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River in Germany
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Dove Elbe
Location
CountryGermany
StateHamburg
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • locationNorderelbe
 • coordinates53°30′22″N 10°03′34″E / 53.5061°N 10.0595°E / 53.5061; 10.0595
Length18 km (11 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionElbe→ North Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftGose Elbe

The Dove Elbe (German pronunciation) is a closed anabranch of the Unterelbe, the lower part of the river Elbe (near Hamburg, Germany).

The inflow has been blocked by a dike since 1438. The lower end was shortened by a redirection of the Norderelbe in 1579.

Memorial plaque with information on forced labor around the Dove Elbe in World War II.

Before the Neuengammer Blaue Brücke (lit. Blue Bridge), there's the Neuengammer branch canal going off to the left. From 1940 to 1942, prisoners of the Neuengamme concentration camp had to dig this canal and widen the Dove Elbe from here. The bricks produced in the camp's clinker factory were to be transported to Hamburg in barges along the waterway created in this way.

Its Low German name translates to "deaf Elbe"; it is etymologically unrelated to the bird.

See also

References

  1. Whatmore-Thomson, Helen J. (2020-08-07). Nazi Camps and their Neighbouring Communities: History, Memory, and Memorialization. Oxford University Press. pp. 16–30. ISBN 978-0-19-250697-9.


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