Schunter

Schunter
Confluence of the Schunter (left) and Oker river
Origin	Elm 52°10′56″N 10°50′57″E
Mouth	Oker 52°20′37″N 10°26′22″E
Basin countries	Germany
Length	57 km (35 mi)
Source elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Basin area	603 km2 (233 sq mi)

The Schunter is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a length of 58 km, right tributary of the Oker. It originates in the Elm hills near Räbke west of Helmstedt, flows northward to Süpplingenburg, then turns westward and joins the Oker at Schwülper, downstream of Braunschweig (Brunswick). Another municipality on the Schunter is Lehre.

The river was first mentioned as Schuntra in a 781 deed. The name may be of Slavic origin as sukątora means "with many angles". Its clear spring waters formerly supplied the paper mills of Räbke. In the 18th century it was also used for timber rafting of logs harvested in the Elm range.

Tributaries

Left tributaries (from source to mouth):     Schierpkebach Lutter Lauinger Mühlenriede Scheppau Teichgraben Sandbach Wabe

Right tributaries: Laagschunter Lange Welle Uhrau Neindorferbach Heiligendorferbach Beberbach

Sources

Mouth into the Oker near Groß Schwülper

• Theodor Müller: Schifffahrt und Flößerei auf der Schunter im 18. Jahrhundert. In: Forschungen zur Braunschweigischen Geschichte, 1954, 135-159
• Gunhild Ruben: Herzog Karl I. und der Schifffahrtskanal vom Elm nach Braunschweig. Braunschweig 2002
• Uwe Kleineberg: Chronik 975 Jahre Wenden. Braunschweig 2006, p.135ff