Alstertal Nature Trail – Kupferteich (Copper Pond) loop from Ohlsdorf
Alstertal Nature Trail – Kupferteich (Copper Pond) loop from Ohlsdorf
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Alstertal Nature Trail – Kupferteich (Copper Pond) loop from Ohlsdorf
05:51
22.4km
110m
Hiking
Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 17, 2026
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Raakmoor
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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769 m
Fuhlsbüttel Lock
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In addition, despite conversion, the hydropower plant commissioned in 2000 was preserved. The Alster generates electricity for around 200 households here. An information board informs interested technology fans.
The Fuhlsbüttler lock separates the canalized Alster Unterlauf from the unpaved upper course. In the wide dammed basin between the lock and Ratsmühlenbrücke, the man of the Alster has put his stamp on his last time, after which he is free and moves largely in their natural bed. Here begins the natural and green part of the Alster.
"The human being", whose work one sees here, is - one observes on the dark red clinker - course Oberbaudirektor Fritz Schumacher. The complex along with the parallel blocks of flats on the Woermannsweg and Justus-Strandes-Weg goes back to his designs.
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4.34 km
Alster Bridge Gundlachs Twiete
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A list of Alster bridges from Wikipedia shows all the bridges that lead over the Alster.
The sections of the lower Alster called the "Little Alster" or "Alsterfleet" are included here as a natural part of the river. In the historical course of the Alster, today the Mönkedamm and Nikolaifleet, there are also the Altenwallbrücke, Mühlenbrücke, Trostbrücke, Nikolaibrücke, Reimersbrücke, Holzbrücke and Hohe Brücke. There are 18 bridges in the upper reaches of the Alster in Schleswig-Holstein and 56 in Hamburg.
With a total of 2,500 bridges, Hamburg is the city with the most bridges in Europe and clearly overshadows Venice, which has around 400 bridges and thus only comes fifth in the ranking.
You can find the list of all Alster bridges here:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Alsterbr%C3%BCcken
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5.43 km
Alstertal Nature Trail
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6.18 km
Alster near Wellingsbüttel
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One of my absolute Alster favorite places lies at the end of the marked route. At the small valley cut the Alster divides and leaves a dead arm. The piece of land between them looks like a small island. The Alster bank is pushed up here and crossed by knotty root system. A nice piece of nature! Since not only I feel that, but you are rarely alone here.
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6.82 km
Alster Stream
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9.03 km
Alsterwanderweg
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9.53 km
Alsterwanderweg: Riverside Nature Trail
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10.8 km
Kupferteich (Copper Pond)
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and Lemsahl-Mellingstedt was originally a mill pond and served
as a copper mill. It is easily circumnavigated by bike or on foot.
It was created by damming the Mellingbek and Twelenbek rivers, which flow from the Wittmoor and join in front of the pond, to a height of approximately 900 meters.
In the mill at the Kupferteich, a copper hammer was used to produce panels
for roofs, ship floors, and boilers for sugar refineries.
Remains of fish ponds can be found at the northern end of the Kupferteich.
In the mid-19th century, the Kupferteich became a sawmill, later an oil mill, after which the facility fell into disuse. Due to its dilapidated condition, it was demolished in 1929.
The Kupferteich is now an approximately 7.0-hectare fishing lake, and since 2019, it, including its shoreline, has been designated a specially protected biotope area under the Federal Nature Conservation Act.
A golf course has stretched east and west of the Kupferteich since the 21st century.
There is a dog walking area on the western shore of the pond.
Access to the Kupferteich is via the 1.5 km long Kupferteichweg,
a road that leads to a sandy path leading to the pond.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kupferteich_(Mellingbek)
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11.1 km
Kupferteich
Lake
16.7 km
Regenrückhaltebecken Absetzteich Herzmoor
Lake
22.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
14.6 km
3.47 km
3.24 km
635 m
423 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
12.9 km
3.47 km
2.88 km
1.94 km
824 m
431 m
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A nice round in nice company, interesting conversations and an insight into mountain hiking, climbing and via ferrata.
And always stops at playgrounds🤣
A very nice day 🌞🥳👍
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We walked relaxed through the Raakmoor, 🐦 chirping, the scent of nature accompanied us in the direction of Hummelsee, where we climbed up the Hummelsbütteler Mühlberg ⛰️. The view really nice 🔝
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Many thanks to Thomas for accompanying me!
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