Hamburg-Mitte | |
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Location of Hamburg-Mitte withinHamburg  | |
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| Coordinates:53°33′1″N9°59′39″E / 53.55028°N 9.99417°E /53.55028; 9.99417 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hamburg |
| City | Hamburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 142.2 km2 (54.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 312,641 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Dialling codes | 040 |
| Vehicle registration | HH |
| Website | www.hamburg.de |
Hamburg-Mitte (Hamburg Central) is one of the sevenboroughs ofHamburg, Germany, covering most of the city's urban center. The quarters of Hamburg-Altstadt and Neustadt cover much of the city's historic core. In 2020 the population was 301,231.
In 1937 several settlements (e.g. Finkenwerder), villages and rural areas were passed into Hamburg enforced by theGreater Hamburg Act.
On 1 March 2008 due to a law of Hamburg,[2] the quarter Wilhelmsburg was transferred from the boroughHarburg. The neighborhood HafenCity was formed from parts of the quarters Klostertor, Altstadt and Rothenburgsort. The other part of Klostertor was transferred to Hammerbrook. From small parts of the borough Hamburg-Mitte (And Altona and Eimsbüttel) the neighborhood Sternschanze was created as a quarter in the borough Altona.
The borough severs Hamburg from the east to the west. In 2006, according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg-Mitte has a total area of 107.1 square kilometres (41 sq mi).
Hamburg-Mitte consists of the quartersBillbrook,Billstedt,Borgfelde,Finkenwerder,HafenCity,Hamburg-Altstadt,Hamburg-Hamm,Hammerbrook,Horn,Kleiner Grasbrook,Neustadt,Neuwerk,Rothenburgsort,St. Georg,St. Pauli, Steinwerder,Veddel,Waltershof andWilhelmsburg.
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The historic center of Hamburg lies within the districts Altstadt, Neustadt and HafenCity, also defined by being inside theWallring. These three districts also constitute what is considered Hamburg's Innenstadt (inner city).
Planten un Blomen (plants and flowers) is a park located in the quarterSt. Pauli and Neustadt. Located in the quarterBillstedt is the lakeÖjendorfer See.
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Hamburg-Mitte is the economic center of Hamburg. Altstadt, Neustadt and HafenCity make up Hamburg'sInnenstadt (inner city), the city's shopping and central business district, while Hammerbrook's City Süd is an important decentralized business district. The facilities of thePort of Hamburg are located mostly in Hamburg-Mitte in the quarters of Kleiner Grasbrook, Steinwerder, Veddel, Waltershof and Wilhelmsburg.
The Bezirksamt Hamburg-Mitte is located at Klosterwall 8.
Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (Bürgerschaft), theBezirksversammlung is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 53 representatives.
| Parties | % | ± | Seats | |
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| Social Democratic Party | 28.5 |  1.5 | 14 | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | 21.1 |  8.2 | 11 | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 15.6 | 3.5 | 8 | |
| The Left | 14.8 | 0.8 | 8 | |
| Alternative for Germany | 10.2 | 2.5 | 5 | |
| Volt | 5.1 | 5.1 | 3 | |
| Free Democratic Party | 4.8 | ± 0.0 | 2 | |
| Total | 51 | |||
In 2006 233,144 people lived in the borough. The population density was 2,177/km2 (5,638/sq mi). 14.9% were children under the age of 18, and 15.6% were 65 years of age or older. 43% belong to ethnic minorities.[3] 17,550 people were registered as unemployed and 72,608 were employees subject tosocial insurance contributions.[4]
In 1999 there were 126,753 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 52.4% of all households were made up of single occupants. The average household size was 1.83.[5]
Population by year[4]
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 232,467 | 235,759 | 242,434 | 249,156 | 250,585 | 252,695 | 251,965 | 248,802 | 246,374 | 242,029 | 237,648 | 230,542 | 228,349 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 228,060 | 227,199 | 227,915 | 228,117 | 227,557 | 230,680 | 233,114 |
In 2006 there were 71,559 criminal offences in borough (307 crimes per 1000 people).[6]
The main local office (Bezirksamt Hamburg-Mitte) is located onKlosterwall. It has 4 local offices or "Customer Centres." These are Customer Centre Hamburg-Mitte, Customer Centre Billstedt, Customer Centre St. Pauli, and Customer Centre Wilhelmsburg. The offices are responsible, among other things, for the application for a residence permit for purposes of study after entering the country.
TheFederal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) has its head office inSt. Pauli in Hamburg-Mitte,[7] and the head office ofFederal Bureau for Maritime Casualty Investigation is in the BSH facility.[8]
The borough has 31 elementary schools and 31 secondary schools.[9]
There were 125 day-care centers for children and 536 physicians in private practice and 72 pharmacies.[9]TheAsklepios Klinik St. Georg located in the quarter St. Georg, is the main hospital in Hamburg-Mitte.
The borough is serviced by therapid transit system of thecity train and theunderground railway with several stations. The central stationHamburg Hauptbahnhof is also for long-distance passenger trains for theGerman railway company.
According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the Hamburg-Mitte borough 66,831 private cars were registered (290 cars/1000 people).[9] There were 2,432 traffic accidents in total, including 1,905 traffic accidents resulting in injuries.[10]
Obeidi started a business selling used buses in Rothenburgsort, a Hamburg neighborhood. [...] The family lived on another street in the same neighborhood[...]– Original German version:Gutsch, Jochen-Martin; Hinrichs, Per; Koelbl, Susanne; Latsch, Gunther; Röbel, Sven; Ulrich, Andreas (25 May 2008)."Eigentum des Mannes".Der Spiegel. -PDF page
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