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Kehrwieder at the inland port, with a view of the Brooksbrücke and St. Katharinen , shortly before the demolition, drawing by Johann Theobald Riefesell , 1884
View through the Kehrwiederfleet to the port police station at the Kehrwiederspitze

The Kehrwieder ( Low German Kehrwedder ) is one of the former islands in the Hamburg city ​​area (the western part of the historic Speicherstadt ) and belongs to the HafenCity district . Geographically, it is located in the area of the Lower Elbe river and is the northern Grasbrook . In 1532 he was included in the fortified city together with the neighboring island of Wandrahm .

The Kehrwieder is separated from the old town by the inland port and the customs canal , the demarcation to the former port area runs over the street Am Sandtorkai . It is separated from the wall frame by the Small Fleet at the Kannengießer Bridge and the Pickhuben Bridge . The Niederbaum Bridge, the Brooks Bridge and the Kehrwiedersteg and Kibbelsteg pedestrian bridges over the Zollkanal create the connection to the old town .

Origin of name

Poetically, it is reported that the name has its origin in the fact that here the people of Hamburg, and especially women from Hamburg, said goodbye to the men who went to sea with the wish “return again!”, Since the Kehrwiederspitze was at the exit from the port into the Elbe. In fact, however, the name Kehrwieder is a name for a dead end in northern Germany , and on this narrow island one had to turn back before the Niederbaum Bridge was built (1880), back to the Brooks Bridge.

history

View of the Kehrwieder, 1883

From the 16th century, the Kehrwiederviertel grew directly on the city ​​wall , today Am Sandtorkai , into a workers' and craftsmen's quarter with partly narrow Gängeviertel development . In front of the Kehr again was the Georgius Bastion. For the construction of the Speicherstadt, the residents were forcibly relocated from 1882 and the entire residential area closed. However, due to the softening of the city at the beginning of the 19th century, the construction of the Sandtorhafen with the expansion of the Sandtorhöft in 1866 (where the Hanseatic Trade Center is located today ), and in particular the Kehrwiederfleet created in 1886, the area of ​​the Kehrwieders has also changed significantly.

The port police station 2 was built on the Kehrwiederspitze in 1899 . The Port Border Police ( WSP 62) has been based here since 2015 (previously the Central Office for Port Security and Dangerous Goods, Specialist Service WSPF 22 and WSP 032). The building is the external location for the television series Notruf Hafenkante .

In 2001, the Miniatur Wunderland was the most popular tourist attraction in Hamburg.

bridges

Brooks Bridge

The Brooksbrücke leads from the street Bei den Mühren over the Zollkanal at the confluence with the inland port over to the Brook on the Kehrwieder.

  • Brooks Bridge, 1587

  • Brooks Bridge, ca.1890

  • Bridge at night

  • View from the Brooksbrücke to the New Krahn

  • Barbarossa

  • St. Ansgar

  • Hammonia

  • Europe

The four sculptures on the Brooks Bridge were created by the sculptor Jörg Plickat , the Hammonia and Europa on the northern bridgehead in 2003, Barbarossa and St. Ansgar on the southern end of 2006. The figures were financed by Albert Darboven . The original figures Hammonia and Germania were lost in World War II .

Niederbaum Bridge

Niederbaumbrücke, view of the " baumall "

The Niederbaum Bridge in Hamburg consists of two parallel bridges built in 1978 on the Kehrwiederspitze. The bridges run near the metro station Baumwall and the lead on the side Speicherstadt directly to teasing .

At the current location of the bridge, a double row of palisades with a floating tree, called Niederbaum , used to protect the entrance to the inland port.

history
  • The Niederbaum was laid out in 1531 in the course of the western fortification line and removed again after more than 320 years in 1852.
  • In 2 years from 1878 to 1880 the Niederbaum was replaced by an iron swing bridge between the baumall and the Kehrwiederspitze. This bridge served as an important transport link from the then modern quays at Sandtorhafen and Grasbrookhafen to the city center.
  • From 1900 a swing bridge was no longer necessary, as no larger ships entered the Speicherstadt. Therefore, from 1911 to 1912, the swing bridge was converted into a permanent one.
  • In 1956/1957 an additional bridge was added on the east side
  • In 1978 the bridge was rebuilt.

Web links

Commons : Kehrwieder  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburg Police: Border Police Matters
  2. ↑ GGVSE - Implementing Guidelines 2002
  3. ↑ GGVSE implementation guidelines 2005

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 37 ″  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 7 ″  E