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30-567: In 2003 the southern hall was dedicated to the medium of photography, creating the House of Photography. Since 2011, the two buildings at the interface of Hamburg's Kunstmeile and Hafencity have been supplemented by a satellite in Hamburg's Harburg district, the Sammlung Falckenberg. Between 1911 and 1914, the " Deichtorhallen " ("the levee gate halls") were built as market halls on the grounds of

60-502: A limited liability company : Deichtorhallen-Ausstellungs GmbH. On 9 November 1989, Deichtorhallen's international art exhibition program opened with the show " Einleuchten ", curated by Harald Szeemann . Deichtorhallen Hamburg has emerged as an exhibition center for photography and contemporary art with three pillars of activities, three institutions under the single Deichtorhallen brand. Since 2009, Dirk Luckow has been artistic director of Deichtorhallen Hamburg. This article about

90-548: A refrigerated herring warehouse designed by Fritz Schumacher was built. The city of Hamburg has built a new concert hall on top of an old warehouse, called the Elbphilharmonie . It is a new landmark for the city, but has been plagued by vast cost overruns and its construction was about six years behind schedule. It was opened on 11 January 2017. The area is served by the Katharinenschule, an elementary school. It

120-524: A 1880s-built ring road continuing into Neustadt . Willy-Brandt-Straße is part of Bundesstraße 4 , a 1960s-built thoroughfare, crossing Altstadt midway from East to West. These are the results of Altstadt in the Hamburg state election : Major landmarks in Altstadt are three of Hamburg's five main-churches ( Hauptkirchen ): St. Jacobi , St. Katharinen and St. Petri ; the former St. Nikolai today serves as

150-445: A Hamburg building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hafencity HafenCity ( German pronunciation: [ˈhaːfn̩ˌsɪtiː] ) is a quarter in the borough of Hamburg-Mitte , Hamburg , Germany . It is located on the Elbe river island Grasbrook, on the former Port of Hamburg area. It was formally established in 2008 and also includes

180-509: A baptistery was installed in 804 and Hammaburg strengthened by Charlemagne in 811. Quickly, the place grew to a sizable market town , declared a bishop's see in 831, an archbishop's see a year later. For the next 600 years, the history of Altstadt was equivalent to the history of Hamburg . By the end of the 15th century, the then Hanseatic city-republic and free Imperial city had accumulated various territorial possessions in its hinterland. Eventually, Hamburg's 13th-century city-walls received

210-627: A couple of extensions: first in the 1530s, then again in the 1620s to include all of adjacent Neustadt . Regarding the urban history of Altstadt, only a few structures prior to the 17th century are left: repeated damming and diverting of the Alster and its canals, the Great Fire (1842), the bombing in World War II (1941–1945) and modern infrastructure projects (particularly during the 1880s to 1900s, 1920s and 1950s to 1970s) left Hamburg's inner-city with

240-522: A mainly 19th and 20th-century built environment. The Hammaburg, Hamburg's origin, was established on a former headland , between the confluences of Alster and Bille into the Elbe Stream. Over the centuries Alster and Bille were impoldered and diverted several times, resulting in an ever different geography. Today, Altstadt is bordered by Alster (i.e. Alsterfleet and Binnenalster ) to the West and North-West,

270-593: A memorial against war. The Hamburg Rathaus is an imposing Renaissance Revival structure, housing Hamburg's Senate and Parliament ( Bürgerschaft ). Forming a joint building ensemble back-to-back with the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce , it was built after the Great Fire of 1842. Other landmarks include various buildings in the Kontorhaus District (most notably Chilehaus , Pressehaus and Sprinkenhof ), and

300-416: Is Rathausmarkt , both by location and function. It is the starting point of Alter Wall, Reesendamm/ Ballindamm , Mönckebergstraße and Große Johannisstraße/ Großer Burstah , all important streets in Altstadt. Other important squares in Altstadt include Burchardplatz, Domplatz, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Platz , and Hopfenmarkt. The eastern end of Altstadt is encircled by " Ring 1 " (Glockengießerwall, Steintorwall),

330-451: Is a building with a lantern roof . Rupprecht Matthies created two "language cylinders" visitors can walk through for Deichtorplatz, which is also home to a Richard Serra sculpture. In the northern hall, there is a line of neon writing by Mario Merz and a "Blue Disc" by Imi Knoebel . The Körber Foundation gifted the restored Deichtorhallen to the City of Hamburg. In 1989, they were assigned to

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360-464: Is composed of the former harbor of Großen Grasbrooks as well as the warehouse district on the islands of Kehrwieder and Wandrahm. Together, this borders the districts of Altstadt , Rothenburgsort , and the former district of Klostertor . On 20 February 2007, a decree of the Senate established the exact border delineation of both parts of the new district. Just over four years earlier, on 1 January 2003,

390-455: Is considered the largest urban redevelopment project in Europe by landmass (approximately 2.2 square kilometres (220 ha)). With the decreased economic importance of free ports in an era of European Union free trade, large container ships, and increased border security, the Hamburg free port was reduced in size, relieving the current HafenCity area of its restrictions. The ground-breaking ceremony

420-420: Is even more grave due to the predicted effects of climate change. While dikes were initially considered to shield the islands from storm surges, it would have been impossibly expensive and taken away from the view. Instead, there are strict flood-protection rules in places within the special development zone, such as requiring new roads and public spaces to be built on sand terraces over 25 feet (7.6 m) above

450-454: Is seen as a separate quarter. The land of the former island of Grasbrook, upon which the HafenCity is built, lay until the beginning of the 19th century outside of the city gates. The city fortifications used to run along what is now the street of Am Sandtorkai . The residential areas of Kehrwieder and Wandrahm were inside the walls, in the area of the current HafenCity. Outside the city walls,

480-721: Is the home of HafenCity University , a new school focusing on architecture and urban planning. These are the results of HafenCity in the Hamburg state election : The area is currently home to the German headquarters of Kühne & Nagel , an international shipping conglomerate, the Spiegel Group 's new headquarters on the Ericusspitze, and Unilever . Greenpeace opened its new headquarters in Hafencity in 2011. The Hamburg-America Center opened its doors in 2009. The Honorary Consulate of

510-782: The Baakenhafen was built with a rail connection to the Hamburger Elbbrücken ( de ) bridges and the Kirchenpauerhafen with anchorage on the Elbe. Until 1886, the entire island was built up with docks and port installations. In 1872, the Hamburg Hanover railway station ( de ) was constructed on Lohseplatz east of the Magdeburger Hafen . The Kehrwieder and Wandrahm residential quarters were demolished in 1883 to allow construction of

540-656: The Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) established in Hamburg in 1995 is located at Am Sandtorkai 77 . At Strandkai, cruise ships can berth at Hamburg Cruise Center HafenCity. The area is served by a newly constructed underground line, the U4 , which was completed in 2012. The line features two new stations: Überseequartier and HafenCity Universität . Because HafenCity is subject to periodic flooding from storm surges , using innovative flood protection technologies has been an important part of its redevelopment. The threat from flooding

570-413: The 9th or 8th century BC. An Ingaevonian settlement at this location was known by the name " Treva " – a strategic trading node on amber routes during Iron Age and Late Antiquity . In the 8th century CE, Saxon merchants established what was to become the nucleus of Hamburg: the " Hammaburg ", then a refuge fort located at today's Domplatz, the site of the former cathedral . Under Frankish rule,

600-472: The area was removed from the duty-free zone of Hamburg to allow construction of housing and associated infrastructure. Because of the new division, the Speicherstadt (Warehouse District) now belongs to the administrative region of the northern part of HafenCity instead of part of the Altstadt. However, the term HafenCity is primarily used to refer to the area of city development, whereas Speicherstadt

630-563: The boggy areas were used as meadows, and the western end of Große Grasbrook was used a place for executions , including those of pirates Klaus Störtebeker and the Victual Brothers . In the 18th and early 19th centuries, shipyards and port businesses operated here. In 1844, the first gasworks in Hamburg were built on the northern part of the island. When the capacity of the Binnenhafen ( de ) and Niederhafen ( de ) ports became full at

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660-543: The customs and duty-free zone of the Port of Hamburg, displacing around 20,000 residents. In 1888, the Warehouse District (Speicherstadt) could then be built in this area. Kaispeicher B was built in 1878 and the administration building of the old port authority (Altes Hafenamt) was built in 1885 at the Magdeburger Hafen . Around the start of the 20th century, the first heated fruit storehouses were constructed, and in 1928,

690-568: The end of the 19th century, the city walls were demolished and the area of Grasbrook was used to extend the harbor area. In 1868, the first artificial dock was constructed at Sandtorhafen , and in 1881, the Grasbrookhafen was added. The Strandhafen was built directly on the Norderelbe, the Magdeburger Hafen , Brooktorhafen , and Ericusgraben were made to connect to the Oberhafen , and, finally,

720-415: The former Berliner Bahnhof railway station, Hamburg's counterpart to Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof . They constitute one of the few surviving examples of industrial architecture from the transitional period between Art Nouveau and 20th century styles. The two halls are open steel structures, the northern hall is a longitudinal edifice boasting three naves and a 3,800 m footprint; the southern hall (1,800 m)

750-448: The historical Speicherstadt area, which since 2015 is an UNESCO World Heritage Site with the adjacent Kontorhausviertel . The main landmark of the HafenCity is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. In a narrower sense, HafenCity Hamburg is a project of urban regeneration where the "Grosser Grasbrook" area of the former Hamburg free port is being revitalised with new hotels, shops, office buildings, and residential areas. The project

780-565: The more innovative flood protection innovations in use today. To build Hafencity, over 1,000 people have been working on various construction sites since 2016. Many construction companies use subcontractors for individual construction phases. Many workers come from Southeast and Eastern Europe. Since construction, there have been several serious accidents on the construction sites . The most serious occurred in October 2023. When scaffolding extending over eight floors collapsed on October 30, 2023 in

810-402: The normal high-tide line. Buildings along the shore remain at their original level but must be waterproofed up to the elevated-road level. In addition, shore-adjacent buildings are required to have an entryway allowing access to the 25-foot (7.6 m)-high road level so that they remain accessible during times of flooding. Although the design has been expensive, it has been recognized as one of

840-723: The rail tracks of Hamburg-Altona link line and Hauptbahnhof to the East, and Zollkanal to the South. Districts bordering Hamburg-Altstadt are (starting clockwise in the North-West): Neustadt , St. Georg , Hammerbrook and HafenCity . Hamburg-Altstadt has four designated quarters ( German : Viertel , or specifically used in Hamburg: Quartier ) for statistical and planning purposes, however not recognized as administrative subdivisions. The single most important square in Altstadt

870-488: The Überseequartier (Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield), five people died. Altstadt, Hamburg Altstadt ( German: [ˈalt.ʃtat] , literally: " Old town "), more precisely Hamburg-Altstadt – as not to be mistaken with Hamburg-Altona -Altstadt – is one of the inner-city districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , Germany . The area of today's Altstadt had a minor Bronze Age settlement dating from

900-738: Was held on 20 June 2001, with the first quarter called "Am Dalmannkai/Sandtorkai" – next to the Elbphilharmonie – completed in 2009. When completely developed, the HafenCity area is projected to be home to about 12,000 people and the workplace of 40,000 people. On 1 March 2008, HafenCity was declared to be a separate district through the Law Concerning the Spatial Division of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) - RäumGlG . It

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