The Rethe is a waterway in the

Port of Hamburg The Port of Hamburg (german: Hamburger Hafen, ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, from its mouth on the North Sea. Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" (''Tor zur Welt''), it is the country's largest seaport by volume ...

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. It is located in Wilhelmsburg between the islands Hohe Schaar and Neuhof. It connects the

Reiherstieg The Reiherstieg () is an anabranch of the river Elbe in the Port of Hamburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after R ...

basin with the

Köhlbrand Köhlbrand is an anabranch of the Unterelbe river in the Port of Hamburg, Germany. It has a width of approximately . History The branch emerged during floods in the 14th and 15th centuries, which separated the former Elbe island of ''Gories ...

. It is bridged by the Rethe Lift Bridge.

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