Wikipedia
Stepenitz refers to:
- Stepenitz (Brandenburg), river in Brandenburg, Germany
- Stepenitz (Trave), river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Stepenitz (Marienfließ), former village in Brandenburg, now part of Marienfließ
- Groß Stepenitz and Bad Stepenitz, German names of Stepnica, Poland
The Stepenitz is a river in the district of Prignitz, Brandenburg, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and runs for approximately 84 kilometers. The Dömnitz is a left tributary of the Stepenitz.
The Stepenitz's source is about five kilometers south of Meyenburg. Along with the Karthane, the Stepenitz flows into the Elbe at Wittenberge.
The Gänsetour ("geese tour") is an approximately 70 km long bicycle route along the Stepenitz. It is named in honor of the family Gans zu Putlitz, one of the oldest noble families of Brandenburg.
Localities on the Stepenitz include:
- Meyenburg
- Marienfließ
- Putlitz
- Wolfshagen
- Perleberg
- Wittenberge
The Stepenitz is a right-hand tributary of the River Trave in the northwest of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and within the borough of Lübeck in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.