Great Werder (Magdeburg)
| Great Werder | ||
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| Waters | Elbe | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 6 km | |
| surface | 5 km² | |
The Great Werder in Magdeburg is an Elbe island. The main river of the Elbe separates it from the western bank of the Elbe and the Old Elbe from the right. The island is about 6 km long and has an area of about 5 km². The island also forms the Magdeburg district of Werder .
The south of the island is occupied by the Rotehornpark , Magdeburg's largest city park. He is attracted by the bayou pigeon Elbe , the downstream, outside the park, the inch Elbe with the harbor "port of entry" and " Winter Harbor Magdeburg passes". To the north of this is the Werder residential area . The northern tip of the island is floodplain.
Three (strictly speaking, four) road bridges each connect the island with the west and east banks of the Elbe, in the middle the current bridge ( Neue Strombrücke Magdeburg , Zollbrücke , Anna-Ebert-Brücke over the Old Elbe), in the north the Markgrafenstraße (Jerusalembrücken the Elbe and Friedensbrücken over the Old Elbe), in the south for pedestrians and cyclists the bridges to Rotehornpark: the Sternbrücke Magdeburg from the west bank and the bridge at the waterfall from the east bank.
In addition, the island is crossed by the Biederitz – Magdeburg-Buckau railway line, which was closed on February 28, 1998. This spans the Stromelbe with the 220 meter long lift bridge , the Taube Elbe with a 100 meter long and the Old Elbe with an approximately 200 meter long bridge.
Individual evidence
- ↑ EBA list of approved route closures in Saxony-Anhalt ( memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
