1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TRAVE, a river of north Germany, rising in the Oldenburg principality of Liibeck, between Eutin and Ahrensbock. Flowing at first southwards through small lakes and marshes, it then turns west and, confined within flat and sandy banks, enters the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. It now bends due south to Oldesloe, from which point it is navigable. Hence it takes an easterly course, and, entering the territory of the free city of Liibeck, receives from the right the Stecknitz, through which and the Stecknitz …
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