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Great road without traffic

Although there's generally little traffic on the road, I still prefer the bike path between towns. The cars zip by at an unpleasantly fast pace. The bike path is also very easy to ride. The asphalt is smooth and well-maintained. The number of root bumps is very small (it feels like one at the beginning and one at the end), and they're not very steep.

Very tasty fish sandwiches and you can linger there comfortably

Very tasty fish sandwiches and you can linger there comfortably.

Ideal for beginners

A great route to get to or from Bergedorf. It can be a bit busier on sunny summer weekends.

A lock was built in 1957 with the barrage on the Elbe River to allow ships to overcome the difference in height. Depending on the tide, this difference varies between approximately 1.30 and 3.50 meters. Since the construction of the barrage, the lock channel has cut through the foreland of the Besenhorst Sand Hills. This is how the lock island was created. At the level of the weir, the Geesthacht Lock offers two parallel chambers, each 230 meters long and 25 meters wide. The southern chamber went into operation in 1960, and the northern chamber was completed in 1981. The chambers' four lifting gates are operated electromechanically. Due to the counterweights running in the reinforced concrete towers, only minimal force is required. The chambers are filled without surges by gently lifting the upper gates and through a channel in the central wall. Excess water from the neighboring chamber can also be used for filling via this channel. https://metropolregion.hamburg.de/natur-und-kultur-erleben/industriekultur-am-wasser/routen/geesthacht/schleuse-11608

The view of the Elbe is very beautiful, really great.