Editing Elbe (section)

==Ferries==
[[File:Přívoz Dolní Žleb.JPG|thumb|right|The Dolní Žleb Ferry]]
[[File:Gierseilfähre Coswig.JPG|thumb|right|The Wörlitz Coswig Ferry]]
[[File:Faehre Zollenspieker.jpg|thumb|right|The Zollenspieker Ferry]]
The Elbe is crossed by many ferries, both passenger and car carrying. In downstream order, these include:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://maps.google.com/ | title = Google Maps | publisher = Google Maps | access-date = 2008-02-03}}</ref>
*[[Dolní Žleb Ferry]], at Dolní Žleb part of [[Děčín]]
*[[Rathen Ferry]], at [[Rathen]]
*[[Pillnitz Kleinzschachwitz Ferry]], in the eastern suburbs of [[Dresden]]
*[[Laubegast Niederpoyritz Ferry]], in Dresden
*[[Johannstadt Neustadt Ferry]], in Dresden
*[[Belgern Ottersitz Ferry]], between [[Belgern]] and [[Ottersitz]]
*[[Dommitzsch Prettin Ferry]], between [[Dommitzsch]] and [[Prettin]]
*[[Mauken Pretzsch Ferry]], between [[Mauken]] and [[Pretzsch, Wittenberg|Pretzsch]]
*[[Wartenburg Elster Ferry]], between [[Wartenburg (Elbe)|Wartenburg]] and [[Elster (Elbe)|Elster]]
*[[Coswig Ferry|Wörlitz Coswig Ferry]], between [[Wörlitz]] and [[Coswig, Anhalt|Coswig]]
*[[Steutz Aken Ferry]], between [[Steutz]] and [[Aken (Elbe)|Aken]]
*[[Tochheim Ferry]], between [[Tochheim]] and [[Alt Tochheim]] near [[Breitenhagen]]
*[[Barby Ferry|Ronney Barby Ferry]], between [[Barby, Germany|Barby]] and [[Walternienburg]]
*[[Westerhüsen Ferry]], at [[Westerhüsen]] near [[Magdeburg]]
*[[Rogätz Ferry|Schartau Rogätz Ferry]], between [[Schartau, Saxony-Anhalt|Schartau]] and [[Rogätz]]
*[[Ferchland Grieben Ferry]], between [[Ferchland]] and [[Grieben]]
*[[Sandau Ferry|Sandau Büttnershof Ferry]], between [[Sandau]] and [[Büttnershof]]
*[[Räbel Havelberg Ferry]], between [[Räbel]] and [[Havelberg]]
*[[Lenzen Pevestorf Ferry]], between [[Lenzen]] and [[Pevestorf]]
*[[Neu Darchau - Darchau ferry|Neu Darchau Darchau Ferry]], between [[Darchau]] and [[Neu Darchau]]
*{{ill|Bleckede Ferry|de|Fähre Bleckede–Neu Bleckede}}, between [[Bleckede]] and [[Neu Bleckede]]
*[[Zollenspieker Ferry]], between [[Kirchwerder]] a part of the Bergedorf borough  of Hamburg, and Hoopte, part of the town Winsen (Luhe), in the state of Lower Saxony, about 30 kilometres (19&nbsp;mi) south-east of [[Hamburg centre]]
*Ferries in the [[port of Hamburg]], operated by [[HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst|HADAG]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hvv.de/en/about-us/public-transport-operators/ |title=Public transport operators co-operating in the HVV partnership |access-date=2009-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331210501/http://www.hvv.de/en/about-us/public-transport-operators/ |archive-date=2009-03-31 }}</ref>
*{{ill|Wischhafen Glückstadt Ferry|de|Elbfähre Glückstadt–Wischhafen}}, between [[Wischhafen]] and [[Glückstadt]] to the west of Hamburg
*{{ill|Brunsbüttel Cuxhaven Ferry|de|Fährverbindung Brunsbüttel–Cuxhaven}}, between [[Brunsbüttel]] and [[Cuxhaven]] at the mouth of the river (out of service as of October 2022).

Many of these ferries are traditional [[reaction ferry|reaction ferries]], a type of [[cable ferry]] that uses the current flow of the river to provide propulsion.