Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 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: Elbe 3
The lightship Elbe 3 was built in 1888 as the lightship Weser at the shipyard of Johann Lange in Vegesack. The first assignment was on the Weser position from 1889. In 1936, the ship received a four-stroke marine diesel engine. Instead of the middle mast, the ship therefore has a chimney. From 1954 to 1955 and 1956 to 1966 the ship was in service at position Bremen, and from 1966 to 1977 at position Elbe 3. The beacon consisted of three electrically operated individual fires. The decommissioning was on 23 May 1977 in Cuxhaven.
Sight 2: Dampfeisbrecher Stettin
Stettin is a steam icebreaker built by the shipyard Stettiner Oderwerke in 1933. She was ordered by the Chamber of Commerce of Stettin. The economy of the city of Stettin strongly depended on the free access of ships to and from the Baltic Sea. Therefore, icebreakers were used to keep the shipping channels free from ice during the winter.
Sight 3: Alter Leuchtturm Pagensand-Süd
The Old Lighthouse Pagensand-South is a small lighthouse that stood on the southern tip of Pagensand from 1934 to 2015. Since 21 November 2015, it has been erected as a technical monument in Hamburg's Oevelgönne Museum Harbour.
Sight 4: SD WOLTMAN
The steam tractor Woltman built in 1904 is one of the few still preserved sea of sea with steam drive and a coal -fired boiler.
Sight 5: Altonaer Kaispeicher
In 1924, the Altona Kaispeicher was built according to a design by Gustav Oelsner. The Kaispeicher is located in the part of the Große Elbstraße facing Neumühlen. It is one of Hamburg's cultural monuments. In 2009, modernization measures were carried out on it. In the 21st century, the warehouse is used for events of various kinds.
Sight 6: Heine-Park
Heine-Park is a park in the Hamburg district of Ottensen and is located on the northern bank of the Elbe River.
Sight 7: Elbbergbrücke
The Elbberg Bridge is a road bridge in Hamburg, Germany. It crossed the tracks of the Altona Harbour Railway in the Altona-Altstadt district.
Sight 8: Christianskirche
The Christianskirche in the Hamburg district of Ottensen is a Baroque building from 1738; the congregation belongs to the church district of Hamburg-West/Südholstein of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany. Since 1803, the grave of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock has been located in the churchyard, which is why the Palmaille-Elbchaussee street running south past it over a length of about 270 m was given the name Klopstockstraße in 1846 and the name Klopstockkirche has now become common for the church.
Sight 9: Altonaer Theater
The Altonaer Theater is a theater in Hamburg, Germany. The private theater adapts literary works for the stagbe, from classics and international bestsellers to young German literature and more. Past productions include Anna Karenina, Steppenwolf, Measuring the World, and The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. It presents its own productions, guest performances, and special events. Axel Schneider has been the theater manager since 1995.
Sight 10: Altonaer Museum
Altonaer Museum is an art museum in the suburb of Altona in Hamburg, Germany. The museum association was established in 1863, when Altona was still part of Denmark. The museum has a collection of over 300 000 objects connected to the cultural history of Northern Germany.
Sight 11: Schellfischtunnel
The Altona Harbour Railway Tunnel is a disused, 961 m long railway tunnel in Hamburg-Altona. It connected the easternmost track at Hamburg-Altona station with the tracks of the former Altona Harbour Railway and the Altona Fishing Harbour Railway below the Geest slope on the Elbe. It was reopened for viewings.
Sight 12: Gedenkstein an die Abschiebung von 800 Juden
Hamburg's memorials to the victims of National Socialism include a large number of monuments, memorials, facilities, plaque programmes and institutional facilities that commemorate the victims of National Socialism and the destruction of the war. In their entirety, they can be understood as "city memory" for the period from 1933 to 1945. Since the collapse of National Socialist rule, more than 150 memorials have been established in Hamburg. The first was inaugurated during a memorial event at the Ohlsdorf cemetery at the end of October/beginning of November 1945, it was the urn of the unknown concentration from the Auschwitz extermination camp. 15,000 people took part in the funeral service. This first urn became part of the Memorial to the Victims of National Socialist Persecution in 1949, a stele with 105 vessels containing the ashes of victims and soil from 25 concentration camps.
Wikipedia: Hamburger_Gedenkstätten_für_die_Opfer_des_Nationalsozialismus (DE)
Sight 13: Stuhlmannbrunnen
The Stuhlmannbrunnen is a fountain in Altona, Hamburg, Germany. It was inaugurated on pentecoast of 1900. It is located on the Platz der Republik in Altona.
Sight 14: Black Form
Black Form – Dedicated to the Missing Jews is a sculpture created in 1987 by the American artist Sol LeWitt, which has been installed since 1989 as a memorial to the destroyed Jewish community of Altona on the Platz der Republik in front of the Altona Town Hall.
Sight 15: Kaiser Wilhelm I
The Kaiser Wilhelm Monument in Hamburg is an equestrian statue in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The statue with four allegorical figures, created by Johannes Schilling, was erected on the Rathausmarkt in 1903, but has been in the ramparts at the level of the Justice Forum since 1930.
Sight 16: Altonaer Balkon
The Altonaer Balkon is located in Hamburg's Altona-Altstadt district in the Altona district. The green space is part of a series of Elbe parks that are located high above the Elbe on the approximately 27-metre-high geest slope and which line up like a chain in a westerly direction, starting on the Promenade Bei der Erholungs in the St. Pauli district.
Sight 17: Hauptkirche St. Trinitatis
The main Protestant church of St. Trinitatis was built in the years 1742–1743 in the Baroque style of the time in the Holstein town of Altona, which was incorporated into Hamburg in 1938. After being destroyed in the war, the building was restored in the 1960s and was given a modern interior.
Sight 18: Jüdischer Friedhof Altona
The Jewish Cemetery Altona, also known as the Jewish Cemetery Königstraße or, referring to the Sephardic part of the cemetery, the Portuguese Cemetery on Königstraße, was established in 1611 and closed in 1877. It is considered one of the most important Jewish burial grounds in the world because of its size of 1.9 hectares, its age and the large number of preserved gravestones.
Sight 19: Wohlers Park
The Norderreihe cemetery, or Wohlers Park because of its location on Wohlers Allee, is a former cemetery in Altona-Altstadt. It was inaugurated in 1831, and the last burial took place in 1945. It has been a listed building since 1979 and was also designated as a public park of about 4.6 hectares.
Sight 20: Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht
The Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht is the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, and thus part of the Hamburg ordinary jurisdiction. It is located at the square of Sievekingplatz in the St. Pauli quarter. The square is named after the first president of the OLG, Ernst Friedrich Sieveking.
Sight 21: Alter Botanischer Garten
The Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg, sometimes also known as the Schaugewächshaus or the Tropengewächshäuser, is a botanical garden now consisting primarily of greenhouses in the Planten un Blomen park of Hamburg, Germany. Alter Botanischer Garten is located on the Hamburg Wallring at Stephansplatz and is open daily without charge.
Sight 22: Gedenkort für Deserteure und andere Opfer der NS-Militärjustiz
The “memorial for deserters and other victims of the Nazi military justice” is located at Dammtordamm in Hamburg in the neighborhood of two older monuments, which also address war and victims of war. The 227 known victims of the Wehrmacht justice of the Second World War in Hamburg are particularly appreciated.
Sight 23: Mahnmal gegen den Krieg
Dammtor is a zone (Ort) of the German city of Hamburg, situated between the quarters of Rotherbaum and Neustadt.
Sight 24: Emporio-Haus
Emporio is a 98 m high-rise office building in the Neustadt of Hamburg. Originally built in 1964 as headquarters of Deutsche Unilever, when Unilever moved its headquarters to HafenCity in 2009, the tower was sold, renamed, extensively renovated and since marketed to multiple parties.
Sight 25: Laeiszhalle Musikhalle Hamburg
The Laeiszhalle, formerly Musikhalle Hamburg, is a concert hall in the Neustadt of Hamburg, Germany and home to the Hamburger Symphoniker and the Philharmoniker Hamburg. The hall is named after the German shipowning company F. Laeisz, founder of the concert venue. The Baroque Revival Laeiszhalle was planned by the architect Martin Haller and inaugurated at its location on the Hamburg Wallring on 4 June 1908. At that time, the Musikhalle was Germany's largest and most modern concert hall.
Sight 26: Wappen FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli, is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team currently competes in the 2. Bundesliga, but will compete in the Bundesliga in 2024–25 season following promotion.
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