Seebek

River in Germany

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Seebek

The Seebek on the boundary of the Barmbek and Bramfeld districts of Hamburg

Location
Country| Germany
State| Hamburg
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Bramfelder See
Mouth|

• location

| Osterbek

• coordinates

| 53°35′24″N 10°03′55″E﻿ / ﻿53.5900°N 10.0654°E﻿ / 53.5900; 10.0654
Basin features
Progression| Osterbek→ Alster→ Elbe→ North Sea

The Seebek is a small stream in Hamburg, Germany, which flows from the lake of the Bramfelder See in a southerly direction.[1]

After about 3 kilometres it discharges into the Osterbek river. The stream is also known locally as the Grenzbach ('border stream', as it forms the boundary between the Bramfeld and Barmbek-Nord quarters in Hamburg). It has a good water quality. In the 1980s the streambed was largely returned to a near-natural condition after it had previously largely degenerated into a concrete drainage ditch. Today the stream provides an outstanding habitat for many small animals. The process of renaturisation had not finished; since March 2005 NABU has run Project Eisvogel (Eisvogel = 'kingfisher') especially to improve the water flow through the Seebek.[2]

Since 1959 Seebek has also been the name of a steamer on the Alster river.

## See also

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* List of rivers of Hamburg

## References

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1. ^ "Gewässersteckbrief: Die Seebek". hamburg.de (in German).
2. ^ "Unser 'Projekt Eisvogel' an der Seebek: Ein Überblick". hamburg.nabu.de (in German).