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27-701: Built as a palace in renaissance style and occupying the addresses Alter Wandrahm 19–23, it was markedly different from most other buildings in Hamburg. The Mortzenhaus was demolished in 1886 as part of the construction of the Speicherstadt . This article about a Hamburg building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Speicherstadt The Speicherstadt ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat] , literally: 'City of Warehouses ', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg , Germany ,

54-540: A Neo-Gothic red- brick outer layer with little towers, alcoves, and glazed terra cotta ornaments. The warehouses are multi-storey buildings with entrances from water and land. One of the oldest warehouses is the Kaispeicher B of the International Maritime Museum . The Speicherstadt is a major tourist attraction in Hamburg and is the focus of most of the harbor tours. There are several museums, like

81-566: 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 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,

108-464: A permanent free port district which the agreement specified. For this district, Article 34 would still apply, thus the freedoms of that district could not be abolished or restricted without Hamburg's approval. In 1883, to clear space for the new port area, the demolition of the Kehrwieder and Wandrahm area began and more than 20,000 people needed to be relocated. The construction was completed before

135-577: 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 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

162-477: 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 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

189-785: 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 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

216-508: 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, 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,

243-530: 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 is even more grave due to the predicted effects of climate change. While dikes were initially considered to shield

270-478: Is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations , oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg – within the HafenCity quarter – and was built from 1883 to 1927. The district was built as a free zone to transfer goods without paying customs. The district and the surrounding area have been under redevelopment for many years as

297-727: The Deutsches Zollmuseum  [ de ] (German Customs Museum), Miniatur Wunderland (a model railway), and the Hamburg Dungeon . The Afghan Museum was also located here, but closed in 2012. The buildings are also used as warehouses. As of 2005, the companies in the Speicherstadt handled one third of the world's oriental rug production, and other goods including cocoa, coffee, tea, spices, maritime equipment, and electronics. HafenCity HafenCity ( German pronunciation: [ˈhaːfn̩ˌsɪtiː] )

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324-643: 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 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

351-487: The Hamburg free port was reduced in size, relieving the current HafenCity area of its restrictions. The ground-breaking ceremony 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

378-415: 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, 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

405-488: 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 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

432-653: 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 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

459-507: 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 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

486-591: The form of Article 34 of the North German constitution, which stated that Hamburg and the other Hanseatic cities would remain as free ports outside the Community customs border until they apply for inclusion. Article 34 was carried over into the imperial constitution of 1871, when the south German states joined the federation. However, Hamburg came under great pressure from Berlin to join the Customs Union after 1879, when

513-469: 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, 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

540-773: The independent and sovereign city of Hamburg was a member of the German Confederation – the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna – but not a member of the German Customs Union . Following the Austro-Prussian War which established Prussian hegemony in North Germany, Hamburg was obliged to join the North German Federation . However it obtained an opt-out in

567-420: 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 the normal high-tide line. Buildings along the shore remain at their original level but must be waterproofed up to

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594-658: The latter's external tariff was greatly increased. In 1881 an agreement was signed between the Prussian Finance Minister Karl Hermann Bitter and the State Secretary of the imperial Treasury, on the one hand, Hamburg's Plenipotentiary Senators Versmann and O'Swald, and the envoy of the Hanseatic states in Berlin, Dr Krüger, on the other. Hamburg would join the Customs Union with all its territory, except

621-590: The port industry has evolved. As an exceptional example of Neo-Gothic and modernist architecture , and for its testimony to the development of international maritime trade, the Speicherstadt was awarded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015, along with the Kontorhaus District . The Speicherstadt is located in the port of Hamburg . It is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long and interlaced by loading canals (Low German: Fleets ). From 1815,

648-575: The sites of the completely destroyed structures. In 1991 it was listed as a protected Hamburg heritage site. Since 2008, it has been part of the HafenCity quarter. In an attempt to revitalize the inner city area, the Hamburg government initiated the development of the HafenCity area, for example with the construction of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall . The warehouses were built with different support structures, but Franz Andreas Meyer created

675-660: The start of World War I , managed by the Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft (the predecessor of the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG ), which was also responsible for the subsequent operation. After the destruction of about half of the buildings in Operation Gomorrah by bombing during World War II , the conservative rebuilding was finished in 1967, while the Hanseatic Trade Center now occupies

702-746: 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, 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,

729-588: 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 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

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