Stillhorn

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Stillhorn Castle around 1650
Kreuzkirche Kirchdorf

Stillhorn (also the Stillhorn ) is a former island in the inland delta of the Lower Elbe in Hamburg . The area is now part of the Wilhelmsburg district and roughly covers the southern part of the Elbe island of the same name. Stillhorn is known nationwide today primarily for the junction and service area of the same name on federal motorway 1 .

Apart from the Kirchdorf-Süd high-rise estate, Stillhorn is still predominantly rural in character and also includes the Heuckenlock and Rhee nature reserves .

history

The embankment Still Horns began in 1333 from the southeast: In order to make the previously regularly flooded by the Elbe island reclaimed and flood sure was both the Süderelbe raised and Altenfelder on the way later a dyke. Later further areas were added in the north (Jenerseite, Siedefeld) and west (Kornweide, Finkenriek). In 1388 the Kreuzkirche Kirchdorf was consecrated, around 1600 the Stillhorn Castle was built by the noble Grote family , on whose foundation walls the office building with today's Elbinsel Museum was built later.

In 1627, Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg acquired the Stillhorn and combined it with the neighboring islands of Reiherstieg -Rotehaus and Georgswerder to form the rule of Wilhelmsburg . In the 18th century, the area was combined into an island by further connecting dikes.

literature

  • Ernst Reinstorf: History of the Elbe Island Wilhelmsburg. From the beginning to the present. Wilhelmsburg 1955, new edition Hamburg 2003. ISBN 3-8334-0282-2

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Coordinates: 53 ° 29 ′ 30.6 ″  N , 10 ° 1 ′ 42.5 ″  E