The Klinge jingles again

We are leaving the northern Oder region now and go to an already finished area which follows the Klinge. The Klinge is a small creek which is nourished from sources west of Frankfurt (Oder). In the Klingestraße it opens out into the Oder. When there was high water even the Klinge used to flood the nearby areas. That’s why a pumping station (6) was built many decades ago. It helps the Klinge to discharge into the Oder. Now a new facility has taken over this task and regulates the river fully automatically.
Nonetheless, the old pumps are still able to operate but they serve solely as a technical monument. The Klinge has anciently been banned to tubes. It crosses the Berliner Straße where it pops up again. Between gardens and parks the Klinge dabbles down the Poetensteig (7). From this point you have an interesting view over the Oder city. The concrete frame of the creek has vanished and now the flowing water delights the visitors with its natural charm.

Viewing on the St. Georg Church we follow the Bergstraße which goes parallel to the Klinge. Here the Klinge is still embedded in concrete. Along the Grüner Weg you reach the Karl-Sobkowski-Straße. If you turn right in front of a sculpture of a mother with her kid you can see a little valley where the Klinge disappears into a big tube underneath a house (8). The whole residential area which is a former colony of the Reichsbahn directorate East will get a new environment within the next years. The proprietors have already expressed their will to cooperate. The northern Oder promenade demonstrates that Frankfurt’s city planners are able to do a very good job.