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Elbe

Elb strom; Elbe; Elbstrom; Elffe; Elffstroeme; Elue; Elve; Elven

Region/Country: Region/Land: , Holy Roman Empire

River in Germany, which flows into the North Sea. It forms the southwestern border of Holstein, and the city of Hamburg is located on its right bank, about 100km from the mouth. Moreover, due to its large extent, it played an important role connecting the North and Baltic Sea coast with the German hinterland.

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1604, March 13

[Hamburg]

Alberdt Sivers to Hamburg: writes that he has received a letter from Helsingør merchants, asking him to sail for them to Ohrbach in Iceland, and asks the city council to permit him to leave from Lübeck to Iceland and to return to Hamburg.

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1610, September 28

Bremen

Bremen to duke John Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp: eight citizens have informed that two of their ships, one returning from Hamburg, the other from Shetland, have wrecked during a storm in the Elbe near Hadeln, whereby the goods on board were salvaged by inhabitants of Dithmarschen and Eiderstedt, and now ask for support in retrieving their goods from them.

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1659, October 6

Bremen

Herman Hausman and Henrich Eiling, councillors in Bremen, confirm that they have heard the testimonies of Herman Brunings, Gerdt and Segebad Detken, Herman Segelcken and Cort Lubbers, crew members on the ship of Herman Detken, about how they had to throw cargo overboard to save their ship in a storm on the return journey from Shetland. Also contains the testimony of Herman Detken himself.

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