Seebek

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 (German pronunciation: [ˈzeːbeːk]) 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.