In 1390 the Gose Elbe was separated from the main stream by a dike connecting the two then-islands of Kirchwerder and Neuengamme.
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10 Facts About Elbe
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Right after both anabranches reunited the Low Elbe is passed under by the New Elbe Tunnel, the last structural road link crossing the river before the North Sea.
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Elbe has always been navigable by commercial vessels, and provides important trade links as far inland as Prague.
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The Elbe-Weser Shipping Channel connects the Elbe with the Weser.
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The Elbe-Seitenkanal was built between the West German section of the Mittellandkanal and the Lower Elbe to restore this connection.
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Elbe is crossed by many ferries, both passenger and car carrying.
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Elbe has long served as an important delineator of European geography.
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Elbe delineated the western parts of Germany from the eastern so-called East Elbia, where soccage and serfdom were more strict and prevailed longer than westwards of the river, and where feudal lords held bigger estates than in the west.
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The Northern German area north of the Lower Elbe used to be called North Albingia in the Middle Ages.
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From 1949 to 1990 the Elbe formed part of the Inner German border between East Germany and West Germany.
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