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Moorwerder Main Dike

Moorwerder Main Dike

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Moorwerder Main Dike

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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1. Süderelbe Reed Forests – Bunthäuser Spitze Lighthouse loop from Wilhelmsburg

11.4km

02:52

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2. Moorwerder Main Dike – Elbe Riverside Path loop from Neuland

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02:52

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Heuckenlock Nature Reserve – Dike trail along the Dove Elbe loop from Ochsenwerder

18.8km

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Robert Köhler

December 28, 2022

Moorwerder is part of the Elbe island of Wilhelmsburg and is now part of the Hamburg district of the same name. The dyked and sparsely populated stretch of land is located on the south-eastern tip of Wilhelmsburg between the North and South Elbe, which divide here. The place name indicates that the settlement was founded on a Werder, i.e. on a river island in the wet "moory" area of the Elbe river cleavage.
In contrast to the rest of Wilhelmsburg, which was only incorporated as part of the Greater Hamburg Law in 1937, Moorwerder, together with the other marshlands, had belonged to the Hamburg countryside since 1395. Until 1830 it was subject to the lordship of Billwerder and Ochsenwerder, then to the lordship of the Marschlande. In 1938, when the Hamburg urban area was reorganized in accordance with the Greater Hamburg Act, Moorwerder became part of what was then District 8, from which the district of Harburg emerged in 1951 after the war. In 2008, as part of a district administration reform, Moorwerder was merged with Wilhelmsburg into the Hamburg-Mitte district. Until the storm surge of 1962, Moorwerder was independently dyked, only then was it included in the new Wilhelmsburg ring dyke as part of the construction of the new flood protection system.

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Dolle

October 8, 2023

Dyke is always such a thing. Things are going badly on top and you can only see half of it to the right and left of the crown.

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Timo

December 1, 2024

The hiking trail "Hamburg's 2nd Green Ring" also leads along here. All information about the Green Ring can be found under the following link: hamburg.de/wandern-im-gruenen/4473724/wandern-im-gruenen-hintergrund (as of November 23, 2024).

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Elevation 10 m

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Thursday 18 December

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35 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Moorwerder Main Dike

1. Süderelbe Reed Forests – Bunthäuser Spitze Lighthouse loop from Wilhelmsburg

2. Moorwerder Main Dike – Elbe Riverside Path loop from Neuland

3. Heuckenlock Nature Reserve – Dike trail along the Dove Elbe loop from Ochsenwerder

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