Case study: Flood barrier, Schwinge (Stade), Lower Saxony (20th c.)

Location of the case study

Schwinge (Stade), Lower Saxony, DE

Description of the application

The fllood barrier at the mouth of the Schwinge should prevent storm surges from running up the river Schwinge and inundating the areas around.

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Implementation costs (Show all)

>1.000.000 €



Served purpose of implementation (Show all)

Strongly Positive

Responsible authority levels (Show all)

National - Government

Countries (Show all)

Germany

Application types (Show all)

Real Case Study

Resilience measures (Show all)

Floodwall

Last modified: Sept. 12, 2016, 9:04 a.m.

name

Flood barrier, Schwinge (Stade), Lower Saxony (20th c.)

Reference point

SRID=4326;POINT (9.5142559999999996 53.6247639999999990)

 

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