Francop is a quarter in the
Harburg borough of the
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern
Germany. In 2020 the population was 711.
History
Francop, probably founded in the mid-12th century, belonged - as to its government - to the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen
The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (german: Fürsterzbistum Bremen) — not to be confused with the modern Archdiocese of Hamburg, founded in 1994 — was an ecclesiastical principality (787–1566/1648) of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholi ...
, established in 1180.
[Michael Schütz, „Die Konsolidierung des Erzstiftes unter Johann Rode", in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 263–278, here pp. 270seq. .] In religious respect, however, Francop formed part of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Verden until after 1566 its incumbent bishops lost papal recognition, except of a last Catholic bishop from 1630 to 1631, respectively.
In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the
Duchy of Bremen
), which is a public-law corporation established in 1865 succeeding the estates of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (established in 1397), now providing the local fire insurance in the shown area and supporting with its surplusses cultural effor ...
, which was first ruled in
personal union
A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...
by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the
Stade Region. In 1932 Francop and other villages East of the
Este were annexed to the
County of Harburg in the then
Lunenburg Region. By 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 ...
of 1937 Francop was annexed to Hamburg state, and municipally integrated into the unity municipality of Hamburg (Einheitsgemeinde Hamburg) on 1 April 1938.
Geography
In 2008 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 9.1 km
2.
[Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)] Francop is part of the ''
Altes Land
Altes Land () is an area of reclaimed marshland straddling parts of Lower Saxony and Hamburg. The region is situated downstream from Hamburg on the southwestern riverside of the Elbe around the towns of Stade, Buxtehude, Jork and the ''Samt ...
'' region (old country or old land). In the north is the quarter
Finkenwerder
Finkenwerder (; Low German: ''Finkwarder'', ''Finkenwarder'' or ''- wärder''; German: ''Finkeninsel''; translation: Island of finches) is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the borough Hamburg-Mitte. It is the location of a plant of Airbus and its ...
of the borough
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.
...
, in the east is the quarter
Altenwerder
Altenwerder () is a quarter in the Harburg borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The former village on an Elbe island became a port expansion area in the 1960s. In the 1970s the city of Hamburg announced the forma ...
,
Moorburg, and
Hausbruch. Francop borders in the south to
Neugraben-Fischbek
[] is a Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg, quarter of Hamburg, Germany, belongs to the borough Harburg, Hamburg, Harburg. The quarter consists of the old settlements ''Neugraben'' and ''Fischbek'', and the more recently constructed area ''Neuwieden ...
and in the west to
Neuenfelde.
Demographics
In 2008 634 people were living in the Francop quarter. The population density was . 17.1% were children under the age of 18, 19.4% were 65 years of age or older, and 3.3% were immigrants. 15 people were registered as unemployed.
In 1999, there were 322 households, out of which 24.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.3.
[Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)]
Population by year
Politics
These are the results of Francop in the
Hamburg state election:
Notes
References
Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-HolsteinStatistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website
External links
{{Authority control
Quarters of Hamburg
Harburg, Hamburg