Portal:East Germany/Article of the month/March



The Spree is a river that flows through the states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin in the former East Germany. Approximately 400 km in length, it is a left bank tributary of the River Havel, which itself flows into the Elbe and then the North Sea. It is the river on which the original centre of Berlin was built.

The reach of the river between the Dämeritzsee and Müggelsee to the east of Berlin is known as the Müggelspree. more...