Wandse is a river of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The Wandse rises west of the village of Siek

Siek

Siek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 6 km southeast of Ahrensburg, and 24 km northeast of Hamburg.Siek is the seat of the Amt Siek....

 in Kreis Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 and ends in the center of Hamburg in the Alster

Alster

The Alster is a right tributary of the River Elbe in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows roughly southwards and reaches the Elbe in Hamburg. In the centre of Hamburg the Alster has been dammed...

. Along the banks of the Wandse there were many water mills. The river passes through the settlements of Siek

Siek

Siek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 6 km southeast of Ahrensburg, and 24 km northeast of Hamburg.Siek is the seat of the Amt Siek....

, Braak

Braak

Braak is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

, Stapelfeld

Stapelfeld

Stapelfeld is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

, and Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 itself. In Hamburg itself Wandsbek

Wandsbek

Wandsbek is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes here. The quarter Wandsbek, which is the former independent city, is urban and, with the quarters Eilbek and Marienthal part of the...

 district takes it name from the river as it winds its way westwards via Eichtal Park to the Holzmuhl Pool, through the Eilbek

Eilbek

Eilbek is a quarter of the German city of Hamburg and part of the Wandsbek borough. It originated as an independent small village on the outskirts of Hamburg and was eventually incorporated when the city expanded...

canal and the heart of Hamburg to the Alster.