# Seebek

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The **Seebek** (ˈzeːbeːk) is a small stream in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), Germany, which flows from the lake of the [Bramfelder See](/source/Bramfelder_See) in a southerly direction.[1]

After about 3 kilometres it discharges into the [Osterbek](/source/Osterbek) river. The stream is also known locally as the *Grenzbach* ('border stream', as it forms the boundary between the [Bramfeld](/source/Bramfeld) and [Barmbek-Nord](/source/Barmbek-Nord) quarters in Hamburg). It has a good [water quality](/source/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](/source/Naturschutzbund_Deutschland) 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](/source/Steamboat) on the [Alster](/source/Alster) river.

## See also

- [List of rivers of Hamburg](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Hamburg)

## References

1. ["Gewässersteckbrief: Die Seebek"](https://www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/bezirke/hamburg-nord/steckbrief-seebek-72462) (in German). *hamburg.de*

1. ["Unser 'Projekt Eisvogel' an der Seebek: Ein Überblick"](https://hamburg.nabu.de/wir-ueber-uns/stadtteilgruppen/bramfeld-ohlsdorf-barmbek/appelhoff.html) (in German). *[hamburg.nabu.de](/source/Naturschutzbund_Deutschland)*

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