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The Rothenbaumchaussee is an inner-city street in the

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quarters of

Rotherbaum Rotherbaum () is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 17,114. In German, "roter Baum" means ''red tree''. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in name ...

and

Harvestehude Harvestehude (; Hamburgisch: ''Harvstehuud'') is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel. It is located on the eastern boundaries of the borough near lake Außenalster. Geography Harvestehude borders the quarters of Rother ...

. It runs from the Edmund-Siemers-Allee at Hamburg Dammtor station to the Klosterstern square.

History

The name Rotherbaum derives from a former sentry post at the time of city fortification. The post was at the starting point of the road to Eppendorf, at a crossing over a stream called Hundebek and is said to have had a red turnpike (German: ''Schlagbaum''),Rotherbaum, www.hamburg.de
/ref> which the old German term ''Rother Baum'' or ''Der Rothe Baum'' (depending on grammatical context) refers to. Despite the modern spelling in one word and with historical ''th'', the place and also the street name often occurs in diffracted form ("am Rothenbaum", "Rothenbaumchaussee").

Buildings

At the Rothenbaumchaussee the Moorweidenpark with the Zombeck Tower, the Grand Elysée Hotel, the Faculty of Law of the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vor ...

, the Curiohaus, the Museum of Ethnology Hamburg, now renamed to Museum am Rothenbaum, the underground station Hallerstraße, the

Multimedia Centre Rotherbaum Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradition ...

by Norman FosterMultimedia Centre Hamburg
/ref> with the local TV station

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, the tennis stadium

Am Rothenbaum Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main tennis court of the German Open Tennis Championships, played in the Harvestehude quarter of Hamburg, Germany. Though the site is called "Tennisstadion am Rothenbaum" (lit. ''Tennis Stadium at the Rothenbaum'' ...

, the NDR broadcasting studio and the underground station Klosterstern are located. Several buildings are listed.

Sports

The

Hamburg Half Marathon The Hamburg Half Marathon is an annual road running event held in Hamburg, Germany. It is currently sponsored by . History The race was first run in 1995 in Hamburg Stadtpark and was named the Hamburg-Mannheimer Cup. In 2003, the course was cha ...

has its finishing line at Rothenbaumchaussee. The

Sportplatz am Rothenbaum Sportplatz am Rothenbaum was a multi-use stadium in Hamburg, Germany, from 1910–1997. Situated at Rothenbaumchaussee in Rotherbaum, it was used mostly for football matches and hosted the home matches of Hamburger SV. The stadium was able to hold ...

of the football club Hamburger SV as well as the office of the club were also located at Rothenbaumchaussee for many decades. At the location of the Sportplatz, among other buildings, the Multimedia Centre Rotherbaum was opened in 1999.

References

External links

Historical views of Rothenbaumchaussee
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