Ferryman sand

View from Fährmannssand over the Elbe with the masts of Elbe crossing 1 (front) and Elbe crossing 2 (back)

The ferryman sand was an Elbe island west of Wedel . Its easternmost point was 200 to 300 meters below the mouth of the Wedeler Au . The area belongs to the municipality of Wedel. Today the name refers to the homestead with restaurant located at this point. The side arm of the Elbe , today's Hetlinger Inner Elbe , which separated the island from the marshland, increasingly silted up around 1790. As a result, the island has become part of the Wedeler Marsch . The maximum height is 4.6 meters above sea ​​level .

The name Fährmannssand does not come from the fact that there was a ferry service from the island. The island (formerly Wedeler Sand or Krautsand) was so named because it was leased to the Blankenese ferrymen until the second half of the 18th century .

NABU has set up a station for observing flocks of birds near Ferryman's Sand .

See also

• Haseldorfer March
• List of Elbe Islands

literature

• Adolf Ladiges: The ferryman's sand and the Wedeler ferry. In: Contributions to the history of the city of Wedel. Vol. 3, 1998, ZDB -ID 2298471-9 , pp. 69-105.

Web links

Commons : Ferryman's Sand  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historical map, with ferryman's sand in the far west
• map sheet to the west

Coordinates: 53 ° 35 ′ 3.7 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 47.9"  E