Baumwall () is an elevated metro station located at Baumwall embankment in

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's inner-city. It was opened in 1912 and is served by

Hamburg U-Bahn The Hamburg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system serving the cities of Hamburg, Norderstedt and Ahrensburg in Germany. Although referred to by the term U-Bahn (the "U" commonly being understood as standing for "underground"), most of the system's ...

line U3.Baumwall auf hamburger-untergrundbahn.de
/ref> It was renamed Baumwall (Elbphilharmonie) on 2 December 2016.

Location

Baumwall ("tree ridge") is the name of an embankment on the

Hamburg Harbour The Port of Hamburg (german: Hamburger Hafen, ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, from its mouth on the North Sea. Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" (''Tor zur Welt''), it is the country's largest seaport by volume ...

front. The station is located at the exposed headland of Fleet Island, between Herrengrabenfleet,

Alsterfleet The Alster () is a right tributary of the Elbe river in Northern Germany. It has its source near Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, flows somewhat southwards through much of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joins the Elbe in central ...

and Binnenhafen. Administratively, Baumwall belongs to Neustadt; bridges across Alsterfleet and Binnenhafen connect it with the districts

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ''Alt ...

and HafenCity respectively. Historically, Baumwall was site of a water barrier and part of the

Hamburg Wallanlagen The Wallring () is a semi-circular urban ensemble encircling the inner city of Hamburg. It consists of a four-lane ring road with a total length of and a continuous built-up street front on its inner side. The outer perimeter is – for the large ...

. The station has significance for both commuters and visitors. It is nearest station for the

Hanseatic Trade Center The Hanseatic Trade Center (HTC) is a major office complex in the HafenCity of Hamburg, Germany. Developed after an urban design competition in the 1980s, and built in five phases during the 1990s, it was the first new construction in the urban ...

and other large office complexes like

Gruner + Jahr Gruner may refer to: People * Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader * Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer * Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter * Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), Swiss cartographer and geologist * Klaus ...

. For visitors it offers access to the

Elbe Philharmonic Hall The Elbphilharmonie (; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. It is among the largest in the world. The new glassy con ...

and the

Speicherstadt The Speicherstadt (, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is ...

Service

Baumwall is served by

line U3; departures are every 5 minutes.

Gallery

File:Hamburg U-Bahn Baumwall.JPG, View across Binnenhafen: Baumwall station (far left) and the Hochbahn viaduct across

References

External links

Hamburg Untergrundbahn
{{Hamburg rail, lineU3=yes, state=param Hamburg U-Bahn stations in Hamburg U3 (Hamburg U-Bahn) stations Hamburg U-Bahn stations located above ground Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Railway stations in Germany opened in 1912

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Service

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