Hammerbrook
Hammerbrook | |
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Quarter of Hamburg | |
Coordinates: 53°32′43″N 10°1′50″E / 53.54528°N 10.03056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hamburg |
Borough | Hamburg-Mitte |
Area | |
• Total | 2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,069 |
Area code | 040 |
Vehicle registration | HH |
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, refers to forest, while brook refers to the low-lying swamp or carr that formerly characterised the area,[2] which is the confluence of the Bille with the Elbe. The name Hammer Brook originally referred to the entire area east of the city and north of the Bille extending as far as Horn.
History
Hamburg acquired the area from the Counts of Holstein in 1383. From the 15th century onward it was administered by a Hamburg Senator as the Landherrenschaft (Lordship) of Hamm and Horn. It was used primarily as grazing land, and drainage ditches were gradually cut. A still surviving flood basin was created in the 17th century as part of the fortifications of the city. Settlement of the area began late in that century. In 1832 the western section was incorporated in the new suburb of St. Georg, while the rest was included in the Landherrenschaft of Geestlande. In 1871 this area was divided between Borgfelde and Hamm. The current quarter of Hammerbrook was administratively created in 1938 under the Greater Hamburg Act, although a section in the east became part of the then Hamm-Süd (South Hamm).
In 1840 the British engineer
In the
After the war Hammerbrook's population remained small.[3] The Hamburg U-Bahn line to Rothenburgsort, which had been destroyed, was not rebuilt. The city set aside the now largely open area for commercial uses,[11] but businesses built office blocks. In the 1980s one section was successfully advertised as an area for offices under the name City Süd (South City).
Geography
As of 2007[update], Hammerbrook has an area of 1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi),[12] and is part of the Hamburg-Mitte borough.[13]
Demographics
In 2006 there were 435 people living in the Hammerbrook quarter. The population density was 281/km2 (728/sq mi). 8.5% were children under the age of 18, and 8.3% were 65 years of age or older. Resident aliens were 47.6% of the population. 20 people were registered as unemployed.[12]
In 1999 there were 410 households, out of which 10.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 63.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.62.[14]
Politics
These are the results of Hammerbrook in the Hamburg state election:
Election | Greens
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SPD | Left | CDU | FDP | AfD | Others |
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2020 | 34,0 % | 23,5 % | 16,1 % | 6,9 % | 5,2 % | 3,0 % | 11,4 % |
2015 | 22,2 % | 26,3 % | 21,3 % | 7,3 % | 3,4 % | 4,2 % | 15,3 % |
2011 | 22,5 % | 35,4 % | 27,6 % | 9,3 % | 4,4 % | – | 15,4 % |
2008 | 21,1 % | 36,3 % | 10,6 % | 20,3 % | 5,4 % | – | 5,7 % |
2004 | 35,1 % | 25,5 % | – | 26,9 % | 3,8 % | – | 8,7 % |
Transport
The quarter has good road connections: it is close to the Elbe bridges and three major roads leading to the centre of the city pass through it. Hammerbrook station on the Hamburg S-Bahn was built in 1978–83.
Notes
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2020" (PDF). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. 23 April 2021.
- ISBN 3-434-52545-9.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ ISBN 978-1-56656-846-3.
- ISBN 9783825892548.
- ^ "Stadtteil Hammerbrook". Hamburg.de (in German). City of Hamburg. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ ISBN 9783879435708.
- ^ Brunswig, p. 423.
- ^ Jefferies, p. 117.
- ISBN 9780710600790. See also photographs, pp. xxiv–xxv.
- ^ "Gedenktafel für die Bombenopfer in Hammerbrook". Denkmal Hamburg. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- OCLC 6794447.
- ^ a b Residents registration office, source: Statistical Office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ "Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG)" (Act of the areal organisation) (in German). Government of Hamburg. 2006-07-06. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13 – via juris.de.
- ^ Source: Statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
References
- Selectable database: Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. (in German)
External links
Media related to Hammerbrook at Wikimedia Commons