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Dalbek Spring

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Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf

Dalbek Spring

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Dalbek Spring

Name: Dalbek Spring
Rating: 2

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Location: Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Bistal Ponds – Bistal Gorge loop from Kröppelshagen

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2. Dalbek Gorge Wooden Bridges – Wentorfer Lohe Nature Reserve loop from Wentorf bei Hamburg

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3. Mill pond – Wentorfer Lohe Nature Reserve loop from Aumühle

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JR56

April 30, 2020

To get to the Dalbek spring, you have to walk a little way across the forest. Both the spring and the mouth are, as is often the case, completely unspectacular. However, every spring is a wonder of nature and therefore of course an absolute highlight. The spring itself is not accessible because it is a fenced-in drinking water protection area. There is not much to see there, the area around the spring is quite swampy, but even after this current long dry period the water is still flowing. The Dalbek is a small river that rises near Dassendorf and flows southwards via Börnsen and Escheburg to Hamburg-Altengamme. In some maps it is also incorrectly called "Dallbek". The upper course north of Kröppelshagen is also called Bornbek according to the municipal map. In rainy periods and when the snow melts, the small, shallow river often becomes a raging water 6.2 km long. The source is in the southern Sachsenwald, 780 m west of Dassendorf at 62 m above sea level. After a few meters, the stream, which is now still called Bornbek, leaves the unincorporated area of the Sachsenwald and flows around the Bornberg settlement to the north, then turns southwest through the meadows of the Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf district. It passes under the B207 at the entrance to Kröppelshagen and flows unstraightened through the properties and fields until it reaches state road 208.
After crossing it, the Bornbek is dammed to form a fire water pond.
From there, it flows through a game reserve that borders directly on the Dalbekschlucht nature reserve. Here, the water from a swamp forest that has been dammed to form a fish pond is collected. The Dalbek now crosses the nature reserve on the Geest slope near Börnsen and Escheburg, an impressive valley. The Dalbek overcomes a height difference of 38 m at 2850 m. It takes in the water of some nameless forest streams from various side valleys of the gorge.
After leaving the nature reserve, it passes under the district road 80 (K80, former B5) at 9 m above sea level, straightens out and passes the westernmost properties of Escheburg, the Bergedorf-Geesthacht railway line, the Dröge Wisch wet meadow area and the A25.
Here, on the border of the marshland and the marsh, is also the state border between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. This runs in the middle of the border ditch into which the
Dalbek flows at 3 m above sea level.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalbek

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Holger

May 25, 2021

Every great river begins with a source.
Just like every hike begins with the first step.

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Elevation 80 m

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Location: Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Dalbek Spring

1. Bistal Ponds – Bistal Gorge loop from Kröppelshagen

2. Dalbek Gorge Wooden Bridges – Wentorfer Lohe Nature Reserve loop from Wentorf bei Hamburg

3. Mill pond – Wentorfer Lohe Nature Reserve loop from Aumühle

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