Alte Elbe

CountryGermany

StateSaxony-Anhalt

coordinates52°01′35″N 11°51′39″E / 52.0263°N 11.8609°E / 52.0263; 11.8609

coordinates

52°05′13″N 11°40′41″E / 52.0869°N 11.6780°E / 52.0869; 11.6780

Alte Elbe
Location
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	52°01′35″N 11°51′39″E / 52.0263°N 11.8609°E / 52.0263; 11.8609
Mouth
• coordinates	52°05′13″N 11°40′41″E / 52.0869°N 11.6780°E / 52.0869; 11.6780

Alte Elbe (lit. Old Elbe)^[1] is the German name for oxbows of the Elbe, i.e. cut-off meanders. With about 20 km (12 mi) the largest one of these is the Dornburger Alte Elbe, a river of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

It branches of the Elbe near Dornburg [de; nl],^[2] a district of Gommern. It flows into the Elbe at Magdeburg.^[3]