Kohlenschiffhafen

Kohlenschiffhafen (Coal ship harbour) is a harbour basin of the port of Hamburg, Germany, connected with the Norderelbe anabranch of River Elbe. It is located between the promontories of Köhlbrandhöft to the west and Tollerort to the east. It marks the former mouth of the Köhlbrand anabranch into the Norderelbe.

Kohlenschiffhafen
Kohlenschiffhafen in 2009
Location
Country	Germany
Location	Port of Hamburg
Coordinates	53.5378°N 9.9417°E / 53.5378; 9.9417
Details
Opened	1920
Type of harbor	Harbour basin

Map of Hamburg port in 1910, already showing the completed Kohlenschiffhafen near Köhlbrand (to the left). Another source reports its completion only around 1920

History

After the third Köhlbrand treaty between Hamburg and Prussia, works began to relocate the Köhlbrand anabranch 600 metres (2,000 ft) to the west. The former pathway is marked by the Kohlenschiffhafen,[1] which was completed around 1920.[2] Initially it had a length of approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi).

The harbour basin was filled up with sand since 2002. The expanded Container Terminal Tollerort can be found on the largely filled in harbour basin today.[2] Works are underway in 2016 to fill up the small rest of the basin.

References

1. Hamburg Lexikon, ed. by Franklin Kopitzsch and Daniel Tilgner, Hamburg 2005, p.277f.
2. "Der Hafen schrumpft weiter" [The port continues to shrink]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 16 July 2002. Retrieved 26 November 2016.