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Leinpfad Canal

Leinpfad Canal

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Leinpfad Canal

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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January 31, 2022

The towpath canal was laid parallel to the Alster in 1861 on behalf of the developer Adolph Sierich so that the wet meadows on the left bank of the Alster could be drained and built on. The canal, which is 1600 meters long and mostly 15 meters wide, begins opposite the St. Johanniskirche below the Winterhuder ferry house and the Alster shipping dock of the same name and runs parallel to the Alster canalized at the beginning of the 20th century on its left (eastern) side behind the houses and Land of the road towpath.

After passing under the bridges of underground lines 1 and 3, the canal widens to 200 meters in length and up to 50 meters in width. After the bridge over the Klarchenstraße, the canal splits into two arms: a connection runs westwards back to the Alster, the other part goes further south, passes under Maria-Louisen-Straße and divides again. A 125-meter-long branch canal leads further south, to the east the canal ends at the Rondeel pond, from where there is a connection to the Goldbek canal and the Outer Alster via the Rondeel canal.

The street Leinpfad was named after the towpath or towpath that ran along the Alster at the time, on which barges were pulled (hauled) upstream on lines. The villa plots are located on the former wet meadows, while the towpath leads along the Alstertreek; therefore it is often mistaken for the towpath canal.
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