The Furtbek is a stream in Hamburg in the outer north-east of the city.
Furtbek | |
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![]() The Furtbek in Bergstedt | |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hamburg |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Saselbek |
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Basin features | |
Progression | Saselbek→ Alster→ Elbe→ North Sea |
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]
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