List of streets, squares and bridges in Hamburg-HafenCity

Location of HafenCity in Hamburg and in the Hamburg-Mitte district (light red)

The list of streets, squares and bridges in Hamburg-HafenCity is an overview of the streets, squares and bridges currently available in Hamburg 's HafenCity district . It is part of the list of traffic areas in Hamburg .

overview

In the HafenCity (district numbers 103 and 104), 4925 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) live on 2.2 km². HafenCity is located in the postal code areas 20457 and 20539.

There are 117 designated traffic areas in HafenCity, including 14 squares and 30 bridges, as well as 12 quays, 4 courtyards and a park. In the newly developed part, numerous traffic areas have been named after overseas port cities.

Overview of the streets

The following table gives an overview of all named traffic areas - streets, squares and bridges - in the district as well as some related information. In detail these are:

Name / location : current name of the street, square or bridge. Via the link ( location ), the street, the square or the bridge can be displayed on various map services. The geoposition indicates approximately the middle. In the case of longer streets that lead through two or more parts of the city, it is therefore possible that the coordinate is in a different part of the city.
Street code: official street code, consisting of a letter (first letter of the street, the square or the bridge) and a three-digit number.
Length / dimensions in meters:

Note: The length data contained in the overview are overview values rounded up or down according to mathematical rules , which were determined in the Digital Atlas North with the local scale. They are more for comparison purposes and, if official values are known, are exchanged and marked separately.

For squares, the dimensions are shown in the form a × b for rectangular systems or a × b × c for triangular systems with a as the longest edge.

The addition ( in the district ) indicates how long the street is within the district if it runs through several districts.

Name origin : origin or reference of the name.
Date of designation : Year of the official designation or the first mention of a name, in case of uncertainty also the specification of a period.
Notes : Further information on nearby institutions, the history of the street, historical names, monuments, etc.
Image : Photo of the street or an adjacent object.

Name / location	Road key	Length / dimensions (in meters)	Origin of name	Date of designation	Remarks
Old wall cream ( Location )	A159	0310	according to the cloth merchants who work here	first half of the 17th century	The Wikipedia article Wandrahm provides more detailed explanations .
At Dalmannkai ( Location )	A671	0175	after the situation on Dalmannkai	1995
Amerigo Vespucci Square ( Location )	A734	0105 × 85	Amerigo Vespucci (1451–1512), Italian navigator and explorer	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
At Grasbrookpark ( Location )	A731	0210	after the location at Grasbrookpark	2013	Footpath
At the Hanover train station ( Location )	A733	0415	after the location at the former Hanover train station	2013	Footpath
At the Kaiserkai ( Location )	A701	0680	after the location on the Kaiserkai	2004
At the Lohsepark ( Location )	A732	0375	after the location at Lohsepark	2013
At the Sandtorkai ( Location )	A326	0960	after the location at Sandtorkai	1956
At the Sandtorpark ( Location )	A709	0225	after the location at Sandtorpark	2006
At the beach quay ( Location )	A737	0085	after the location on Strandkai	2013
On the sand ( Location )	A504	0120	according to the nature of the terrain	in the 16th century	The area was leased for digging sand prior to 1636.
Baakenallee ( Location )	B883	0920	after the location at Baakenhafen	2013	Not yet released for public transport (as of June 2019).
Baakenhafenbrücke ( Location )	B886	0165	leading over the Baakenhafen according to location and function	2013	The Baakenhafenbrücke is part of Grandeswerder Strasse.
Baakenhöft ( Location )	B002	0	according to the location at the western end of Baakenhafen	1886
Baakenkai ( Location )	B003	0100	after the location at Baakenhafen	1848
Baakenwerder Street ( Location )	B004	0165	to the former Elbe island Baakenwerder	1893
At St. Anne's ( Location )	B191	0140 (in the district)	in memory of the St. Anne's Chapel, which was demolished in 1869	1869	according to street and area directory only in the HafenCity, according to the basic map of the northern part in Hamburg-Altstadt ; the part belonging to Hamburg-Altstadt is on the Kornhausbrücke , which runs along the street
Billhorner Bridge ( Location )	-	0030 (in the district)	based on the Billhorner Brückenstraße running north	1960	northern part in Rothenburgsort
Brook ( Location )	B618	0345	after the original street name Schiffbauerbrook	1886	'' Brook '' is the northern German term for a break forest .
Brooks Bridge ( Location )	B853	0020 (in the district)	after the way name "Brook" to which the bridge led at the time	1870	today leads over the inland port or the customs canal ; northern part in Hamburg's old town
Brooktorkai ( Location )	B623	0345	after the location parallel to the Brooktorhafen	1865
Brooktorkaibrücke ( Location )	-	0020th	based on Brooktorkai Street	1963
Brooktor promenade ( Location )	B885	0225	after the location at Brooktorhafen	2013	Footpath
Buenos Aires quay ( Location )	B887	0295	Buenos Aires , capital of Argentina	2013
Busan Bridge ( Location )	B897	0035	Busan , port city in South Korea	2006
Chicagokai ( Location )	C094	0225	Chicago , city in the US state of Illinois , one of Hamburg's nine twin cities	2006
Chicago Street ( Location )	C098	0060	based on the Chicagokai	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Dalmannkai ( Location )	D018	0495	Johannes Dalmann (1823–1875), Hamburg hydraulic engineering director	1875	Footpath
Dar-es-Salaam Square ( Location )	D285	0075 × 60 × 50 × 45	Dar-es-Salaam , port city in Tanzania	2011
Servants ( Location )	D102	0085	after the apartments built here in 1677 for the mayor's servants	1953
Elbarkaden ( Location )	E350	0100	according to the location in the Elbtorquartier and based on the Alsterarkaden in Neustadt
Elbtorpromenade ( Location )	E349	0200	after the situation in Elbtorquartier	2013
Ericus ( Location )	E205	0030th	to the former Erikus bastion	1907	The bastion, built in the 1630s, was named after the then councilor Erich Soltow.
Ericus Bridge ( Location )	-	0035	based on the street Ericus	1907	crosses the transition from Brooktorhafen to Ericusgraben in the course of the Poggenmühle street
Ericus Promenade ( Location )	E351	0300	based on the street Ericus	2013	Footpath
Ericusspitze ( Location )	E206	0155	based on the street Ericus	2010	Footpath
Freihafenelbbrücke ( Location )	F213	0590 (in the district)	according to the location and function in the former free port	1927	southern part on the Kleiner Grasbrook
Gerda-Gmelin-Platz ( Location )	G499	0050 × 45	Gerda Gmelin (1919–2003), actress and theater director	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Grandeswerder Strasse ( Location )	G498	0270	to the former island neighboring Grasbrook	2013
Gretchen-Wohlwill-Platz ( Location )	G500	0110 × 30	Gretchen Wohlwill (1878–1962), painter	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Great Grasbrook ( Location )	G485	0525	after the situation on Grasbrook	2004
Henning-Voscherau-Platz ( Location )	-	0070 × 60	Henning Voscherau (1941–2016), notary, First Mayor of Hamburg	2019
Dutch brookfleet bridge ( Location )	-	0020th	according to location and function in the course of the servants over the Holländischbrookfleet	1902
Dutch brook ( Location )	H574	0145	for Dutch citizens who had settled here	18th century	The street name was first mentioned as early as 1559, but was not officially adopted until the 18th century.
Hong Kong Street ( Location )	H842	0260	Hong Kong , port city in China	2006
Hübenerkai ( Location )	H660	0300	Hermann Albert Hübener (1804–1876), businessman and senator	1877
Hübenerstrasse ( Location )	H661	0215	based on the Hübenerkai	1893
Maiden Bridge ( Location )	-	0020 (in the district)	after the “Kleine Jungfernstieg”, which connected the New Wall Frame with the Dutch Brook before the Speicherstadt was built	1888	crosses the Zollkanal , northern part in Hamburg's old town
Kaiserhöft ( Location )	K022	0	based on the Kaiserkai	1888
Kaiserkai ( Location )	K023	0450	Wilhelm I (1797–1888), first German emperor	1871
Kannengießer Bridge ( Location )	-	00725	based on the Kannengießerort	1886	crosses the Kleine Fleet and connects the streets Brook and Neuer Wandrahm
Kannengießerort ( Location )	K058	0070	according to the former residence of the can foundry	1890	First mentioned in 1682, the road was destroyed by fire in 1684.
Kannengießerortbrücke ( Location )	-	0020th	based on the Kannengießerort	1891	crosses the confluence of the Wandrahmfleet in the Kleine Fleet in the course of the Kannengießerort
Return ( Location )	K121	0420	after the fact that this was a dead end	1886
Kehrwiederspitze ( Location )	K122	0060	based on the street Kehrwieder	1886
Kehrwiedersteg ( Location )	K123	0080	based on the street Kehrwieder	1886
Kibbelsteg ( Location )	K146	0225	after the earlier Kibbeltwiete (kibbeln = chat)	1886	footbridge
Kirchenpauerkai ( Location )	K188	1240	Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887), lawyer and First Mayor of Hamburg	1888
Kirchenpauerstrasse ( Location )	K189	1080	based on the Kirchenpauerkai	1927
Small wall frame bridge ( Location )	-	0015th	based on the street Alter Wandrahm	1887	crosses a nameless connection between the Zollkanal and the Wandrahmsfleet in the course of the old wall frame
Kobestrasse ( Location )	K641	0080	Kobe , port city in Japan	2013
Korea Street ( Location )	K635	0170	Korea , country in East Asia	2006
Kornhausbrücke ( Location )	K595	0020 (in the district)	after the granary located there between 1660 and 1871	1886	crosses the Zollkanal , northern part in Hamburg's old town
León Bridge ( Location )	L397	0065	León , city in Nicaragua , twin town of Hamburg	2011	Footbridge; before 2011: Museum Bridge
Liselotte-von-Rantzau-Platz ( Location )	L401	0065 × 20	Liselotte von Rantzau-Essberger (1918–1993), shipowner	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Lola-Rogge-Platz ( Location )	L399	0095 × 40	Lola Rogge (1908–1990), dancer and choreographer	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Lucy-Borchardt-Strasse ( Location )	L400	0335	Lucy Borchard (1877–1969), shipowner	2013	currently still in development (as of June 2019)
Magdeburg Bridge ( Location )	M450	0080	according to location and function leading over the Magdeburg harbor	2013	Part of Überseeallee
Magellan Terraces ( Location )	M436	0095 × 85 × 75 × 40	Ferdinand Magellan (* before 1485; † 1521), navigator	2005
Mahatma Gandhi Bridge ( Location )	M447	0075	Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), lawyer, resistance fighter and pacifist	2011
Marco Polo Terraces ( Location )	M437	0115 × 110 × 80 × 45	Marco Polo (* approx. 1254; † 1324), Venetian trader and traveler to China	2005
New bridge over the Elbe ( Location )	N224	0160 (in the district)	after the course over the Norderelbe	1960	Part of federal highways 4 and 75 , southern part from the middle of the bridge on the Veddel
New wall cream ( Location )	N065	0140	according to the cloth merchants who work here	1887	The street name was already mentioned at the end of the 17th century; The Wikipedia article Wandrahm provides more detailed explanations .
Neuerweg Bridge ( Location )	N223	0030th	after the street name Neuerweg, which ran there before the bridge was built	1887	crosses the St. Annenfleet and connects the St. Annenplatz with the St. Annenufer
New Orleans Street ( Location )	N242	0185	New Orleans , port city in the US state of Louisiana	2006	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Niederbaum Bridge ( Location )	N233	0030 (in the district)	to the Niederbaum, a passage that separated the inland port from the Elbe	1880	northern part in the new town
Oberbaum Bridge ( Location )	O202	0105 (in the district)	in accordance with the located at Baumwall Niederbaumbrücke, a passage of the same from the then port, the inland port separated,	1963	crosses the Oberhafen, northern part in Hamburg's old town
Oberhafenbrücke ( Location )	-	0080 (in the district)	leading over the Oberhafen according to location and function	1904	Railway and road bridge; northeast part in Hammerbrook
Osakaallee ( Location )	O219	0330	Osaka , port city in Japan , twin city of Hamburg	2006
Petersenkai ( Location )	P080	0280	Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892), lawyer and First Mayor of Hamburg	1889
Pick lifts ( Location )	P113	0155	according to the pitch stocks stored on the brook (Pickhuben = pitch pile) the shipbuilder	1886	Beckershaus provides another interpretation, according to which there was supposed to have been an execution site on which the heads of the condemned were shaved and then smeared with pitch.
Pickhubenbrücke ( Location )	-	0025th	based on the street Pickhuben	1886	crosses the Small Fleet in the course of the Pickhuben street
Place on 10th degree of longitude ( Location )	P268	0200 × 200 × 60	according to the position on the 10th degree of longitude	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
German Unity Square ( Location )	P266	0055 × 50	in memory of the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990	2012
Poggenmühle ( Location )	P152	0200	after a water mill built here in 1555	1907	The mill was used as a fulling and punching mill, and the name Poggenmühle soon became popular .
Poggenmühlenbrücke ( Location )	-	0035	based on the street Poggenmühle	1907	crosses the foothills of the Wandrahms- and Holländischbrookfleet in the course of the street Poggenmühle
Sand bridge ( Location )	-	0025th	based on the street on the sand	1887	crosses the transition from Brooks to Kehrwiederfleet in the course of the street Auf dem Sande
Sandtorhöft ( Location )	S050	0	after the location at the tip of the Sandtorkai	1895
Sandtorkai ( Location )	S051	0360	after the location at Sandtorhafen	1865
Sand Gate Park ( Location )	S940	0070 x 60	after the situation at Sandtorkai	2006
San Francisco Street ( Location )	S360	0360	San Francisco , port city in the US state of California	2006
Shanghaiallee ( Location )	S943	0490	Shanghai , port city in China and twin city of Hamburg	2006
Shanghai Bridge ( Location )	S945	0035	based on the Shanghaiallee	2006	crosses the Brooktorhafen in the course of the Shanghaiallee
Singapore Street ( Location )	S942	0145	Singapore , city-state in Southeast Asia	2006
St. Anne's Bridge ( Location )	-	0025th	based on the street near St. Annen	1881	leads along the road near St. Annen over the St. Annenfleet
St. Annenplatz ( Location )	S954	0060 × 30	based on the street Bei St. Annen and the St. Annenfleet	2013
St. Annenufer ( Location )	S566	0100	based on the street near St. Annen	1890
Steinschanze ( Location )	S649	0090	after a stone field hill built there in 1655	1875
Stockmeyerstrasse ( Location )	S700	0370	Heinrich Christian Meyer (1797–1848), industrialist	1854	Meyer was nicknamed “Stockmeyer” when he was a child when he offered walking sticks made in his father's carpentry workshop for sale on the street.
Störtebeker Ufer ( Location )	S953	0215	Klaus Störtebeker (* around 1360; † 1401), pirate	2013	The monument to the pirate, created by Hansjörg Wagner , stands on the Störtebeker Ufer .
Strandhöft ( Location )	S724	0	for its location at the head of the beach harbor	1888
Strandkai ( Location )	S725	0495	after the location at the beach harbor	1877
Tarry ( Location )	T037	0060	after a tar magazine built here in 1611	1907	The street has been called Bei dem Teerhof since the 18th century
Tokio Street ( Location )	T235	0160	Tokyo , Japanese capital and port city	2006
Überseeallee ( Location )	U055	0690	after the situation in Überseequartier	2006
Overseas Boulevard ( Location )	U056	0495	after the situation in Überseequartier	2008	Footpath
Überseeplatz ( Location )	U058	0120 × 40	after the situation in Überseequartier	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Vancouver Street ( Location )	V152	0100	Vancouver , port city in Canada	2013	Currently still in development. (As of June 2019)
Vasco da Gama Square ( Location )	V150	0055 × 45	Vasco da Gama (around 1469, † 1524), Portuguese navigator	2005
Versmannkai ( Location )	V032	0965	Johannes Versmann (1820–1899), lawyer and First Mayor of Hamburg	1890
Versmannstrasse ( Location )	V033	1120	after the situation on Versmannkai	1935
Wall preparer bridge ( Location )	-	0025th	after the local cloth makers (wall makers)	1903	crosses the Wandrahmsfleet in the course of the Straße bei St. Annen
Wandrahmsfleetbrücke ( Location )	-	0015th	according to location and function in the course of the row of servants over the Wandrahmsfleet	1900
Wall frame bridge ( Location )	-	0030 (in the district)	based on the streets of Alter and Neuer Wandrahm	1962	crosses the Zollkanal , northern part in Hamburg's old town
Wilhelminen Bridge ( Location )	-	0030th	based on the former Wilhelminenplatz	1976	crosses the Kehrwiederfleet
Yokohama Street ( Location )	Y003	0080	Yokohama , port city in Japan	2007
Zweibrückenstrasse ( Location )	Z060	0340	according to the location between the Norderelbbrücken and the Freihafenelbbrücke	1893

Former traffic areas

Lohseplatz was canceled by order of the Hamburg-Mitte district office on December 9, 2019. The revocation was announced in the Official Gazette No. 103 of December 27, 2019 (p. 1822).

Individual evidence

↑ Digital Atlas North
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Senate resolution of March 27, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 27 of April 5, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Senate resolution of August 12, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 66 of August 20, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019
^ Senate resolution of October 30, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 89 of November 8, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019
^ Senate resolution of May 29, 2012, published in Official Gazette No. 44 of June 8, 2012, accessed on June 20, 2019

Literature and Sources

Statistics Office North: Street and area directory of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Horst Beckershaus: The Hamburg street names - where they come from and what they mean , 6th edition, CEP European Publishing House, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86393-009-7
Christian Hanke: Hamburg's street names tell history , 4th edition, Medien-Verlag Schubert, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-929229-41-7

Web links

Commons : Streets in Hamburg-HafenCity - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[1] Digital Atlas North

[aa-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Senate resolution of March 27, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 27 of April 5, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019

[aa1-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Senate resolution of August 12, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 66 of August 20, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019

[4] Senate resolution of October 30, 2013, published in Official Gazette No. 89 of November 8, 2013, accessed on June 20, 2019

[5] Senate resolution of May 29, 2012, published in Official Gazette No. 44 of June 8, 2012, accessed on June 20, 2019