Klütjenfelder main dike

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The main dike in Klütjenfeld separates Hamburg's Spreehafen from the Elbe island of Wilhelmsburg for around 2.5 kilometers . It is therefore the most important protection against a storm surge for the more than 53,000 residents of Wilhelmsburg .

The main dike is located exactly between the Hamburg districts of Wilhelmsburg and Kleiner Grasbrook . It connects the S-Bahn station “Veddel / Ballinstadt” or the “Müggenburger Durchfahrt” with the Ernst-August-Schleuse of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA).

traffic

The dike is located in the middle of one of Hamburg's most important transport links: Harburger Chaussee runs south of the dike and is used daily by more than 33,000 vehicles, including 10,000 trucks, as an alternative port crossbar between the city highways. The ensemble of brick houses of the same name from the years 1914 to 1921, which has been a listed building since 1984, is characteristic of Harburger Chaussee. At the foot of the dike, i.e. north of the Spreehafen , the Hamburg Süd port station has been located since 1893 (formerly the Hamburg Niedernfelde port station ). Since it serves the northern parts of the port and is directly connected to the main Hamburg – Harburg route, it is one of the most important marshalling yards for the Hamburg port railway .

history

The Spreehafen was opened as a free port in 1890 with a water area of ​​48.2 hectares. To separate the free port from the residential areas, a three meter high fence with barbed wire was built on the dike in 1903. As part of the urban workers' housing construction, the Harburger Chaussee residential ensemble was built between 1914 and 1921 . During the storm surge in 1962 , with a water level of 5.70 meters above normal, the Klütjenfeld main dike broke and flooded large parts of Wilhelmsburg. 315 people lost their lives, including 222 in Wilhelmsburg. In 1984 the Harburger Chaussee residential ensemble was placed under monument protection and has been an official cultural monument of the Hamburg-Mitte district and the Kleiner Grasbrook district since then .

Change since 2010

At least since the IBA Hamburg , which took place from 2007 to 2013 in the Hamburg districts of Wilhelmsburg and Veddel , the Klütjenfeld main dike has been in constant change:

In 2010, the customs fence will be opened at two gates for the first time in over 120 years to make the dike and the Spreehafen accessible to the public. A footpath and cycle path will be built on the dike, which will connect the Reiherstieg district with the Old Elbe Tunnel in the west and the Elbbrücken district of Hafencity in the east. At the end of 2012 a regular ferry connection (public transport) will be set up from the Landungsbrücken over the Argentina Bridge to the Ernst-August-Schleuse. In 2013 the free port is officially dissolved. Except for a short section for monument purposes, the customs fence will be torn down. Since then, the rules of a sea customs port have applied in the European Union. Due to the sudden access, the connection and proximity to the city center, as well as the unrestricted 180 ° view of the city silhouette, the dike is developing into a popular excursion destination faster than before.

To improve flood protection, the dike will be raised again to 8.1 m. Information boards about the history of the Spreehafen and its cocoa trade were set up, and a "Panorama-Hochweg" opened, which provides a very good view of the port cranes of the container terminals and three of the city's most famous landmarks - the Elbphilharmonie , the Köhlbrand Bridge and the Hamburg Michel . With the fastening of the foot of the dike over a length of two kilometers, a promenade with the "longest bench in Hamburg" is created.

Three wide, flood-proof outside staircases and a concert space are inaugurated. Plans to detach the Spreehafen from the port area and to transform it into a leisure and recreation zone with houseboats, restaurants, beaches and boat rental fail due to resistance from the administration of the Hamburg port, the Hamburg Port Authority, which wants to preserve the space for port operations and the increasing inland shipping .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uta Nommensen: Wilhelmsburg: Worth knowing and seeing. Elbe island in upheaval. Retrieved April 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Authority for Culture, Sport and Media, Hamburg Monument Protection Office: List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. March 23, 2009, accessed April 16, 2017 .
  3. ^ Heinrich wing: The German world ports Hamburg and Bremen . Reprint from 1914. Salzwasserverlag, Paderborn 2013, p. 126 .
  4. ↑ Olaf Scholz: Fall of the customs fence at the Spreehafen, January 12, 2013, 11 a.m., Neue Deichtreppe. Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, First Mayor, January 12, 2013, accessed on April 16, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Authority for Urban Development and Environment: Leap across the Elbe - Urban Redevelopment West. Inventory analysis Wilhelmsburg West. February 2005, accessed April 16, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Axel Tiedemann: The Hamburg Spreehafen is becoming a leisure paradise. June 10, 2016, accessed April 16, 2017 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '11.2 "  N , 9 ° 59' 40.5"  E