Case studies

• Construction of flood gate, pumping station and dike wall, Hoopte, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Dwelling mound concept, Hafen City, Hamburg (21st c.)
  
• Damming by flood barrier, Wischhafener Süderelbe, Lower Saxony, (20th c.)
  
• Dike construction, Twielenfleth, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Hydraulic filling of islands, Tidal Elbe, (20th c.)
  
• Flood insurance initiatives
  
• Afforestation, North Rhine-Westphalia
  
• Expansion of Rhinplatte Inseln, Rhinplatte (20th c.)
  
• Storm tide sluice, Friedrichskoog, Schleswig- Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Increase capacity of sewer/drainage system, Berlin
  
• Construction of Trischendamms, Friedrichskoog, Schleswig- Holstein, (20th c.)
  
• Dike inspection and reinforcement, North Sea coast, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Adjustment of fairway, Stadersand, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Adjustment of fairway, Lühe, Lower Saxony(20th c.)
  
• Excavations of Schwarztonnensand, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Construction of the Elbe weir, Geesthacht , Schleswig- Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Construction of dikes and flood barrier, Wedeler Au, Schleswig-Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Construction of flood barrier, Billwerder bay, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Flood Insurance, GDV
  
• Redesign of flood protection system, Hamburg (21st c.)
  
• Hydraulic fillings: Hollerwettern-Scheelenkuhlen, Vorland Glückstadt, Fährmannssand, Hanskalbsand until Neßsand, Hetlinger Schanze, Bützflether Sand, Schwarztonnensand, Pagensand and Giesensand (20th c.)
  
• Tidal Elbe concept, Spadenlander Busch, Kreetsand (21st c.)
  
• Building of 60 polders in the port area (private flood protection), Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Channel adjustments, Freiburger Watt, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Construction of dike, Groden (Hadeln), Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Construction of pumping station with sluice and two weirs, Kuckuckshorn/Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Flood barriers, Nikolaifleet and Herrengrabenfleet, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Flood protection system, St. Pauli Fischmarkt, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Part backfilling and Port restructuring, Mühlenberger Loch, Hamburg (21st c.)
  
• Relocation of dike, Alte Süderelbe, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Relocation of dike, Hahnhöfer Sand, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Shore replenishment, Siebenhöfen, Lower Saxony
  
• Dam, Hanskalbsand and Neßsand (20th c.)
  
• Construction of lood barrier, Ilmenau, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Redesigned flood protection system, Hamburg Port (20th c.)
  
• Relocation of dike, Nordkehding, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Relocation of dikes, Krautsand and Asseler Sand, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Construction of sluice and pumping station, Alsterfleet, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Adjustment of fairway, Lühe and Stadersand, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Flood barrier, Lühe, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Dike reinforcement, Land Hadeln, Lower Saxony, (20th c.)
  
• Dike construction, Glücksatdt Nord (20th c.)
  
• Construction of sluice and pumping station, Bullenhausen, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Dike construction, Cranz, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Combined measures, Schleswig-Holstein, Seestermüher Marsch (20th c.)
  
• Safety margins in new investment, River Neckar, Baden-Württemberg
  
• Continuous deepening of the tidal Elbe to 13,5m under MTnw with time, Tideelbe, Hamburg, Schleswig- Holstein, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Fairway adjustment, Elbe river, Schleswig- Holstein, Lower Saxony(20th c.)
  
• Shore replenishment, Schleswig-Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Building elevation, Hafencity, Hamburg
  
• Construction of flood protection walls and sluice, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Flood barrier and dike, Stör, Schleswig-Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Flood barrier, Este, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Flood barrier, Schwinge (Stade), Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Redesign of flood protection system, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Sluice, Gose and Dove Elbe, Hamburg (20th c.)
  
• Construction of storm surge/flood barrier, Lühe, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Construction of flood barrier, Freiburger Hafenpriel, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Construction of Seeve flood barrier, Wuhlenburg, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Flood barrier, Oste, Otterndorf, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• General plan - dike reinforcement, dike shortening and coastal protection,Marshland, Schleswig-Holstein (20th c.)
  
• Dike, Bützflether Sand, Lower Saxony (20th c.)
  
• Dike relocation, Rhine river basin