Dosse

Dosse
Origin	Brandenburg
Mouth	Havel 52°47′42″N 12°12′45″E / 52.795°N 12.2125°E / 52.795; 12.2125Coordinates: 52°47′42″N 12°12′45″E / 52.795°N 12.2125°E / 52.795; 12.2125
Basin countries	Germany
Length	94 km
Basin area	1,268 km²

Course of the Dosse through Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt

The Dosse tributary "Glinze" near Wittstock, in September 2005

The Dosse is a river in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Havel. The Dosse is 94 km long, with its source on the border between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg, arising out of three small brooks that unite after four kilometres. It flows generally south, through Wittstock, Wusterhausen and Neustadt an der Dosse, before joining the Havel near Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt. The total catchment area is 1,268 km².

With the town of Wittstock on its banks, the Dosse was the site of the 1636 Battle of Wittstock between Sweden and an alliance between Imperial and Saxon troops during the Thirty Years' War.