Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Hamburg, Germany
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Experience Hamburg in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in HamburgIndividual Sights in HamburgSight 1: Christuskirche Hamm
The Christuskirche in Hamburg-Hamm is an Evangelical methodist church building from the late 1950s, which is a listed building.
Sight 2: Alfredstraße
The Alfredstraßenbrücke is a listed road bridge in the Hamburg district of Borgfelde. It runs over the tracks of the Hamburg–Lübeck long-distance railway line and the S-Bahn line 1 in the direction of Ohlsdorf and Poppenbüttel.
Sight 3: Feuer- und Rettungswache Berliner Tor
The main fire station Berliner Tor is a listed office building of the Hamburg Fire Brigade at the Berliner Tor in Hamburg-St. George.
Sight 4: Centrum Moschee
The Hamburg Central Mosque is a mosque founded in 1977 by Association of Mosques and located in the Hamburg-St. Georg in Hamburg. «Islamic community of Hamburg — Centrum-Moschee e.V.» is a founding member of Alliance of Islamic Communities in Northern Germany (BIG) and member of Schura Hamburg, with which the State of Hamburg maintains State Treaty. On February 27, 2016, the Muslim theologian Mehmet Karaoglu was elected imam as chairman of the Central Mosque. He is also President of IGMG -Hamburg and Chairman of BIG. Fatih Yildiz was elected as a deputy. Karaoglu and Yildiz replaced the previous chairman and imam Ramazan Ucar and his deputy Ahmet Yazici after almost two decades.
Sight 5: Deutsches Schauspielhaus
The Deutsches Schauspielhaus, sometimes referred to as the Hamburg Schauspielhaus or Hamburg Theatre, is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany
Sight 6: Ohnsorg Theater
The Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, Germany, is a stage for plays run after the British system of repertory theatre with up to six produced plays per season. Plays are exclusively performed in low German (Platt). They play a major role in spreading the knowledge and, in recent times, renewed appreciation of this minority language. Exceptions played in standard German (Hochdeutsch) are only made for television broadcasts. These broadcasts, by the regional Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and the nationwide ARD have made the theatre and its former main star Heidi Kabel popular across Germany and beyond.
Sight 7: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is a museum of fine, applied and decorative arts in Hamburg, Germany. It is located centrally, near the Hauptbahnhof.
Wikipedia: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (EN), Website
Sight 8: Levantehaus
The Levantehaus is an account house in Hamburg (Hamburg-Altstadt), Mönckebergstraße 7.
Sight 9: Evangelisch-lutherische Hauptkirche St. Jacobi
The St. Jacobi Church is one of the five main Evangelical Lutheran churches in Hamburg. Despite many changes in the course of history and massive destruction in the Second World War, the church is one of the few preserved medieval buildings in the city centre. It is a protected cultural property under the Hague Convention.
Sight 10: Meßberghof
The Meßberghof – until 1938 Ballinhaus – is an office building built between 1922 and 1924 in Hamburg. The listed building is located on the Meßberg between the streets Pumpen and Willy-Brandt-Straße and has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel since 2015.
Sight 11: Miramar-Haus
The Miramar House is a historic Kontorhaus in Hamburg, built in the style of Brick Expressionism of the 1920s. It is located in the Hamburg-Altstadt district. The house has been a listed building since 1999. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kontorhaus District.
Sight 12: Helmut-Schmidt-Haus
The Kontorhaus District is the southeastern part of Altstadt, Hamburg, between Steinstraße, Meßberg, Klosterwall and Brandstwiete. The streetscape is characterised by large office buildings in the style of Brick Expressionism of the early 20th century.
Sight 13: Hammaburg-Platz
Domkirche St. Marien is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sankt Georg, Hamburg, Germany, and the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg. It was the first new Roman Catholic church built in Hamburg since the Reformation.
Sight 14: Bischofsturm
The Bishop's Tower, or Bishop's Castle, is an archaeological site in the historic city center of Hamburg, Germany, containing the oldest known remains of a stone building in the city. The site includes the foundations of a circular tower and a well, originally believed to represent the 11th-century stone residence of Archbishop Adalbrand of Bremen. Later finds, however, disproved this theory and it is now considered to be part of a 12th-century defensive structure.
Sight 15: Hulbe-Haus
The Hulbe-Haus is an office and commercial building in Hamburg, Mönckebergstraße 21, which is a listed building. It was built in 1910/11 according to designs by the Hamburg architect Henry Grell (1870–1937) and is named after its client, the bookbinder and leather craftsman Georg Hulbe.
Sight 16: Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Denkmal
St. Peter's Church is the oldest parish church in Hamburg. It is named after the Apostle Peter and is one of the five main churches in Hamburg.
Sight 17: Heinrich-Heine-Denkmal
The Rathausmarkt in front of the Hamburg City Hall is a central square in Hamburg's city centre. Despite its name, the square never served as a regular marketplace ; however, it is still an important transport hub, a popular meeting place for tourists and a regular meeting place for political, sporting and cultural events.
Sight 18: Hygieia-Brunnen
The Hygieia fountain is located in the courtyard of the Hamburg City Hall. It was built in 1896, designed by the sculptor Joseph von Kramer (1841–1908) from Munich, a brother of the architect Theodor von Kramer. The fountain was built to commemorate the cholera epidemic of 1892, in which over 8000 Hamburg residents died. It is designated as a cultural monument with the object ID 12066.
Sight 19: Zollenbrücke
The Zollenbrücke in Hamburg is a bridge built in 1633 over the former canal of Gröningerstraße. Located on the Nikolaifleet in the old town, it is the oldest surviving bridge in the city area and has been a listed building since 1954.
Sight 20: Hauptkirche St. Katharinen
Sankt Katharinen is one of Hamburg's five main churches. Its tower shaft from the 13th century is considered the oldest upright building in Hamburg that still fulfils its function. It is located opposite the Speicherstadt on the street Bei den Mühren and is considered the church of sailors due to its proximity to the harbour.
Wikipedia: Hauptkirche Sankt Katharinen (Hamburg) (DE), Website
Sight 21: Auf dem Sande
The Kehrwieder is one of the former islands in the Hamburg city area and belongs to the HafenCity district. Geographically, it lies in the river splitting area of the Lower Elbe and is the northern Grasbrook. In 1532, it was incorporated into the fortified town together with the neighbouring island of Wandrahm.
Sight 22: Deichstraße
Deichstraße is the oldest remaining street in the Altstadt of Hamburg, Germany and a popular visitor attraction in the city.
Sight 23: Sir William Lindley
William Lindley, was an English engineer who together with his sons designed water and sewerage systems for over 30 cities across Europe.
Sight 24: Benediktekirken
The Danish Seamen's Church in Hamburg or Benediktekirken is the Danish church in Hamburg.
Sight 25: Norwegische Seemannskirche
The Norwegian Seamen's Church is an Evangelical Lutheran seamen's church in Hamburg, Germany. It belongs to the Diocese of Bjørgvin in Bergen, along with 27 other seamen's churches via the Sjømannskirken – Norsk kirke i utlandet. The buildings in Hamburg are protected as cultural monuments.
Sight 26: Alter Elbpark
The Old Elbe Park in Hamburg is a listed public green space between the districts of Neustadt and St. Pauli. It is part of Hamburg's historic ramparts and connects the Planten un Blomen park to the north with the Stintfang, a prominent hill above the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. The Old Elbe Park is dominated by the Bismarck monument erected in 1906 by the sculptor Hugo Lederer. The name Alter Elbpark has also existed since 1906.
Sight 27: Simon von Utrecht
Simon of Utrecht was a warship captain of the Hanseatic League during the Middle Ages. He was probably born in Flanders, but emigrated to Hamburg, Germany, where he received citizenship in 1400. He became famous for his participation in the capturing the pirate Klaus Störtebeker in 1401.
Sight 28: Stintfang
The Stintfang is a 26-metre-high hill on the right (northern) bank of the Elbe in Hamburg, Germany. It is a remnant of the former Hamburg ramparts and an important landmark in Hamburg's cityscape due to its exposed location above the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. The youth hostel located on the Stintfang and the viewing platform in front of it with a view of the port of Hamburg are particularly well-known.
Sight 29: Rickmer Rickmers
Rickmer Rickmers is a sailing ship permanently moored as a museum ship in Hamburg, near the Cap San Diego.
Sight 30: Cap San Diego
MS Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for her elegant silhouette, she was the last of a series of six ships known as the White Swans of the South Atlantic, and marked the apex of German-built general cargo ships before the advent of the container ship and the decline of Germany's heavy industry.
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