Speicherstadt

Coordinates: 53°32′36″N 9°59′31″E / 53.54333°N 9.99194°E / 53.54333; 9.99194
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Speicherstadt
View at night, 2016
Map
General information
Typewarehouse district
Architectural styleGothic Revival
LocationHamburg, Germany
Coordinates53°32′36″N 9°59′31″E / 53.54333°N 9.99194°E / 53.54333; 9.99194
Construction started1883
Completed1927
Opened1888
OwnerFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dimensions
Other dimensions1,500 m × 250 m
Technical details
Materialred brick
Size26 ha (64 acres)
Floor area630,000 m2 (6,800,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann
EngineerFranz Andreas Meyer
Official nameSpeicherstadt
Typecultural
Criteriaiv
Designated2015
Part ofSpeicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus
Reference no.1467
Property26.08 ha (64.4 acres)
Buffer zone56.17 ha (138.8 acres)
Aerial view of warehouses pervaded by loading canals and streets
Aerial view of the Speicherstadt seen from the east

The Speicherstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈʃpaɪ̯çɐˌʃtat], literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany, is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case.[1] 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

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.[2]

Geography

A technical cross-section of houses and waterbodies.
A panoramic view of the Speicherstadt

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).

History

From 1815, 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

join the Customs Union with all its territory, except 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.[5][6]

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 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

Elbe Philharmonic Hall.[10]

Architecture

Many houses
A cross-section view of the Speicherstadt from 1888
A red brick multi-storey house in Neo-Gothic style with little towers and other ornamental features.
Facade of a warehouse
'Wasserschloss' at Holländischbrookfleet

The warehouses were built with different support structures, but Franz Andreas Meyer created 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.[8] One of the oldest warehouses is the Kaispeicher B of the International Maritime Museum.

Hafenrathaus ('Harbour City Hall') in the Speicherstadt

Use

The Speicherstadt is a major tourist attraction in Hamburg and is the focus of most of the harbor tours.[11] There are several museums, like 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.[12]

The buildings are also used as warehouses. As of 2005, the companies in the Speicherstadt handled one third of the world's carpet production, and other goods including cocoa, coffee, tea, spices, maritime equipment, and electronics.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Speicherstadt". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ Planung und Finanzierung der Speicherstadt in Hamburg ,by Frank M. Hinz; publ. LIT Verlag Münster, 2000; page 45
  4. ^ Constitution of the North German Federation //de.wikisource.org/wiki/Verfassung_des_Norddeutschen_Bundes Retrieved Dec 2017
  5. ^ Hamburg and the Freeport - Economy and Society 1888–1914, by Peter Borowsky, publ Hamburg University Press, Hamburg, 2005; p. 114
  6. ISBN 3-8319-0179-1
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  7. ^ "Speicherstadt Hamburg Entwicklungskonzept (German)" (PDF). Hamburg Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt. April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  8. ^
    ISBN 3-8319-0179-1
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  9. ^ "Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG) [Act of the areal organisation]" (in German). 2006-07-06. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  10. ISBN 978-3-593-38547-1
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  11. ^ "Speicherstadt". Hamburg Tourismus GmbH. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Afghanistan Museum Hamburg". Dark Tourism. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

Bibliography

External links
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