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
airport. In 2016 the population was 11,668.
History
Finkenwerder was first mentioned in 1236 (as "Vinkenwerder"). The fishing village became part of Hamburg in 1445 and granted the status of a suburb (''Vorort'') in 1919.
During
World War II until April 30, 1945 a
concentration camp was established in Finkenwerder. It was a subcamp to the
Neuengamme concentration camp. It was also the site of a U-boat bunker, which was heavily damaged by
Tallboy and
Grand Slam bombs in April 1945 and demolished post-war, although the foundations of the walls were uncovered during work to extend the runway of Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport.
Geography
The
port of Hamburg
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 ...
covers a part of this quarter. In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Finkenwerder has a total area of 19.3 km
2.
The western and northern border is the river
Elbe in the North the borough
Altona borders to Finkenwerder.
Altenwerder and
Waltershof are in the East. In the South is the border to the quarter
Neugraben
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.
Demographics
11,629 people were living in the quarter Finkenwerder in 2006. The population density was . 18.9% were children under the age of 18, and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older. 13% were immigrants. 461 people were registered as unemployed and 3,928 were employees subject to