Moldauhafen

The Moldauhafen is a historic harbor basin in the Port of Hamburg, built in 1887. Under the Treaty of Versailles, the site was leased to Czechoslovakia for 99 years starting in 1929, since the Elbe offered this landlocked country its only navigable connection to the world's oceans. The basin is enclosed by the Prager Ufer and Melniker Ufer quays. During the lease period, it served as an important transshipment point for goods such as coal, grain, and timber. After the Czechoslovak shipping company went bankrupt in 2002, use of the basin declined, even though the agreement remains in force until 2028. In the future, the area will be redeveloped as a mixed residential and commercial district in the new Grasbrook neighborhood, served by a planned subway station.