Hamburg-Sternschanze

Sternschanze district of Hamburg
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Coordinates	53 ° 33 '42 "  N , 9 ° 57' 44"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '42 "  N , 9 ° 57' 44"  E
surface	0.6 km²
Residents	8092 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	13,487 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	2 ....
prefix	040
district	Altona district
Transport links
Subway
S-Bahn Hamburg
Source: Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

Sternschanze is a district of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in the Altona district .

geography

Sternschanze is located between the districts of St. Pauli , Altona-Altstadt , Eimsbüttel and Rotherbaum . The boundaries essentially include the area known as the Schanzenviertel , although the district is not completely identical with it. The southern part of Eimsbüttel belongs to the Schanzenviertel, but not to the Sternschanze district. The Sternschanze is characterized by a largely closed old building. With around half a square kilometer, it is the smallest district in Hamburg in terms of area, and with over 13,000 inhabitants per square kilometer, it has a considerable population density.

history

The Sternschanze defense system shortly after its construction during the Danish siege in 1686 . To the north of the ski jump the Danish apoken (siege passages ) are drawn

View from the new horse market into the street shoulder blade (left) and the Schanzenstraße (right) 1900

The name of the district is derived from the star-shaped defense system Sternschanze, which was built in 1682 and was connected to the Wallring by a trench. The fortifications were so strong that the Danish siege of Hamburg (1686) failed.

After most of the fortifications had been removed at the beginning of the 19th century, the first mixed residential and commercial areas emerged. A middle-class urban expansion area had formed around 1860 to 1870 in what is now southern Eimsbüttel. In 1866, the Sternschanze station on the connecting line between Hamburg and Altona was opened.

The animal dealer Carl Hagenbeck opened his zoo in 1874 at the New Horse Market , in which the so-called Völkerschauen also took place; In 1907 he moved to Stellingen for reasons of space . The Central Schlachthof opened in 1892, and shops for slaughterhouse supplies gradually opened in the vicinity. On the one hand, a petty-bourgeois area developed in this area. On the other hand, medium-sized to large companies also settled here, such as the Hamburg branch of the Steinway & Sons piano factory in 1880 (which was only sold to CBS in 1972 ), the Ladiges lighting wholesaler in 1889, which moved from the Karolinenviertel to Susannenstrasse in 1905, and which was founded in 1872 in 1906 Pianohaus Trübger and in 1908 the writing instrument company Montblanc Simplo , which relocated to Lurup in 1986 .

During the National Socialist era (1930s) the Rote Hof in Bartelsstrasse was a center of the labor movement and resistance in Hamburg against the National Socialists.

The alternative district was and is the starting point for many demonstrations.
New horse market between the junction of Neuer Kamp (front) and Stresemannstraße (back)

From the 1970s in particular, many families moved away because of the busy and comparatively little green area. At the same time, many students discovered the Sternschanze as an inexpensive residential area close to the university. The central location and the good transport connections also played an important role, especially for young people moving in, so that the district developed away from a purely family residential area towards an alternative district.

The Sternschanze suffered from the displacement of drug addicts and dealers from Hamburg Hauptbahnhof and St. Georg , which was favored in the 1990s . These groups of people chose the Sternschanzenpark in particular as a place to work and stay and at that time made it one of the drug centers in Hamburg.

At the time of the Internet boom from 1998 to 2001, many new economy companies such as Kabel New Media, Fork, Pixelpark and ID-Media settled in the district. In the crisis that followed, many of them filed for bankruptcy. Since then, continuous gentrification has been observed in the district , which has repeatedly been the subject of public discussion.

On the night of 7/8 July 2017, violent riots took place on the occasion of the G20 summit . Over 2,000 people laid fire barricades, looted shops, set cars on fire and injured numerous police officers.

Origin and development of flora

→ Main article : Red flora

The red flora on the shoulder blade in 2018.

The Flora Society and Concert House opened in 1886 . Only the head building remains of the former concert hall. In the crystal palace behind it, which was made of steel and glass, concerts and variety shows , masked balls , pyrotechnic spectacles, boxing and wrestling matches took place. The theater business was interrupted from 1943 to 1949. In 1957 the house was converted into a cinema , in 1964 the household goods store moved 1000 pots into the building. In 1987 the Cats operator had plans to turn the Flora into a musical theater and to perform the Phantom of the Opera . Therefore, in 1988 a large part of the historic theater was demolished for the new building. In the quarter, fear arose that the alternative ambience of the ski jump could give way to an upgrade and a considerable increase in rents for small businesses and tenants could follow. The subsequent resistance by residents of the district and other sympathizers was successful and ultimately prevented the intentions of the investors. In 1989 the flora was “occupied” without further ado and henceforth called Rote Flora . The idea of ​​a district center developed. The city of Hamburg then tried several times, namely in 1989, 1992 and 2000, to obtain user contracts, but this failed. The status of the "occupation" continues to this day. In 2001 the city sold the land and buildings to a private person. The reason was political: on the one hand, the ruling party did not want to be accused of incapacity to act for election reasons, and on the other hand, the city dealt with the Rote Flora problem in a pragmatic way. Today, the flora is mainly based on alternative art events, flea markets, district festivals and political district work.

Typical street scene ( Susannenstraße )

Reconstruction of the district

From 2004 onwards, the Hamburg Senate formulated the intention to add the area, which had only been known as the Schanzenviertel since the 1980s , to the Altona district, which was cut up by the district boundaries of Mitte, Altona and Eimsbüttel in order to enable uniform and targeted development there. The district assemblies in Hamburg-Mitte and Eimsbüttel voted against the associated reduction in their area. After all, the Schanzenviertel is essentially fed from the territory of the St. Pauli district. Only the Altona district assembly supported the creation of the district, which then took place simultaneously with that of the HafenCity district through the law on the spatial division of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from July 6, 2006 to March 1, 2008 . The boundaries of the new district, which is also a district, were laid down in the law on the determination of the district boundaries of the Sternschanze district of March 6, 2007. Put simply, the Sternschanze district includes three areas around Schanzenstrasse: the streets west to Stresemannstrasse, the railway line and Altonaer Strasse, southeast to Sternstrasse and northeast the Sternschanzenpark .

statistics

• Minor quota: 14.2% [Hamburg average: 16.3% (2017)].
• Elderly rate: 10.2% [Hamburg average: 18.2% (2017)].
• Proportion of foreigners: 20.0% [Hamburg average: 17.1% (2017)].
• Unemployment rate: 6.2% [Hamburg average: 5.2% (2017)].

The average income per taxpayer in Sternschanze is 31,125 euros annually (2013), the Hamburg average is 39,054 euros.

politics

In the elections for citizenship , Sternschanze belongs to the constituency of Altona . The 2015 state election led to the following result:

• Left 29.1% (+ 9.3)
• Greens 27.0% (+2.1)
• SPD 26.6% (−11.3)
• FDP 3.6% (+0.8)
• CDU 2.9% (−1.2)
• AfD 1.3% (+1.3)
• Other 9.5% (−1.0)

Culture and sights

Parks

Sternschanzenpark

The Sternschanzenpark ( Schanzenpark for short ), which was built between 1866 and 1869, covers around twelve hectares and is located in the northeast of the district. As the Sternschanze , the facility was part of the Hamburg ramparts until 1866 .

The park serves as a local recreation area. In addition to year-round walking and jogging, it is used for grilling in summer and tobogganing in winter. Extensive and natural playgrounds also allow children to enjoy leisure activities. Fixed boules lanes in the north of the park open up further leisure activities.

Before the regional reform, the park was completely located in the Rotherbaum district . Opposite the south side is the Sternschanze underground and S-Bahn station .

Sports

The soccer players of SC Sternschanze von 1911 eV and VfL Hammonia von 1922 eV are located in the district. The artificial turf pitch opposite the Sternschanze station is used by both. Both clubs play together with the SV Hamburg Police on the grass pitch east of the Grandplatz .

Economy and Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Street shoulder blade

The district's infrastructure is well developed. The main shopping street, which is heavily frequented by pedestrians, is shoulder blade street , where you can find a large number of shops, cafes, bakeries, restaurants and other shops. The origin of the street name can be found in the 17th century, when the tavern "Zum Shoulderblatt" hung up the painted shoulder blade of a whale as a sign of identification. Until 1938, the course of the road along the scapula was the border between Hamburg in the east and the Prussian city of Altona in the west. The historical boundary stones and different pavements clearly document the former boundary. On the western sidewalk of the shoulder blade there is still one of the boundary stones, which marks the borders between the city of Altona and the then duty-free Hamburg with an embedded "A | H".

Buildings

The 59 meter high water tower in the Sternschanzenpark is the structural landmark of the district. The Sternschanzenturm was put into operation in 1910 and closed in 1961. After a long search for investors, it was gutted and converted into a hotel that opened in 2007 .

traffic

Sternschanzenbahnhof

The Sternschanze district borders in the southwest on the four-lane federal highway 4 , which is called Stresemannstraße here . It is one of the main east-west axes in Hamburg and one of the busiest streets.

The district is crossed by a railway line with four tracks, two of which are used by S-Bahn traffic and two by long-distance and regional traffic. The route is part of the Hamburg-Altona connecting railway , one of the busiest railway lines in Germany. It spans the streets Schanzenstraße , Bartelsstraße, Schultblatt and Lippmannstraße with bridges and the intersection of Max-Brauer-Allee / Stresemannstraße with the Sternbrücke .

The Sternschanze underground and S-Bahn station is in the north of the district. The first station was built in 1866 a few hundred meters further east, and the former station building still stands here north of the railroad tracks. Today's station was built with the new building in 1903. It had an arched platform hall spanning all four tracks. The hall survived World War II, but was demolished in 1975. Long-distance traffic has not stopped since 1967 and the entrances are closed. At the east end of the station is an entrance to the subway built in 1912 by Hamburger Hochbahn AG. The underground station of the U3 line is also called Sternschanze .

See also

• List of streets and squares in Hamburg-Sternschanze
• List of cultural monuments in Hamburg-Sternschanze
• List of stumbling blocks in Hamburg-Sternschanze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karsten Polke-Majewski: G20 riots: The battle on the hill. In: Zeit Online. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017 . 
2. ↑ http://www.landesrecht.hamburg.de/jportal/portal/page/bshaprod.psml?showdoccase=1&doc.id=jlr-RGlGHArahmen&st=lr
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/jportal/portal/page/bshaprod.psml?showdoccase=1&doc.id=jlr-SternOTGrVHArahmen
5. ↑ landesrecht-hamburg.de
6. ↑ Quota of minors in the Hamburg districts in 2017
7. ↑ Proportion of 65-year-olds and older in the Hamburg districts in 2017
8. ↑ Proportion of foreigners in the Hamburg districts in 2017
9. ↑ Unemployment rate in the Hamburg districts in 2017
10. ↑ Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (ed.): Hamburg District Profile 2016 (=  NORD.regional . Volume 19 ). 2018, ISSN  1863-9518 ( Online PDF 6.6 MB [accessed February 12, 2018]).
11. ↑ http://www.wahlen-hamburg.de/wahlen.php?site=left/gebiete&wahltyp=3#index.php?site=right/result&wahl=973&gebiet=89&typ=4&stimme=1&gID=1&gTyp=2

swell

• Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 2nd, revised edition. Zeiseverlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-9805687-9-2 .
• Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg from Altona to Zollenspieker. The Haspa manual for all districts of the Hanseatic city. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-11333-8 .
• Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , printed matter 18/3336 of December 6, 2005
• Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , printed matter 18/5545 from January 2, 2007

Web links

Commons : Hamburg-Sternschanze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page about the former tram traffic in the Schanzenviertel
• Statistics North - District profiles 2008 ( Memento from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.6 MiB)
• Sternschanze, HafenCity - Hamburg's new districts. In: Abendblatt.de , March 1, 2008