Heron climb
| Heron climb | ||
 Reiherstieg, view from Neuhof in south direction |
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| Data | ||
| location | Elbinsel Wilhelmsburg , Hamburg, Germany | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| origin |
Süderelbe 53 ° 28 ′ 37 ″ N , 9 ° 59 ′ 5 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in the North Elbe coordinates: 53 ° 32 '21 " N , 9 ° 58' 43" E 53 ° 32 '21 " N , 9 ° 58' 43" E
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Reiherstieg is the name of a navigable branch of the Elbe in Hamburg . It leaves the Süderelbe at river kilometer 615 opposite the Harburg harbor, cuts through the western part of Wilhelmsburg , separates the districts of Steinwerder and Kleiner Grasbrook and flows into the Norderelbe after seven kilometers across from the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken .
The water was created in the course of the 14th and 15th centuries when the Elbe island Gorieswerder was separated into several islands after severe storm surges . It flowed with many branches from south to north between the islands of Hohe Schaar , Langer Morgen, Neuhof and Ross on its left bank and Rotehaus, Reiherstiegland, Klütjenfelde on its right bank. Its mouth area south of the Grevenhof (near today's Grevenhof Canal), called the Fleth , bent towards the west and ended in the Köhlbrand . In the 19th and 20th centuries, the waterways were sealed off, straightened and partially converted into harbor basins. Since then, the Reiherstieg has been flowing directly into the Norderelbe between Steinwerder and Kleiner Grasbrook.
As early as the end of the 17th century, numerous shipyards settled on the Reiherstieg . The first and best known was the Reiherstieg shipyard , founded in 1698 on the Reiherstieg dike near Klütjenfeld. In 1861 she moved her premises to the Reiherstieg estuary on the Kleiner Grasbrook. Other shipyards were those of Johann Beenck, Dreyer-Werft , Franck-Werft, Oertz & Hader , August Wolkau and a few more. The Norderwerft on Ellerholzdamm and the Theodor Buschmann shipyard are still owned by the Fairplay Towage .
The industry on the Reiherstieg, in particular the mineral oil industry, for example with the Shell oil refinery located on the Hohen Schaar, was also decisive for the structure. In addition, workers' settlements were built on both sides of the Reiherstieg towards the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. The district to the west of Neuhof was demolished in the 1970s for the construction of the Köhlbrand Bridge. The Reiherstieg district to the east has been preserved and is part of the renovation plan for the International Building Exhibition in Wilhelmsburg from 2007 to 2013 .
The Grain Terminal Hamburg (GTH) on Reiherstieg / Eversween
The Greenpeace pier at Reiherstieg, near Ewersween
Reiherstieg, aerial view
Am Reiherstieg 1884, drawing by Johann Theobald Riefesell
