Fire station downtown (Hamburg)

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The fire and rescue station downtown, Admiralitätsstrasse 54
Original floor plan of the ground floor with use (sketch)

The inner city fire station is a listed building of the Hamburg fire brigade on Herrengrabenfleet in the Neustadt district .

Description and history

The fire station was built from 1906 to 1909 according to plans by Albert Erbe . Since there were numerous buildings built in the 18th century in this district around 1910, Erbe chose motifs from the existing Hamburg baroque architecture . Before the building was erected, the fire fighting train had used several temporary structures at different locations as guards for 37 years. The construction costs for the fire station amounted to 487,950 marks plus equipment for a further 59,980 marks. It was opened on February 17, 1909. When it opened, the building was considered to be one of the most modern guards in Germany with numerous innovations, including electric vehicles, a gym and classroom, a teaching room and a fire department museum.

The building was only slightly damaged during the Second World War . As part of the following repair work, the attic was expanded and rebuilt. From 1986 to 1987 facades and interior fittings were renovated; the costs for this amounted to 3.7 million marks.

operation area

The area of ​​operation of the fire and rescue station F 11 includes the city center and HafenCity . The station also has a fire boat and water rescue center.

Stationed vehicles

Building details

The brick facades of the building are loosened up by sandstone elements and numerous decorative shapes. The building was planned at the time of horse-drawn fire engines. Although a horse-drawn fire engine never entered the station after completion, the original plans can still be seen today. On the rear walls of the coach house there are still embedded, stable metal rings to which the horses should be tied, as well as several small hatches in the ceiling to the upper floor, which should serve to convey hay or straw into the hall.

  • Arbor at the corner of the building

  • Entrance portal on Admiralitätstrasse

  • Relief directly above the entrance with the motto: God for honor, for your neighbor

  • Relief on the 1st floor of
    snakes symbolize the conflagration

See also

Web links

Commons : Inner city fire station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ralf Lange : Architecture in Hamburg - The great architecture guide . 1st edition. Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-88506-586-9 , p. 64-65 .
  2. ↑ Dirk Schürer: 100 years on Admiralitätsstrasse . In: Fire Department Hamburg (Ed.): Löschblatt . No. 34 , December 2008, p. 18-19 ( PDF on the City of Hamburg website [accessed February 13, 2015]).
  3. ↑ Fire and rescue station downtown (F 11) Homepage of the city of Hamburg. Retrieved February 13, 2015

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 46.2 "  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 57.1"  E