Holstenau

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Holstenau
The Holstenau in Gribbohm, third section, just before the Kiel Canal

The Holstenau in Gribbohm, third section, just before the Kiel Canal

Data
location Schleswig-Holstein
River system Elbe
Drain over Moorkanal  → Kiel Canal  → Elbe  → North Sea
muzzle in the Moorkanal Coordinates: 53 ° 59 '14 "  N , 9 ° 17' 21"  E 53 ° 59 '14 "  N , 9 ° 17' 21"  E

first section
location east of the NOK
muzzle to NOK
54 ° 2 ′ 51 ″  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 26 ″  E

Left tributaries Besdorfer Bach
second section
location west of the NOK
muzzle via the pumping station to NOK
54 ° 1 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 56 ″  E

length 4.2 km
Right tributaries Big brook
third section
location east of the NOK
muzzle into the bog canal
53 ° 59 ′ 14 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 21 ″  E

length 300 m  + 4.7 km

The Holstenau is a border river between Holstein and Dithmarschen and the districts of Steinburg and Dithmarschen . It is first mentioned in a document in 1568.

With the construction of the Kiel Canal from 1887 to 1895, Holstenau was divided into several parts. The first part is east of the canal and begins in the northwest of Holstenniendorf . It is severely straightened. The following part west of the canal, which has only been slightly straightened, begins north of Hochdonn and east of Eggstedt . The next part, again running east of the canal, begins west-southwest of Gribbohm . To the north of Abebtissinwisch , it flowed into Wilsterau , which was also cut through by the Kiel Canal ; today it flows into the moor canal there . Between the remaining parts there are stretches on which the former meandering river bed of the Holstenau was completely replaced by the Kiel Canal.

The Holstenau is not to be confused with the Holstengraben , which further south to the Elbe formed the border between Holstein and Dithmarschen.

Pictures (second part)

  • The Holstenau in front of the pumping station

  • The pumping station, seen from the direction of Holstenau

  • The pumping station

  • The confluence with the Kiel Canal

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Laur : Historisches Ortsnamelexikon von Schleswig-Holstein , 2nd edition, Neumünster 1992, p. 345.

Web links

Commons : Holstenau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • to the second part: Deich- und Hauptsielverband Dithmarschen (ed.): Chronicle of the Deich- und Hauptsielverband Dithmarschen , Vol. II: Presentation of the drainage system, receiving water, dyke drains and pumping stations, nature conservation and landscape management, wastewater treatment, association administration , Hemmingstedt 2008, Chapter 12.