# Wandse

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**Wandse** (ˈvantsə; in sections also called **Eilbek**) is a river flowing through [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein) and [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg), [Germany](/source/Germany).

The Wandse rises west of the village of [Siek](/source/Siek,_Holstein) in [Kreis Stormarn](/source/Kreis_Stormarn) in [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein) and ends in the center of Hamburg in the [Alster](/source/Alster). Along the banks of the Wandse there were many water mills. The river passes through the settlements of Siek, [Braak](/source/Braak,_Schleswig-Holstein), [Stapelfeld](/source/Stapelfeld), and Hamburg.

The Hamburg district of [Wandsbek](/source/Wandsbek) takes its name from the river as it winds its way westwards via the [Eichtal Park](/source/Eichtal_Park), a public urban park. After passing through the Mühlenteich pond, the river continues as **Eilbek** (later Eilbekkanal), eponymous to the [Eilbek](/source/Eilbek) district. The canal joins the [Alster](/source/Alster) in the heart of Hamburg at [Außenalster](/source/Au%C3%9Fenalster).[1]

## Meander restoration

The River Wandse is a site of interest for river management and conservation due to a pioneering project carried out in 1982 to restore the original meanders to an engineered section of the river flowing through the national park.[2]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Schleswig-Holstein](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Schleswig-Holstein)
- [List of rivers of Hamburg](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Hamburg)
- [List of bridges in Hamburg](/source/List_of_bridges_in_Hamburg)

## References

1. Theweleit, Klaus (1 June 1994). [*Object-choice: (All you need is love-- ) : on mating strategies & a fragment of a Freud biography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mTvGvbjSUfYC&pg=PA102). Verso. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-86091-642-0. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

1. Purseglove, Jeremy. [*Taming the Flood*](https://archive.org/details/tamingfloodhisto00purs/page/177). Oxford University Press. p. [177](https://archive.org/details/tamingfloodhisto00purs/page/177). ISBN 0-19-215891-0.

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