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The realignment was implemented in 2000, approx. 7 km south east of the City of Hamburg where the branch ’Northern Elbe‘ and the ’Dove Elbe‘ join each other, in order to develop natural floodplain habitats. The 8 ha wide area is part of the Natura 2000 area ‘Hamburger Unterelbe’.