Köhlbrand is an

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of the

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river in the

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. It has a width of approximately .

History

The branch emerged during floods in the 14th and 15th centuries, which separated the former Elbe island of ''Gorieswerder''. The Köhlbrand is bridged by the Köhlbrand Bridge, both probably named after

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s (''Köhler''), whose fires (''Brand'') could be seen along the river banks and who sold coal to the boatmen. Until the 19th century dockyards were located at the banks of Köhlbrand. According to the third Köhlbrand treaty signed in 1908, the anabranch was relocated around to the west and deepened by to . Its former pathway is marked by the harbour basin of Kohlenschiffhafen, which is almost completely filled up with sand today.Hamburg Lexikon, ed. by Franklin Kopitzsch and Daniel Tilgner, Hamburg 2005, p.277f. Nowadays, the complete

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waterflow is redirected through the Köhlbrand, which is a main access to the Container Terminal Altenwerder.

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