Hamburg-Altona, Infanterie-Regiment 31, Denk- und Gegendenkmal

Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the

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Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, on the right bank of the

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river. From 1640 to 1864, Altona was under the administration of the

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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 The County of Holstein-Pinneberg (), also known as the County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (), was a small territory which existed from 1290 until 1640, centred around Pinneberg in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Rise and fall of ...

. In 1640, Altona came under Danish rule as part of

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, and in 1664 was granted

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by the Danish King

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, who then ruled in

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as Duke of Holstein. Altona was one of the Danish monarchy's most important harbor towns. The railroad from Altona to

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...

, the

Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway The Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway ( da, link=no, Christian VIII. Østersø Jernbane) is the oldest railway line in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and the first railway in Denmark or its dependencies at the time, and first to reach th ...

( da, link=no, Christian VIII Østersø Jernbane), was opened in 1844. Because of severe restrictions on the number of

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s allowed to live in Hamburg until 1864 (with the exception of 1811–1815), a major

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developed in Altona starting in 1611, when Count Ernest of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg granted the first permanent residence permits to

Ashkenazic Jews Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

. Members did business both in Hamburg and in Altona itself. All that remains after the

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during

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are the

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, but in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, the community was a major center of Jewish life and

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. Holstein-Pinneberg and later Danish Holstein had lower taxes and placed fewer civil impositions on their Jewish community than did the

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. The wars between

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and the

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— the

First Schleswig War The First Schleswig War (german: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg) was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig-Holstein Question, contesting the issue of who should control the Duchies of Schleswig, ...

(1848–1851) and the

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(February–October 1864) — and the

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of 1864, led to Denmark's cession of the Duchies of Schleswig and

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to Prussian administration and

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to Austrian administration. Along with all of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

, Altona became part of the

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in 1867. In 1871, Altona became a part of the

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. In the same year, the town was hit by

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, with a minimum of 16 casualties in Altona. During the Weimar era following

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, the town of Altona was disturbed by major labor strikes and street disorders. Inflation in Germany was a major problem. In 1923,

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, the mayor of Altona, directed that town personnel should be paid in part with gas meter tokens, as the tokens did not lose value from inflation. The most notable event at that time was the

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(German: ''Altonaer Blutsonntag'') on 17 July 1932, when several people were shot by the police force which was providing security for a demonstration by

groups. After police raids and a special court, on 1 August 1933,

Bruno Tesch Bruno Emil Tesch (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a German chemist and entrepreneur. Together with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B. He was the owner of Tesch & Stabenow (called ''Testa''), a pest contro ...

and others were found guilty and put to death by beheading with a hand-held axe. In the 1990s, the

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reversed the convictions of Tesch and the other men who were put to death, clearing their names. In 1938, 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 by the government of Nazi Germa ...

removed Altona from the

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in 1937 and merged it (and several surrounding towns) with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. On 1 February 2007, the ''Ortsämter'' (district offices) in Hamburg were done away with. In Altona, the districts of Blankenese, Lurup and Osdorf had existed and had local offices. On 1 March 2008, the Schanzenviertel neighborhood, which had spanned parts of the boroughs of Altona, Eimsbüttel and Hamburg-Mitte, became the Sternschanze quarter, the entirety of which is now in the Altona borough.

Geography

The border of Altona to the south is the River

, and across the river the state of

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and the boroughs of Harburg and

Hamburg-Mitte Hamburg-Mitte (Hamburg Central) is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, covering most of the city's urban center. The quarters of Hamburg-Altstadt and Neustadt cover much of the city's historic core. In 2020 the population was 301,231. ...

. To the east is the borough of Hamburg-Mitte and to the north is the borough of

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter. Geography ...

. The western border is with the state of

. According to the statistical office of Hamburg, Altona has an area of 77.5 km² or 29.9 sq mi in 2006.

Quarters

Politically, the following quarters (german: link=no, Stadtteile) are part of Altona borough: #

Altona-Altstadt is a quarter in Hamburg (Germany) that belongs to the Altona borough. The quarter's boundaries are congruent with the historic center of what has been the city of Altona until 1937. History Altona was founded in 1535 and became a city in 16 ...

Altona-Nord () located in the Altona borough in the city Hamburg, Germany, is one of 104 quarters of Hamburg. In 2020, the population was 25,802. Geography According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total ar ...

Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough ''Bezirk Altona'' and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Barclaycard Arena. In 2020 the population was 29,652. Hist ...

Ottensen Ottensen () (old name: Ottenhusen) located in Hamburg, Germany in the Altona borough on the right bank of the Elbe river, is a former town. It is a now one of the 104 quarters of Hamburg. History The first record of Ottensen dates from 1310. In ...

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 1937/1 ...

(including parts of Klein Flottbek) #

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 ...

# Osdorf #

Lurup Lurup () is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It was formerly an independent village. In 2020 the population was 36,521. History In 1927 Lurup was merged with Altona, and in 1938 it w ...

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. Geogra ...

(including parts of Klein Flottbek) #

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 ...

Iserbrook is a district in the borough of Altona within the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in North Germany. In 2020 its population was 11,352. Iserbrook belongs to the Elbvororte (suburbs that are near the river Elbe). Geography According to the sta ...

Sülldorf Sülldorf () is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020 the population was 9,474. Geography In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter ...

Rissen Rissen () is a quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany. It is located in the borough of Altona and is the westernmost quarter of Hamburg, bordering the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in the west, north, and northeast and the Elbe ri ...

# Sternschanze

Demographics

In 2018, Altona had a population of 274,702 people. 18.0% are children under the age of 18 and 17.9% are 65 years of age or older. 16.2% are immigrants. 5.0% of people are registered as unemployed. In 2018, 53,4% of all households are single-person households. There are 195 kindergartens and 31 primary schools in Altona as well as 879 physicians in private practice, 254 dentists and 60 pharmacies.

Politics

Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (''Bürgerschaft''), the ''Bezirksversammlung'' is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 51 representatives.

Elections

, - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Parties ! % ! ± ! Seats , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alliance 90/The Greens , 35.1 , 13.0 , style="text-align:center;" , 18 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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, 20.4 , 9.6 , style="text-align:center;" , 11 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Christian Democratic Union , 16.6 , 6.7 , style="text-align:center;" , 9 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , The Left , 14.8 , 0.8 , style="text-align:center;" , 8 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Free Democratic Party , 6.8 , 2.4 , style="text-align:center;" , 3 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Alternative for Germany , 4.4 , 1.1 , style="text-align:center;" , 2 , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" , Pirate Party , 1.4 , 1.1 , style="text-align:center;" , 0 , - , style="background-color:#eeeeee" , , style="text-align:left;" , Others , 0.6 , 0.2 , style="text-align:center;" , 0 , - ! colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Total ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", ! style="text-align:center;" , 51

Transport

Altona is the location of a major railway station,

Hamburg-Altona Altona (), also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, urban borough (''Bezirk'') of the Germany, German States of Germany, city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to ...

, connecting the

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 s ...

with the regional railways and local bus lines. The A 7 autobahn passes through Altona borough. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in Altona 87,131 private cars were registered (359 cars per 1000 people).Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

Notable people

Jean de Labadie Jean de Labadie (13 February 1610 – 13 February 1674) was a 17th-century French Pietist. Originally a Jesuit priest, he became a member of the Protestantism, Reformed Church in 1650, before founding the community which became known as the Labad ...

(1610–1674), French Christian mystic who died in Altona. * Gluckel of Hameln (1646–1724) *

Jonathan Eybeschutz Rav Yonatan Eybeschütz (רבי יהונתן אייבשיץ) (also Eibeschutz or Eibeschitz; 1690 1764) was a Talmudist, Halachist, Kabbalist, holding positions as Dayan of Prague, and later as Rabbi of the "Three Communities": Altona, Hambur ...

(1690–1764), was a Talmudist, Halachist, and Kabbalist who died in Altona. *

Jacob Emden Jacob Emden, also known as Ya'avetz (June 4, 1697 April 19, 1776), was a leading German rabbi and talmudist who championed Orthodox Judaism in the face of the growing influence of the Sabbatean movement. He was acclaimed in all circles for his ...

(1697–1776), was a Talmudist, Halachist, and Kabbalist who lived most his life in Altona. *

Johann Friedrich Struensee Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish governmen ...

(1737–1772), doctor of medicine, ''de facto'' ruler of Denmark *

Jens Jacob Eschels Jens Jacob Eschels (12 December 1757 – 7 June 1842) was a nautical captain and is the author of the oldest known captain's autobiography in German. Life Eschels, a great-great-grandchild of whaling captain Matthias Petersen, was born in Nieb ...

(1757–1842), nautical captain, author of the oldest known captain's autobiography in Germany (Born in Nieblum, died in Altona). * Conrad Hinrich Donner (1774–1854), banker and philanthropist, of Donners Park, Altona * Johann Heinrich Wohlien (1779–1842), organ builderFock, Gustave; ''Hamburgs Anteil am Orgelbau im niederdeutschen Kulturgebiet'' (''Hamburg's share in organ building in the Low German cultural area'') 1939 p.369
online
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Akiba Israel Wertheimer Akiba Israel Wertheimer (1778–1835) was the first Chief Rabbi of Altona and Schleswig-Holstein. Life Akiba (or Ekiva or Akiva) Wertheimer was born in Wrocław, Prussia in about 1778. His father was Torah scholar Avigdor Wertheimer (died 1826 ...

(1778–1835), was chief Rabbi in Altona from 1815–35 *

George Jarvis (Philhellene) George Jarvis (1797–1828) was the first American Philhellene, who took part in the Greek Revolution. Biography George Jarvis, born in Altona (today a western borough of Hamburg) was the son of Benjamin Jarvis, an American diplomat on assignment ...

(1797–1828), was the first of the American Philhellenes who took part in the Greek Revolution 1821–1829, general of Greek army, born in Altona. *

Johannes Groenland Johannes Groenland (also spelled Grönland and called "Jean Groenland," 1824–1891) was a German botanist, horticulturist, and microscopist. Early life He was born on 8 April 1824 in Altona, a borough of Hamburg that was part of the Duchy of ...

(1824–1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for

Louis de Vilmorin Pierre Louis François Lévêque de Vilmorin (1816–March 22, 1860), usually referred to as Louis de Vilmorin, the grandson of Philippe André de Vilmorin, and a member of the family firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux, devoted his life to biology and c ...

in Paris and was born in Altona. * Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), composer, conductor, and pianist was born in Altona *

Carl Semper Carl Gottfried Semper (July 6, 1832, Altona, Hamburg – May 29, 1893, Würzburg) was a German ethnologist and animal ecologist. Career Semper attended the Hanover Polytechnic from 1851 to 1854 and achieved a Ph.D. in zoology from the Universit ...

(1832–1893), German ethnologist and animal ecologist * Georg Semper (1837–1909), German entomologist * Sophie Wörishöffer (1838–1890), was a writer of adventure stories for young people who died in Altona. *

Bernhard von Bülow Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin, Prince of Bülow (german: Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin Fürst von Bülow ; 3 May 1849 – 28 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as the foreign minister for three years and then as the chancellor of t ...

(1849–1929), German politician and chancellor *

Constantin Brunner Constantin Brunner (1862–1937) was the pen-name of the German Jewish philosopher Arjeh Yehuda Wertheimer (called Leo). He was born in Altona (near Hamburg) on 27 August 1862. He came from a prominent Jewish family that had lived in the vicinity ...

(1862–1937), German philosopher, grandson of Akiba Israel Wertheimer, was born in Altona *

Karl Yens Karl Yens (January 11, 1868 – 1945), also Karl Jens was a German-American who was noted for both plein-air paintings of the California impressionist movement as well as Modernism (art), Modernism. Yens was born Karl Julius Heinrich Jens was bor ...

(1868–1945),

plein-air ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...

painter of Southern California, born in Altona. *

Carl F. W. Borgward Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Borgward (November 10, 1890 in Altona, Hamburg – July 28, 1963 in Bremen (city), Bremen) was a German engineer and designer and the creator of the Borgward group, based in Bremen. Biography He was of modest origin, ...

(1890–1963), German engineer, car designer and businessman *

Johannes de Boer Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

(1897–1986), Highly decorated

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during

, was born in Altona. *

Louise Schroeder Louise Dorothea Schroeder (2 April 1887 in Altona (Elbe) – 4 June 1957 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party. She was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assembly, the Constit ...

(1887–1957), German politician (SPD) * Carl Theodor Sørensen, (1893–1979), Danish landscape architect was born in Altona *

Fatih Akın Fatih Akin (Turkish: Fatih Akın, born 25 August 1973) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. He has won numerous awards for his films, including the Golden Bear (award), Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival ...

, (born 1973), Turkish film director was raised in Altona *

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (born 23 March 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Bayern Munich. Born in Germany, he plays for the Cameroon national team. Choupo-Moting began his career with Hamburger SV, making ...

, (born 1989),

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

ian footballer was born in Altona

References

General sources

Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website *Act of the areal organisation, 6 July 200

* Stolpersteine Hamburg ttp://87.106.6.17/stolpersteine-hamburg.de/en.php?&LANGUAGE=EN&MAIN_ID=7&BIO_ID=234 ''Stolpersteine in Hamburg ''

External links

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altona.INFO newspaper with daily local information
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The Jewish Community of Altona

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