Bramfeld () is a quarter of

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, Germany, in the borough of

Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg#Boroughs, boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Hamburg-Wandsb ...

. It is located on the southeastern border of the borough, which lies in the northeastern part of the city. Bramfeld includes the former village of Hellbrook, but consists today out of residential as well as of commercial areas. Around 52,700 inhabitants live in the quarter.

Geography

Bramfeld borders the quarters of

Sasel Sasel () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through her ...

Farmsen-Berne # Farmsen-Berne is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. More than 34,000 inhabitants live in an area of 8.3 km2. Farmsen () and Berne () are part of the area of Walddörfer (lit. ''forest villages''). Geography Farms ...

, Barmbek-Nord,

Steilshoop Steilshoop () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state o ...

, Ohlsdorf and

Wellingsbüttel Wellingsbüttel (), a quarter in the Wandsbek borough in the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, is a former independent settlement. In 2020 the population was 10,935. History The first records on Wellingsbüttel are from 1296. Wellingsbüttel ...

. The lake of

Bramfelder See Bramfelder See is a lake in Steilshoop, Hamburg, Germany which is named after the nearby former village of Bramfeld. It is fed by several springs, among others from the former swamp of Prökelmoor, located today on the compound of nearby Ohlsdorf ...

is located at Bramfeld boundaries on Steilshoop territory. The streams of

Seebek {{Infobox river , name = Seebek , image = Aue der Seebek als Grenzbach zwischen Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord und Hamburg-Bramfeld.jpg , image_size = , image_alt = , image_caption = The Seebek on the boundary of the Barmbek and Bramfeld d ...

(former ''Grenzbach'', lit. ''border stream'') and

Osterbek Osterbek is a river of Hamburg, Germany. The Osterbek has its source at Farmsen-Berne in the Hamburg borough of Wandsbek. After crossing into the borough of Hamburg-Nord, the Osterbek becomes navigable as Osterbekkanal. It joins the Alster at Au� ...

flow also at the boundaries of Bramfeld. The Seebek forms the border to Barmbek-Nord and Steilshoop, while the Osterbek marks the border to Wandsbek and Farmsen-Berne.

History

In 1271 Bramfeld was first recorded as a village. The name refers to

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, ''Ginster'' and also ''Brambusch'' in German, which characterized the landscape at that time. The bush is also in the blazon of Bramfeld.Bramfeld - Hamburg.de
/ref> In the 15th century, the farming village of Bramfeld was home to only ten farmers. In the 17th century, Bramfeld remained in Holstein and gradually developed into an artisan and farming village near Hamburg. In 1913/14 the church of Osterkirche (Easter church) was built. Bramfeld was incorporated into Hamburg in 1937 with 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 ...

. There are plans to build an

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line to the quarter.

Politics

These are the results of Bramfeld in the Hamburg state election:

References

External links

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