The Elbe River

The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia, then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 kilometres northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is 1,094 km.

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Aalsmeer, Netherlands Adria, Rovigo, Italy Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France Aigues-Mortes, France Aix en Provence, France Alcoutim, Portugal Aljmas, Croatia Alkmaar, Netherlands Amsterdam, Rivers Ancenis, France Ancy le Franc, Burgundy, France Andernach, Germany Anderten Germany Angers, France Antwerp, Belgium Apt, France Arcachon, France Argeliers, Aude, France Argens-Minervois Arles, France Arleux, France Arnhem, Holland Arzviller, France Aschach an der Donau, Austria Aschaffenburg, Germany Aschendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany Astrakhan, Russia Athlone, Ireland Auvelais Auvers sur Oise, France Auxerre, Burgundy, France Auxonne, France Avignon, France Bacharach, Germany Bad Essen, Germany Bad Wimpfen, Germany Baden-Baden, Germany Baiao Baile Herculane, Romania Ballinamore, Ireland Bamberg, Germany Banavie, Scotland Barca Dalva, Portugal Barth, Germany Basel, Switzerland Bassin de la Villette, France Bassou, France Batina, Croatia Baumes Les Dames, France Beaune, France Beilngries, Germany Beilstein, Germany Belgrade, Serbia Belleville, France Belogradchik, Bulgaria Berching Germany Bergfriede, Germany Berlin, Germany Bern, Switzerland Bernkastel, Germany Besancon, France Bethencourt-sur-Somme, France Beuten, Poland Beverwijk, Netherlands Bezdan, Serbia Beziers, Languedoc, France Bingen, Germany Bitetos, Portugal Black Sea Cruising Blaye, France Bleckede, Germany Boe, France Bollène Lock Bonn, Germany Boppard, Germany Boretto, Italy Bossuit, Belgium Bouchemaine, France Bougival, France Bourg, France Boyle, Ireland Braila, Romania Bram, France Brandenburg, Germany Brandstatt, Austria Brasov, Romania Bratislava, Slovakia Braubach, Germany Braunschweig, Germany Brazey-en-Plaine, France Brcko, Bosnia Breisach, Germany Bremen, Germany Briare, Burgundy, France Bruinisse, Netherlands Brussels (Brugge), Belgium Bucharest, Romania Budapest, Hungary Burg, Germany Bussari, Rovigo, Italy Buzet-sur-Baise, France Bydgoszcs, Poland Cadillac, France Cais da Lixa, Douro Valley Calarasi, Romania Caldas de Aregos, Portugal Calvorde, Germany Camargue, France Canal du Nord, France Canal St Martin, France Capestang, Herault, France Carcassonne, Aude, France Carrick-On-Shannon, Ireland Castelnaudary, France Castelsarrasin, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Castet-en-Dorthe, France Caudebec, France Cercy, Burgundy, France Cernavoda, Romania Cesky Krumlov, Czechoslovakia Cetate, Romania Chagny, France Chalon-sur-Saone, France Chalonnes Sur Loire, France Chalons-en-Champagne, France Charlottenburg, Germany Charly sur Marne, France Chartres, France Chateau Chambord, France Chateau Chenonceaux, France Chateau Thierry, France Chateauneuf du Pape, France Chateauneuf-Du-Rhone, France Chatillon Coligny, Burgundy, France Chatillon-en-Bazois, Burgundy, France Chatillon-sur-Loire, Burgundy, France Chatou, France Chavannay, France Cheboksary, Russia Chelmno, Poland Chevroches, Burgundy, France Chezy-Sur-Marne, France Chiciu, Danube Delta Chioggia, Italy Chissay-en-Touraine Chisseaux, Loire-Atlantique, France Civray-de-Touraine Clamecy, Burgundy, France Clerval, France Cliveden, England Cluj-Napoca, Romania Cochem, Germany Cognac, France Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or Colmar, France Cologne, Germany Colombiers, France Comines, France Compiegne, France Conde-sur-Marne, France Conflans-Ste-Honorine, France Constanta, Romania Cookham, England Coral, Romania Cote d'Azur, French Riviera Coulanges, France Courbevoie, France Courcelles, France Courtaron, France Courtrai, Belgium Couvrot, France Cremona, Italy Cruising Scheldt River Csanytelek, Hungary Csongrad, Hungary Cubzac, France Cuijk, Netherlands Cullochy Lock, Scotland Cumieres, France Cussac-Fort-Medoc Damazan, France Damery, France Danube Bend, Hungary Davor, Croatia Decin, Czechoslovakia Decize, Burgundy, France Deggendorf, Germany Delft, Netherlands Delfzijl, Netherlands Deluz, France Demange-aux-Eaux, France Den Helder, Netherlands Dessau, Germany Dettwiller, France Deventer, Holland Dholen, Holland Dietfurt Digoin, France Dijon, Burgundy, France Dinant, Belgium Dizy, France Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine Dnieper River, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine Dochgarroch, Inverness, Scotland Dole, France Dompierre-Sur-Besbre, Burgundy, France Donji Milanovac, Serbia Dordrecht, Netherlands Dörenthe, Germany Dormans, France Dorpen, Lower Saxony, Germany Dresden, Germany Duclair, France Duisburg, Germany Durnstein, Austria Dusseldorf, Germany Eberbach, Germany Edam, Holland Einville, France Eisenhuttenstadt, Germany Elblag, Poland Elster, Germany Eltmann, Germany Eltville, Germany Emden, Germany Emmerich am Rhein, Germany Emmersdorf, Austria Engelhartszell, Austria Engers, Germany Enkhuizen, Holland Entre-os-Rios, Portugal Epernay, France Escommes, Burgundy, France Esztergom, Hungary Esztergrom Budapest Etretat, France Evry, France Fecamp, France Felonica, Italy Ferradosa, Portugal Ferrara, Italy Fetesti, Romania Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Portugal Fleesensee, Germany Fleurey sur Ouche, Burgundy, France Folgosa, Portugal Fonserannes, France Fort Augustus, Scotland Fragnes, France Frankfurt, Germany Franquevaux, France Freiburg, Germany Freudenberg, Germany Friesland, Netherlands Frombork, Poland Frontignan, France Furstenberg, Germany Galati, Romania Gallician, France Gambsheim, France Geneva, Switzerland Genthin, Germany Gerlachshausen, Germany Germersheim, Germany Gernsheim, Germany Ghent, Belgium Gironde Estuary, France Gissey sur Ouche, Burgundy, France Giurgiu, Romania Giverny, France Gizycko, Poland Glasson, Ireland Golubac, Serbia Goritsy, Russia Gorodets, Russia Governolo, Italy Grattequina, France Gray, France Graz, Austria Greffern, Germany Grevenmacher, Luxembourg Grignan, France Groningen, Netherlands Grudziadz, Poland Gstaad, Switzerland Gyor, Hungary Haarlem, Netherlands Hainburg an der Donau Austria Hamburg, Germany Hampton Court, England Hanover, Germany Harsova, Romania Hasselt, Belgium Hassfurt, Germany Hassmersheim, Germany Hautvillers, France Havelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany Heilbronn, Germany Henley on Thames, England Hennigsdorf, Germany Herinnes, Belgium Herminis, France Herry, France Heusden, Netherlands Hilpoltstein, Germany Hochfelden, France Hohensaaten, Brandenburg, Germany Hohenwarthe, Germany Homburg, Germany Homps, Aude, France Honenwarthe, Germany Hoorn, Netherlands Horin, Czech Republic Hoya, Germany Hrensko, Czech Republic Huizen, Netherlands Hungary Hurley, England Ijmuiden, Netherlands (for Amsterdam) Ilok, Croatia Innsbruck, Austria Iron Gate, Romania, Serbia Iron Gates Gorge Isla Minima, Spain Isles Les Meldeuses Izmail, Ukraine Janville, France Jasenovac, Croatia Jaulgonne, France Jerez, Spain Joigny, France Josselin, France Juvigny, France Kaliningrad, Russia Kampen, Holland Kaniv, Ukraine Kanjiza Karlsruhe, Germany Karlstadt, Germany Kazan, Russia Kehl, Germany Kelheim, Germany Keshcarrigan, Ireland Ketzin, Germany Keukenhof Gardens, Holland Kherson, Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Killaloe, Ireland Killinure Point, Ireland Kinderdijk Kiskoere, Hungary Kitzingen, Germany Kizhi, Russia Kladovo, Serbia Kleinzschachwitz Koblenz, Germany Konigstein, Germany Konigswinter, Germany Kortrijk, Belgium Kostolac, Serbia Kraft, France Krakow, Poland Kralupy Nad Vltavou, Czech Republic Kralupy, Czech Republic Krefeld, Germany Kremenchuk, Ukraine Krems, Austria Krisan-Crisan, Romania Kunheim, France Kusten Canal, Germany Kuzino, Russia Kytra, Scotland L'Isle Sur Le Doubs, France La Bussiere, Burgundy, France La Chapelle-Montlinard, France La Croisade, France La Ferte, France La Gacilly, France La Gazonne, Burgundy,France La Mains De Massiges, France La Redorte, France La Repe, France La Roche-Guyon, France La Voulte, France Labrosse Lock Ladbergen, Germany Lagarde, France Laggan Locks, Scotland Lagny-Sur-Marne, France Lagruere, France Lahnstein, Germany Lake Balaton, Hungary Lake Ladoga, Russia Lake Onega, Russia Lamego, Portugal Larcay, Indre-et-Loire, Frabce Lasbordes, France Lauffen, Germany Lauterbach, Germany Le Guétin, Burgundy, France Le Mas d'Agenais, France Le Pecq, France Le Pouzin Le Saussois, Burgundy, France Le Somail Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany Lehnitz, Germany Leiden, Netherlands Leitmeritz, Germany Leitrim, Ireland Lelystad, Netherlands Lemmer, Netherlands Léré, Burgundy, France Lere, France Les Andelys, France Leverinho, Portugal Lezinne, Burgundy, France Libourne, France Lichterfelde, Germany Liege, Belgium Lille, France Lima, Peru Linz, Austria Litomerice, Czechoslovakia Ljubljana, Slovenia Longecourt-en-Plaine, France Loosdrecht, Netherlands Lorelei, Germany Loschwitz, Germany Lough Key, Ireland Louhans, France Lovendegem, Belgium Lucy sur Yonne, Burgundy, France Ludwigshafen, Germany Luneburg, Germany Lunow, Germany Lutzelbourg, France Luxembourg, Luxembourg Lyon, France Macon, France Magdeburg, Germany Mailly la Ville, Burgundy, France Main-Danube Canal Mainz, Germany Makkum, Netherlands Malczyce, Poland Malestroit, France Malpas, France Mandrogy, Russia Mannheim, Germany Mantes-La-Jolie, France Mantoue, Italy Mantua, Italy Marckolsheim, France Mareuil-Le-Port, France Mareuil-Sur-Ay, France Marken, Netherlands Marksburg, Germany Marktbreit, Germany Marktheidenfeld, Germany Marseillan, Herault, France Marseilles-les-Aubigny, France Marseillette, France Martigues, France Mauthausen, Austria Meaux, France Medemblik, Netherlands Meilhan-sur-Garonne, France Melk, Austria Melun, France Menetreol, Burgundy, France Merzig, Germany Mettlach, Germany Metz, France Mikolajki, Poland Millegrand Miltenberg, Germany Minden, Germany Mirejowice, Czech Republic Misy sur Yonne, France Mitte, Berlin, Germany Mittelland Canal Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Mons, Belgium Montargis, Loreiet, France Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Montbard, Burgundy, France Montbeliard, France Montbouy, Loriet, France Montchanin, France Montcresson, France Montech, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Montereau, France Montreux Montrichard, Loire-et-Cher, France Moret sur Loing, France Moscow Canal, Russia Moscow, Russia Moulin de Nitray Mountshannon, Ireland Muhlhausen, Germany Muirtown, Scotland Münster, Germany Mykolaiv, Russia Naix-aux-Forges, France Namur, Belgium Nancy, France Narbonne, France Naurouze, France Nedlitz, Germany Negra, France Nemours, Burgundy, France Neuville-sur-Saone, France Neva River Nevers, France Niderviller, France Niederfinow, Germany Niederlahnstein, Germany Niederviller, France Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Nierstein Nieuwe Maas River Nijmegen, Netherlands Nikopol, Bulgaria Nizhni Novgorod Nogent L'artaud, France Normandy, France Nova Kachovka Novi Sad, Serbia Noyon, France Nuremberg, Germany Nussdorf, Austria Nyons, France Oberwesel Occhiobello, Italy Oderberg, Germany Oestrich-Winkel, Germany Offenbach, Germany Oingt, France Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Oltenita (for Bucharest), Romania Ordas, Hungary Orjahovo, Bulgaria Orsova, Romania Osijek, Croatia Ostiglia, Italy Oude Wetering, Netherlands Oudenarde, Belgium Ouderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands Ouzouer Trezee, Loriet, France Padua, Italy Pagny-sur-Meuse, France Palavas-Les-Flots, France Papenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany Paris Quai Javel, France Parma, Italy Passau, Germany Passy, Burgundy, France Pecs, Hungary Peenemünde, Germany Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany Peronne, France Petit Ouges, France Petrozavodsk, Russia Pinhao, Portugal Pleven, Bulgaria Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia Plock, Poland Pochlarn, Austria Pocinho, Portugal Pogny, France Poilhes, Herault, France Poissy, France Polesella, Italy Pommern, Germany Pommevic, France Pont D’Ouche , Burgundy, France Pont Ste-Maxence, France Pontailler-Sur-Saone, France Port de Houillon, France Port Medoc, France Port-sur-Saone, France Portiragnes, Herault, France Porto Antigo, Portugal Porto Levante, Italy Porto Viro, Italy Porto, Portugal Postojna, Slovenia Potsdam, Germany Prague, Czech Republic Provence, France Provins, France Puichéric, France Pylos, Russia Quigley's Marina, Ireland Ranchot, France Rastatt, Germany Rauental Moselweiss, Germany Ravieres, Burgundy, France Rechicourt, France Regensburg, Germany Regua, Portugal Reims, France Remagen, Germany Remich, Luxembourg Remigny, France Rendsburg, Germany Revere, Italy Rhinau, France Rhine Gorge Riedenburg, Germany Riesa, Germany River Village Roermond, Netherlands Rogny Les Sept Écluses, Burgundy, France Rossatz, Austria Rostov, Russia Rothenburg, Germany Rothensee, Germany Rotterdam, Netherlands Roubia, France Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic Rouen, France Rousse, Bulgaria Rovigo, Italy Royan, France Roztoky, Czech Republic Rudesheim, Germany Ruhen, Germany Rully, France Runnymede, England Ruyaulcourt, France Ryn, Poland Saarbrucken, Germany Saarburg, Germany Saarlouis, Germany Saint Goarshausen, Germany Saint Mammes, France Saint-Émilion Saint-Jean-Les-Deux-Jumeaux, France Saint-Leger-Sur-Dheune, France Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche, France Salamanca, Spain Salford Quays, England Salleles D'Aude, Aude, France Salzburg, Austria Samara, Russia Samoir-sur-Seine, France San Basilio Venice Sankt Goar, Germany Sanlucar, Spain Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Saratov, Russia Saverne, France Savoyeux, France Saxon Switzerland, Germany Schiedam, Netherlands Schlogen Oxbow Schneckenbusch, France Schoonhoven, Netherlands Schwedt, Brandenburg, Germany Schweinfurt, Germany Seine River, France Senhora da Ribeira, Portugal Sens, Burgundy, France Serbia-Montenegro Serignac Seurre, France Sfantul-Gheorghe, Romania Shannonbridge, Ireland Shepperton, England Sibiu, Sighișoara Sigulda, Latvia Silea, Italy Silistra, Bulgaria Simbirsk (Ulyanovsk) Sisak, Croatia Skopje, North Macedonia Slapy, Czech Republic Slavonski Brod, Croatia Sneek, Holland Sofia, Bulgaria Solt, Hungary Speyer, Germany Spitz, Austria St Etienne des Sorts, Provence, France St Florentin, Burgundy, France St George, Danube Delta St Jean de Losne, France St Julien, France St Leger, France St Martin-Sur-Oust, France St-Jean-Les-Deux-Jumeaux, France Stavoren, Netherlands Stechovice, Czech Republic Stolzenau, Germany Strasbourg, France Straubing, Germany Strepy-Thieu, Belgium Stuttgart, Germany Suelfeld, Germany Sulina, Romania Svirstroy, Russia Svishtov, Bulgaria Szczecin, Poland Szeged, Hungary Szentendre, Hungary Szolnok, Hungary Szthnort, Poland Taglio di Po, Italy Tain L'Hermitage, France Tanlay, Burgundy, France Tarascon, France Tczew, Poland Tegel, Germany Templin, Germany Terneuzen, Netherlands Terryglass, Ireland The Elbe River Thionville, France Tiszafured, Hungary Tiszaug, Hungary Tokaj, Hungary Tonnerre, Burgundy, France Torgau, Germany Toricella, Italy Torretta, Italy Torun, Poland Toul, France Tournai, Belgium Tournay, France Tournon, France Tournus, France Tours-sur-Mame, France Traben-Trarbach, Germany Transylvania, Romania Trebes, Aude, France Treis-Karden, Germany Trevenzuolo, Verona, Italy Treviso, Italy Trevoux, France Trier, Germany Tronville-en-Barrois, France Tulcea, Romania Tulln, Austria Uglich, Russia Uithoorn, Netherlands Ulyanovsk, Russia Urk, Netherlands Usti Nad Labem, Czech Republic Usti, Czech Republic Utrecht, Netherlands Vaduz, Liechenstein Valdaro, Italy Valence D’Agen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France Valence, France Vallabregues, France Vallazza, Italy Vallet, Loire-Atlantique, France Vandenesse, Burgundy, France Vannes, France Veere, Netherlands Vega Terron, Spain Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria Venarey les Laumes, Burgundy, France Venezia-Riva-7-Martiri Venlo, Netherlands Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, France Vernon, France Verona, Italy Versailles, France Vienna, Austria Vienne, France Vila Real de San Antonio, Portugal Vila Real, Portugal Vilkovo, Ukraine Villedubert, France Villefranche-sur-Saone, France Villeneuve les Avignons, France Villeneuve les Maguelones, France Villeneuve sur Yonne, Burgundy, France Villeneuve-le-Beziers, France Vilnius, Lithuania Vilshofen, Germany Vilvoorde, Belgium Vincelles, Burgundy, France Visegrad, Hungary Vitte, France Viviers, France Volendam, Holland Volgograd, Russia Volkach, Bavaria, Germany Vukovar, Croatia Vytegra, Russia Wachau Valley, Austria Wallsee, Austria Waltenheim, France Warsaw, Poland Wasserbillig, Luxembourg Wegorzewo, Poland Wehlen, Germany Weissenkirchen, Austria Werkendam, Netherlands Wertheim, Germany Wesel, Germany Wiesbaden, Germany Wijk Bij Duurstede, Netherlands Wilkowo, Poland Willemstad, Netherlands Windsor, England Winningen, Germany Wittenberg, Germany Wolfsburg, Germany Worlitz Park, Germany Worms, Germany Worth, Germany Wroclaw, Poland Wurzburg, Germany Wusterwitz, Germany Xouaxange, France Yaroslavl, Russia Ybbs, Austria Zaandam, Netherlands Zaanse Schans, Netherlands Zaanstad, Netherlands Zagreb, Croatia Zaporozhye, Ukraine Zehdenick, Germany Zell, Germany Zelo, Italy Zerben, Germany Zernoseky, Czechoslovakia Zielony Gaj, Poland Zurich, Switzerland Zutphen Zwolle, Netherlands