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Nienstedten
Nienstedten () is a quarter in the city of Hamburg, Germany. It belongs to the Altona borough on the right bank of the Elbe river. Nienstedten is home to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. In 2020 the population was 7,114. Geography In 2006, according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Nienstedten had a total area of 4.4 km2. The northern border of Nienstedten to the quarter Osdorf is formed by the railway tracks of the city train. In the west lies the quarter Blankenese. To the south, in the middle of river Elbe, the border to Finkenwerder, a quarter of the Hamburg-Mitte borough, is located. To the east, Nienstedten borders the quarter of Othmarschen, in the north east lies Groß Flottbek. Demographics In 2006 Nienstedten has 6,783 inhabitants. The population density was . 18.7% were children under the age of 18, and 24.4% were 65 years of age or older. 9.8% were resident aliens. 74 people were registered as unemployed and 1,4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbchaussee
The Elbchaussee () is a famous thoroughfare of Hamburg, Germany, joining the city's western Elbe suburbs (''Elbvororte'') Othmarschen, Nienstedten and Blankenese with Altona and Hamburg's inner city. Running along the elevated northern Elbe shore, across Geest heights, embedded forests and meadows, the Elbchaussee offers scenic views across the widening Lower Elbe, onto the opposite plains of Altes Land, and the distant activities of the port's container terminals. Elbchaussee is best known for its many stately homes and villas, framed by ancient trees and lush parks and gardens. Developed as a residential road in the 18th century, at times also center of a local recreational area, Elbchaussee today is still home to many of Hamburg's finest residences, restaurants and hotels. At a length of and a traffic volume of 40,000 cars per day, it also covers functions as a local collector road and one of Hamburg's arterial roads. History Since the time after the Thirty Years War ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
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Blankenese
Blankenese () is a suburban quarter in the borough of Altona in the western part of Hamburg, Germany; until 1938 it was an independent municipality in Holstein. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river. With a population of 13,637 as of 2020, today it is widely known as one of Hamburg's most affluent neighborhoods. History Blankenese has a long history as a fishing village along the Elbe River. In 1060, Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen built a provost's residence at the site of an older settlement at the hill Süllberg. Later the counts of Holstein built a castle. Both were destroyed through Hamburg.Hamburger AbendblattBlankenese - Wohnen am HangJune 26, 2002, accessed August 11, 2008 Until 1927, Blankenese was an independent town in Holstein and then it was merged into the town Altona by law. In 1938 Altona was merged into Hamburg with the Greater Hamburg Act. During World War II, the suburb held a Luftwaffe Officer Cadet camp, which became HQ 85 Group Signals for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othmarschen
Othmarschen () is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020 the population was 16,009. History The first records on Othmarschen are from 1317. Together with Altona, Othmarschen became a part of Hamburg in 1937/1938 through the Greater Hamburg Act. Geography In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Othmarschen has a total area of 6 km2. The western quarter is Nienstedten. In the South the river Elbe is the border to Waltershof. The border in the North to the quarters Groß Flottbek and Bahrenfeld is the railway track of the city train. In the East is the quarter Ottensen. Demographics In 2006, the quarter Othmarschen had a population of 12,169 people. The population density was 2,023 people per km2. 16.7% were children under the age of 18, and 22.9% were 65 years of age or older. 11.3% were immigrants. 153 people were registered as unemployed and 2,508 were employees subject to social insu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Flottbek Railway Station
Klein Flottbek (Botanischer Garten) railway station is on the Altona-Blankenese line and serviced by the Hamburg city trains. Rapid transit trains of lines S1 and S11 of the Hamburg S-Bahn call at the station in the Klein Flottbek subdistrict in the Nienstedten quarter of Altona borough in Hamburg, Germany.HVV network plan The track forms the border of the Osdorf quarter. The station is near the main entrance of the Botanischer Garten Hamburg, in Osdorf. Station layout The station is an at-grade station with an island platform and 2 tracks. Entrance to the platform is through a pedestrian underpass. There are no service personnel attending the station, but an emergency call and information telephone is available. There are about 20 places to lock a bicycle and about 260 park and ride spaces. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons via a lift. There is a DB Service Store, but no lockers.DB station information Services The trains travel in the direction of Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochkamp Railway Station
Hochkamp () railway station is on the Altona-Blankenese line and served by the city trains, located in Hamburg, Germany. The rapid transit trains of the line S1 and the line S11 of the Hamburg S-Bahn calls the station in the quarter Nienstedten of the Altona borough in Hamburg.Network plan HVV Right along the railway tracks is the border to the quarter Osdorf. Station layout The station is an elevated station with an island platform and 2 tracks. There is no service personnel attending the station, but an SOS and information telephone is available. There are about 20 places to lock a bicycle and about 70 park and ride places. The station is fully accessible for handicapped persons, because there is a lift. There are no lockerboxes.DB station information (see external links) Services On track no. 1 the trains in direction Blankenese and Wedel and on track no. 2 the trains in direction Hamburg center and toward Poppenbüttel call the station. A bus stop A bus stop is a pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groß Flottbek
Groß Flottbek (), (''Great Flottbek'') is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Altona. It is located in the center of the borough north of the Othmarschen quarter. Near Groß Flottbek, the neighbourhood of Klein Flottbek, which is not an official quarter, can be found. Around 11.000 people live in Groß Flottbek on 2.4 sq km. Geography Groß Flottbek borders the quarters of Bahrenfeld, Othmarschen, Nienstedten and Osdorf. The Flottbek stream flows through Groß Flottbek and into River Elbe near Teufelsbrück. History Groß Flottbek was first recorded in 1305. Between 1640 and 1866, Flottbek was part of Denmark. Along with Altona, of which it was a part since 1927, Groß Flottbek became a part of Hamburg in 1937/1938 through the Greater Hamburg Act The Greater Hamburg Act (german: Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz), in full the Law Regarding Greater Hamburg and Other Territorial Readjustments (german: Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen), was passed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osdorf, Hamburg
Osdorf (German language: pronounced ) is a quarter in the city of Hamburg, Germany. It belongs to the Altona borough. In 2020 the population was 26,420. History In 1927 the former independent settlement Osdorf was made a part of the town Altona; in 1938 it was merged into the Hanseatic city of Hamburg with the Greater Hamburg Act. After World War II, from 1950 to 1952, first new residential buildings were constructed near the streets of ''Blomkamp'' and ''Am Landpflegeheim''. A major estate of prefabricated houses with 5,000 flats for 12,000 people, Osdorfer Born settlement, had been planned since 1963 and was erected from 1966 to 1971.Pferdeweiden neben Plattenbau und Nobelvilla Hamburg.de Geography In 2006, according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Osdorf h ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altona, Hamburg
Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864, Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent borough until 1937. In 2016 the population was 270,263. History Altona was founded in 1535 as a village of fishermen in what was then Holstein-Pinneberg. In 1640, Altona came under Danish rule as part of Holstein-Glückstadt, and in 1664 was granted municipal rights by the Danish King Frederik III, who then ruled in personal union as Duke of Holstein. Altona was one of the Danish monarchy's most important harbor towns. The railroad from Altona to Kiel, the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway ( da, link=no, Christian VIII Østersø Jernbane), was opened in 1844. Because of severe restrictions on the number of Jews allowed to live in Hamburg until 1864 (with the exception of 1811–1815), a major Jewish community develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg S-Bahn
The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area. The network has operated since 1907 as a commuter rail system, under the direction of the state railway, and is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV; Hamburg Transport Association). There are six lines, serving 68 stations, on of route. On an average working day the S-Bahn transports about 590,000 passengers; in 2010 about 221 million people used the S-Bahn. The S-Bahn is the only railway in Germany that uses both 1,200 V DC supplied by a third rail and supplied by overhead lines. Most of the tracks are separated from other rail services. The S-Bahn is operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH, a subsidiary of DB Regio. Similarly to Berlin but unlike Hanover, the S-Bahn is an important part of public transport within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) ( en, "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ticket for journeys with transfers between different operating companies, and to facilitate and speed up travel by harmonising the individual companies' schedules. At its inception in 1965, the HVV was the first organisation of its kind worldwide. As of 2010, the HVV provides rail, bus and ferry transportation for an area of 8,616 square kilometres with approximately 3.6 million inhabitants in the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. The HVV has approximately 1.95 million customers on an average working day.HVV Figures 2006, pdf (Retrieved on May 18, 2008 from the HVV website) The HVV acts as the overall coordinating body for transport in the conurbation, with representation by the Hamburger Hochbahn (Hamburg ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbe
The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, northwest of Hamburg. Its total length is . The Elbe's major tributaries include the rivers Vltava, Saale, Havel, Mulde, Schwarze Elster, and Ohře. The Elbe river basin, comprising the Elbe and its tributaries, has a catchment area of , the twelfth largest in Europe. The basin spans four countries, however it lies almost entirely just in two of them, Germany (65.5%) and the Czech Republic (33.7%, covering about two thirds of the state's territory). Marginally, the basin stretches also to Austria (0.6%) and Poland (0.2%). The Elbe catchment area is inhabited by 24.4 million people, the biggest cities within are Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, Dresden and Leipzig. Etymology Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
