Little Hase
- Löningenhere it flows into a somewhat northerly branch: the Big Hase
- Herzlakehere the two branches flow together again
- Haselünne
- Meppen
Hydroelectricity
Currently one run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is installed: ::data[format=table]
| Location | Operator | Power | active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bersenbrück, Wasserkraftwerk Hasemühle | private | 190 kW | yes |
| :: |
Pictures
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Hase_(Fluss)_unweit_des_Stichkanals_in_Hollage.jpg" caption="The Hase at Wallenhorst"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Meppen-hubbruecke_Bild-2.JPG" caption="Ems"] ::
References
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