Ernst August Canal (Hamburg)

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Ernst August Canal
Ernst August Canal behind the Ernst August lock

Ernst August Canal behind the Ernst August lock

location Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
length 2070 m
Built 1852
Beginning Spreehafen , Ernst-August-SchleuseWorld icon
The End Wilhelmsburger Dove ElbeWorld icon
Descent structures Ernst August lock
Junctions, crossings Assmann Canal , Jaffe-Davids CanalWorld iconWorld icon
course
   
 0.00 Spreehafen
   
 0.03 Ernst August lock
   
 0.57 Hafenrandstrasse
   
 1.27 Aßmannkanal junction
   
 1.47 Schlenzigstrasse
   
 1.65 B4 / B75
   
 1.75 Jaffe-Davids Canal junction
   
 2.060 Hamburg port railway
   
 2.062 Hanover – Hamburg railway line
   
 2.064 Harburg S-Bahn
   
 2.07 Wilhelmsburger Dove Elbe

The Ernst August Canal is a navigable canal in Hamburg - Wilhelmsburg, about 2 km long .

history

The canal was built in 1852-1854 and named after the son of George V of Hanover , Ernst-August (1845-1923).

location

The canal originally branched off directly from the Reiherstieg , since the expansion of the Reiherstieg main dike it has been connected to the Spreehafen via the (new) Ernst-August-Schleuse . The canal connects the Wilhelmsburger Dove Elbe with the Reiherstieg and thus with the Elbe . In the west the canal is about 40 m wide and narrows further east to 20 m.

The channel was for many years the border between Hamburg and Hanover Wilhelmsburg and served initially the Wilhelmsburger farmers to transport their agricultural products on Ewern or barges towed were. In connection with the later created Assmann Canal and Jaffe-Davids Canal, it increasingly opened up the newly established industrial companies.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoportal Hamburg , accessed on May 9, 2019
  2. ^ A b Hanna Bornholdt: Canals, streets, railways - the development of the transport infrastructure in Wilhelmsburg. In: Wilhelmsburg. Hamburgs Große Elbeinsel , Hamburg 2008, p. 27–39 (here: p. 29 f.)
  3. ↑ Hanna Bornholdt: The industrial canals of the Elbe island Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg - Development and structure of hydraulic landscape elements in urban cultural landscape , p. 87 ff., Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-939486-30-5

Web links

Commons : Ernst-August-Kanal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • HPA: Lock operating times of the Ernst August lock