Alster
The Alster is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central Hamburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Krugkoppelbrücke and Heilwigpark.
Islamic Centre Hamburg
Mosque
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The Islamic Centre Hamburg, was the proprietor organisation of the Imam Ali Mosque also known as the Blue Mosque, the oldest mosque in Hamburg, Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Hamburg and Eppendorf.
North Hamburg
Northern Hamburg includes the lake of Aussenalster, the city's airport and a lot of greenery in-between.Eppendorf
Suburb
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Eppendorf is one of thirteen quarters in the Hamburg-Nord borough of Hamburg, Germany, and lies north of the Außenalster. In 2023 the population was 25,253.
Harvestehude
Suburb
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Harvestehude is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel. It is located on the eastern boundaries of the borough near lake Außenalster.
Alster
- Type: Stream
- Description: right tributary of the Elbe in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Alster” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Alster”
- Arabic: “ألستر”
- Arabic: “بحيرة الألستر”
- Arabic: “بحيره الألستر”
- Aragonese: “Alster”
- Arpitan: “Alster”
- Asturian: “Alster”
- Basque: “Alster”
- Bavarian: “Alster”
- Belarusian: “Альстэр (прыток Эльбы)”
- Belarusian: “Альстэр”
- Bosnian: “Alster”
- Breton: “Alster”
- Bulgarian: “Алстер”
- Catalan: “Alster”
- Cebuano: “Alster”
- Chinese: “阿尔斯特河”
- Chinese: “阿尔斯特湖”
- Chinese: “阿爾斯特河”
- Corsican: “Alster”
- Croatian: “Alster”
- Czech: “Alstera”
- Danish: “Alster”
- Dutch: “Alster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الستر”
- Esperanto: “Alster”
- Estonian: “Alster”
- Finnish: “Alster”
- French: “Alster”
- Friulian: “Alster”
- Galician: “Alster”
- Galician: “Río Alster”
- German: “Alster”
- Hungarian: “Alster”
- Icelandic: “Alster”
- Ido: “Alster”
- Indonesian: “Alster”
- Interlingua: “Alster”
- Interlingue: “Alster”
- Irish: “Alster”
- Italian: “Alster”
- Japanese: “アルスター川”
- Japanese: “アルスター湖”
- Javanese: “Alster”
- Kongo: “Alster”
- Ligurian: “Alster”
- Limburgan: “Alster”
- Low German: “Alster”
- Luxembourgish: “Alster”
- Macedonian: “Алстер”
- Malagasy: “Alster”
- Malay: “Alster”
- Minangkabau: “Alster”
- Narom: “Alster”
- Neapolitan: “Alster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alster (elv)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alster”
- Norwegian: “Alster”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Alster”
- Old Saxon: “Alstria”
- Persian: “الستر”
- Picard: “Alster”
- Piemontese: “Alster”
- Polish: “Alster”
- Portuguese: “Alster”
- Romanian: “Alster”
- Romansh: “Alster”
- Russian: “Альстер”
- Sardinian: “Alster”
- Scots: “Alster”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Alster”
- Serbian: “Alster”
- Serbian: “Алстер (ријека)”
- Serbian: “Алстер”
- Sicilian: “Alster”
- Slovak: “Alster”
- Slovenian: “Alster”
- Spanish: “Alster”
- Spanish: “Rio Alster”
- Spanish: “Río Alster”
- Swahili: “Alster”
- Swedish: “Alster”
- Swiss German: “Alster”
- Tamil: “அல்ஸ்டர் ஆறு”
- Ukrainian: “Альстер”
- Venetian: “Alster”
- Vietnamese: “Alster”
- Vlaams: “Alster”
- Volapük: “Alster”
- Walloon: “Alster”
- Welsh: “Alster”
- Wolof: “Alster”
- Zulu: “Alster”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Klosterstern station and Eppendorfer Baum station.
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