Nikolaifleet
The Nikolaifleet is a fleet in Hamburg and used to be the main estuary of the Alster into the Elbe . The development of the Port of Hamburg began here in 1188 , and until the 19th century, goods were transshipped into the warehouses here by water. With the creation of the Speicherstadt , this part of the port lost its importance.
After the Hamburg fire , which broke out on May 5, 1842 in a house on Deichstraße near Nikolaifleet, the Hamburg city center was largely redesigned, among other things to make room for a new town hall and the town hall market . At the end of the 19th century, the main outflow of the Alster was diverted into the continuously navigable Alsterfleet . At the southern end of the Nikolaifleet between the wooden bridge and the high bridge is the last remaining section of the canal with the typical Old Hamburg buildings. The narrow, high canal fronts of the outer dyke houses on Deichstrasse are diagonally opposite those of four preserved storehouses on the Cremon .
The Nikolaifleet is exposed to the tidal range of the Elbe and sometimes falls dry at low tide. After the storm surge of 1962 , a small barrage was built south of the Hohe Brücke that can be closed in the event of storm surges. A weir between Nikolaifleet and Mönkedammfleet seals off the tidal range to the other canals in the city center.
bridges
From northeast to southwest:
- Consolation Bridge , first construction in 1266
- Reimersbrücke
- Wooden bridge , the traditional name of the now stone bridge, this is where the theater ship “ Das Schiff ” has its anchorage
- Hohe Brücke , here the Nikolaifleet flows into the Zollkanal , which was created in 1883–1888 as a new connection to the Oberhafen and separates the Speicherstadt from Hamburg's old town . Hamburg's oldest crane is located near the Hohe Brücke .
The house Hohe Brücke 2 was built in 1887/88 following the construction of the Hohe Brücke as a residential and service building for the crane attendant, who had to supervise the three public cranes east of the bridge. Because it was mistakenly assumed for a long time that a customs post was located here, the house is also called the Mouse Tower (from Maut). It was built at the same time as the Speicherstadt located across the customs canal .
Web links
- Webcam and livecam on Nikolaifleet from the wooden bridge
- Historical and current photos from Nikolaifleet
- Articles and pictures on the topic
- "Map of Hamburg 1868" with street search and interactive map
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Thorsten Ahlf: Time travel through Hamburg . Kajen and Nikolaifleet. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . April 10, 2017, p. 8 .
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 44 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 16 ″ E