Isebek means
iron stream. The name derives from the high iron content of the water. The iron was supposed to come from a small tributary which rinsed iron out of
Langenfelde meadows into former Isebek. Originally, the stream flowed from its source near
Bahrenfeld into the pond of
Diebsteich (which was located at the street of Kieler Straße) and from there into the Alster. The street names Isebekstraße and Isebekstieg (near today
Diebsteich station) remind of the former stream. ==References==