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View of the Alster Fountain at the Binnenalster

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View of the Alster Fountain at the Binnenalster

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View of the Alster Fountain at the Binnenalster

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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1. Oberhafen Connection – Moorwerder Main Dike loop from Hoheluftbrücke

70.0km

03:29

280m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. View of Lake Alster – View of the Outer Alster Lake loop from Hamburg Dammtor

13.8km

00:40

50m

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. Tangstedter Forest – Upper Alster loop from Rathaus

118km

04:53

440m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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Robert Köhler

October 10, 2022

Carlheinz Hollmann had the idea for the fountain, which is an average of 60 meters high, when he saw the fountain on Lake Geneva (the Jet d'eau) from an airplane in 1986. This is located in downtown Geneva in a city scenery very similar to Hamburg's Binnenalster and is also considered a landmark of the city. The Jet d'eau has existed since 1885 and, at 140 m, is more than twice as high as the Alster fountain.
Hollmann imagined how such a fountain would beautify the Alstersee in Hamburg and suggested his idea to the building senator Eugen Wagner, who referred it to senior building director Egbert Kossak. In the building authority in front of the large city model of Hamburg, he explained his idea and finally convinced the pipe-smoking senator with a curved pipe cleaner as a model for the fountain. Companies like Blohm + Voss were quickly found as sponsors and since April 18, 1987, at 12 noon, the Alster fountain has been spraying. However, the height is limited by the windy weather in Hamburg.
The fountain was not initially well received by the population, as the Binnenalster was always the "simple symbol of Hamburg". But over time it became her part

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Maik

July 9, 2023

Very nice vantage point on the Alster. This is a good place to take a little break.

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christian-w. (PNEU Lust/GRVL Lust)

May 9, 2022

Beautiful view over the Binnenalster to Jungfernstieg and the Four Seasons. In the back all the more traffic ;-)

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Elevation 50 m

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View of the Alster Fountain at the Binnenalster

1. Oberhafen Connection – Moorwerder Main Dike loop from Hoheluftbrücke

2. View of Lake Alster – View of the Outer Alster Lake loop from Hamburg Dammtor

3. Tangstedter Forest – Upper Alster loop from Rathaus

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