Skagerrak Canal

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The Skagerrak Canal as the longest side canal of the Alster in Alsterdorf
Skagerrak Canal, seen from the Wolffson Bridge

The Skagerrak Canal is a side canal of the Alster in Hamburg - Alsterdorf . It is 1125 meters long and 20 meters, and in a 70 meter long section in the middle it is even 40 meters wide.

The canal branches off to the left , i.e. to the south, from the Alster directly behind the Hindenburg Bridge ( location ). There the Rathenaustraße crosses the canal with the Skagerrak Bridge. Then the canal turns in a curve to the west, so that it runs parallel to the Alster. 440 meters after the Skagerrakbrücke follows the Alsterdorfer Brücke for the Alsterdorfer Damm, after which the canal turns into a wide curve towards the southwest and follows the course of the Alster. 225 meters after the Alsterdorfer Bridge, the Wolffson Bridge follows for pedestrians and cyclists and another 320 meters, after the canal has turned back to the Alster, the Rathenaustraße with the Rathenau Bridge a second time . Finally, after 70 meters, the Skagerrak Canal flows back into the Alster ( Lage ) shortly before the Inselkanal branches off from it and the Metzgerbrücke follows.

The artificial island between the Alster and the Skagerrak Canal is 1000 meters long and up to 200 meters wide and is mainly accessed through Rathenaustraße, which is crossed by the Alsterdorfer Damm.

The former course of the Alster was straightened from 1913 to around 1918 from Ohlsdorf to Winterhude . In addition to the formed annular channel as the rest of the Alsteraltlaufs the three extending parallel to the Alster Brabandkanal , Skagerrak and channel island channel to allow more build the water.

The canal is named in memory of the 1916 Skagerrak Battle between the German and English fleets. It is a first-order body of water.

Web links

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  2. ↑ Sven Bardua: Fuhlsbüttel lock threatened with demolition! , Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft - Geschichtswerkstatt eV, circular 2010, p. 39, accessed on November 8, 2019
  3. ↑ Horst Beckershaus: The Hamburg street names - Where they come from and what they mean , 6th edition, CEP European Publishing House, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86393-009-7
  4. ↑ Hamburg Water Act (HWaG) in the version of March 29, 2005 , accessed on November 8, 2019