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Kupferteich

Name: Kupferteich
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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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1. View of Wittmoor Heath – Alster Trail loop from Borgweg (Stadtpark)

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2. Alster Trail – Alster Bridge Poppenbüttel loop from Habichtstraße

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3. Along the Tarpenbek – Alster Cycle Path loop from Hudtwalckerstraße

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September 11, 2025

The Kupferteich (Copper Pond) on the border of the Hamburg districts of Poppenbüttel
and Lemsahl-Mellingstedt was originally a mill pond and served
as a copper mill. It is easily circumnavigated by bike or on foot.
It was created by damming the Mellingbek and Twelenbek rivers, which flow from the Wittmoor and join in front of the pond, to a height of approximately 900 meters.

In the mill at the Kupferteich, a copper hammer was used to produce panels
for roofs, ship floors, and boilers for sugar refineries.

Remains of fish ponds can be found at the northern end of the Kupferteich.

In the mid-19th century, the Kupferteich became a sawmill, later an oil mill, after which the facility fell into disuse. Due to its dilapidated condition, it was demolished in 1929.

The Kupferteich is now an approximately 7.0-hectare fishing lake, and since 2019, it, including its shoreline, has been designated a specially protected biotope area under the Federal Nature Conservation Act.

A golf course has stretched east and west of the Kupferteich since the 21st century.

There is a dog walking area on the western shore of the pond.

Access to the Kupferteich is via the 1.5 km long Kupferteichweg,
a road that leads to a sandy path leading to the pond.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupferteich_(Mellingbek)

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March 2, 2025

The Kupferteich is the former mill pond of a long-demolished copper mill between Lemsahl-Mellingstedt and Poppenbüttel. For this purpose, the Mellingbek and Twelenbek rivers, which come from the Wittmoor and join in front of the Kupferteich, were dammed to a height of around 900 m.

At the northern beginning of the Kupferteich and below the former mill dam at the lower end, there are still remains of fish ponds.

In the middle of the pond there is a dam that also dams up the northern part. There used to be a campsite with a small restaurant on the western bank. Today the area is set up as a dog run.

To the west and east of the Kupferteich there is now an extensive golf course.

South of the Kupferteich, between the Poppenbütteler Berg and Poppenbütteler Hauptstraße, there is still a street called Kupferhammer, which is partly laid out as a footpath.

After leaving the Kupferteich, the Mellingbek flows into the Alster near Hohenbuchen.

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1. View of Wittmoor Heath – Alster Trail loop from Borgweg (Stadtpark)

2. Alster Trail – Alster Bridge Poppenbüttel loop from Habichtstraße

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