Borgfelde () is a quarter of

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, Germany, in the borough of

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. ...

. It is located on the northern border of the borough adjacent to the borough of

Hamburg-Nord Hamburg-Nord (meaning ''Hamburg North'') is one of the seven boroughs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in northern Germany. In 2020, according to the residents registration office, the population was 315,514 in an area of 57.5 km2. ...

. It is a more densely populated area, approximately 2 km from Hamburg city centre. With a size of around 0.9 square kilometers it is one of the smallest quarters of Hamburg.

Name

The name ''Borgfelde'' refers to fields of pastureland belonging to the citizens (''Bürger'', Low German ''Borger'' or ''Börger''). The name of the street ''Bürgerweide'', which leads through the quarter, has the same origin.Borgfelde
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Geography

Borgfelde borders the quarters of Hohenfelde, Hamm,

Hammerbrook Hammerbrook () is a quarter (''Stadtteil'') in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in Germany. In 2020, the population was 5,069. Name ''Hamm'', as in the Hamm section of the city that borders it to the east, refer ...

, and St. Georg. The southern border is formed by the channel of ''Mittelkanal''. Borgfelde is separated in two parts, called by the inhabitants ''Oben Borgfelde'' (''Upper Borgfelde'') and ''Unten Borgfelde'' (''Lower Borgfelde''), by the former federal road of

Bundesstraße 5 The Bundesstraße 5 (abbr. B5) is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and Hamb ...

as well as by a

Geest Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash pla ...

slope.

History

Borgfelde faced major destruction during the

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous attacks on civilians and civic infrastructure. As a large city and industrial centre, Hamburg's shipyards, U-boat pens, and the Hamburg-Harburg area oil refineries were attac ...

. Today it is therefore dominated by brick apartment buildings built or reconstructed in the 1950s and 60s. This applies also to the church of Erlöserkirche (''Redeemer's Church''). Originally built in 1902 and destroyed by the bombing in 1943, it was re-built with a then modern architecture in 1952.

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