Vierlande

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Location of the Vierlande

in Hamburg

centered
Base data for Vierlande
Country: Germany
Bundesland
:		 Hamburg
Bezirk: Bergedorf

Vierlande is the name given to a roughly 77-square kilometre region in the Hamburg district of Bergedorf which has a population of 18,419 [1] and comprises four quarters of the city.

Its name goes back to the year 1556 and refers to the four

church parishes of Curslack, Kirchwerder, Neuengamme and Altengamme
which are identical with their modern-day quarters.

Geography

The Vierlande consists of former river islands in the

Elbe
.

History

Map of the Vierlande around 1790

The populace of the Vierlande were free farmers, but sovereignty over the whole region frequently changed hands. From the 12th century it belonged to the dukes of

District of Harburg until the enactment of the Greater Hamburg Act
in 1938.

Altengamme is first mentioned in the records in 1188; Neuengamme ("New Island") and Kirchwerder in 1212, and Curslack in 1217.

Traditional costume of the Vierlande farmers' wives

Dyke construction

The first dykes were constructed in the 12th century as part of land reclamation.

Museums

Kokerwindmühle [de] used for drainage at Rieck-Haus
Rieck-Haus

The

Fachhallenhaus and is an open-air museum in Curslack. It is part of the Bergedorf Museum Landscape (Bergedorfer Museumslandschaft), which also manages the regional museum, the Museum for Bergedorf and the Vierlande (Museum für Bergedorf und die Vierlande) in Bergedorf Castle [de
].

Literature

References

  1. ^ Source: Office of Statistics, 2009
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