Furtbek
| Furtbek | |
|---|---|
 The Furtbek in Bergstedt | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hamburg |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Saselbek |
• coordinates | 53°40′08″N 10°06′42″E / 53.6688°N 10.1117°E |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Saselbek→ Alster→ Elbe→ North Sea |
The Furtbek is a stream in Hamburg in the outer north-east of the city.
Geography
[edit]The stream begins at the street of Volksdorfer Damm in the Hamburg quarter of Bergstedt. It then flows westward and joins the Saselbek stream near the nature reserve of Hainesch/Iland, above the Old Mill. The stream name refers to a ford (Furt-) and a small stream (-bek).[1]
In the lower reaches, the Furtbek has steep banks. Occasionally a kingfisher can be seen there hunting.
Renaturation projects are carried out at some parts of the stream.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Laur: Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg. Ein historisches Lexikon unter Einbeziehung relevanter Flurnamen, Neumünster 2012, p. 112.
- ^ SDW Bachpatenschaft an der Furtbek, Association for Protection of German Forests, in German
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