Gose Elbe

Gose Elbe at Reitbrook

Riding lock on the Gose Elbe

The Gose Elbe is a 15 km long Altwasserarm the Elbe in Hamburg's four-and marshlands. The Gose Elbe was in 1200 still " Gammelbe ".

The Gose Elbe was separated in 1390 by a dike between the islands Kirchwerder and Neuengamme from the main stream of the Elbe. Directly behind the Eindeichungsstelle at settlement Krauel are several Bracks, who continue to stand above water-bearing strata in the old river course with each other and with the same power - in connection. They originated as washouts after a levee breach and were first mentioned in 1594 as Kraueler Brack. Under the name of the greatest of the waters, the lapwing Brack, the area is a nature reserve since 1985.

On the lapwing brackish Gose Elbe trench extending in wide meanders in a westerly direction and is referred to from the bridge of the Neuengammer Heerwegs as Gose Elbe starts. The very windungsreiche river with wide water's edge continues in a north-westerly direction between Kirchwerder and Neuengamme Vierlanden continued, as well as afterwards between Ochsenwerder and Reitbrook in the marshlands.

From the bridge of the Heinrich Stubbe Walk the Gose Elbe is navigable by rowing boats and canoes. On the northwest tip riding Brooks flows around the nature reserve The riding. Behind the riding lock that no longer serves the water level regulation today, the Gose Elbe a short piece on boats is navigable before it flows about 500 meters in the here (as Regattastrecke ) seeartig broadened Dove Elbe.

The flow of the Gose Elbe is extremely weak due to it hardly gradient and the many turns. Your water quality is good, and it is rich in fish.

Name meaning and spelling

The name component " Gose " comes from the Low German " goes, gose " for " dry" - here in the sense of low volume of water - back.

At the confluence of the Gose Elbe into the Dove Elbe is a sign on which it is called " Goose Elbe". The various spellings derive from the fact that has, unlike the High German emerged no unified notation in Low German or Low German dialects in the.

The river name is often written Gose Elbe, as it is not immediately apparent in the High German of the adjectival use of " goos ". Also, it is debatable whether one can decline the river name, or must, if it so above do not actually have to Flow of Goshen same ... hot. ( For clarity, just imagine, the river would be called Black Elbe. )