The Furtbek is a stream in
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
in the outer north-east of the city.
Geography
The stream begins at the street of ''Volksdorfer Damm'' in the Hamburg quarter of
Bergstedt
Bergstedt () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. It is located on the northeastern border of the borough and of the city. It is part of the area of Walddörfer (lit. ''forest villages''). In 2023 10,855 lived in Bergst ...
. It then flows westward and joins the
Saselbek
Saselbek is a short, little river of Hamburg, Germany. It flows into the Alster near Hamburg-Bergstedt.
See also
*List of rivers of Hamburg
A list of rivers of Hamburg, Germany:
A
*Alster
B
* Berner Au
* Bille
* Bredenbek
D
* Deepenhorngrab ...
stream near the nature reserve of
Hainesch/Iland, above the
Old Mill
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
. The stream name refers to a
ford
Ford commonly refers to:
* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
(''Furt-'') and a small stream (''-bek'').
In the lower reaches, the Furtbek has steep banks. Occasionally a
kingfisher
Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...
can be seen there hunting.
Renaturation projects are carried out at some parts of the stream.
SDW Bachpatenschaft an der Furtbek
Association for Protection of German Forests, in German
References
Rivers of Hamburg
Wandsbek
Rivers of Germany
{{Germany-river-stub