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Wakenitz

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The Wakenitz is a river in southeastern Schleswig-Holstein and at the border to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Wakenitz's source is the Ratzeburger See in Ratzeburg. It is about 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) long and drains into the Trave in Lübeck. The majority of its eastern bank forms the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. After the end of World War II this river formed part of the Iron Curtain between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The Wakenitz drains an area of about 445 km2 (172 sq mi).

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Wakenitz
Falkenstraße, Lübeck Sankt Jürgen (Sankt Jürgen)

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Falkenstraße 45
23564 Lübeck, Sankt Jürgen (Sankt Jürgen)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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