Historic Cities · Germany
Hamburg through the ages
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and sixth-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
Hamburg in 1450
Hanseatic Hamburg
Hamburg in 1450 is a prosperous Hanseatic port at the head of the Elbe, a compact walled town of brick gables, ringing spires and a maze of fleets and wharves. The walk follows arriving cogs and laden barges into the harbour, along the Alster fleets and market quays, past breweries, the town wall and the great churches to the open water and the Binnenalster skyline.
A low skyline of brick gables and stepped roofs, punctured by narrow church spires and the tall steeples of Saint Nicholas and Saint Peter; narrow, timber-framed houses lean to the canals while red-baked warehouses line the wharves. Muddy tide marks and piled ropes stain the quay; masts and rigging crowd the horizon. Streets are cobbled, damp with river mist, and the city’s colours are ochres, dark reds, soot and wet wood.
The walk — 21 streets, squares and views
Elbe Approach → Elbe Quay → Großer Burstah → Nikolaifleet → Quay Crane → Hopfenmarkt → Alsterfleet → Kleine Alster → Steinstraße → Rathausmarkt → …
Step inside — 12 interiors
Salt Warehouse Cellar · Hanseatic Merchants' Diele · Treadwheel Crane House · Hop Weighing House · Steinstraße Counting Hall · Council Chamber of the Rathaus · Nave of Saint Petri · Nave and Altar Aisle of Saint Nikolai · Choir of St. Katharinen · Brewhouse Mash Room and Coppers · Fish Smokehouse · Cloth Hall Inspection Chamber
Planned from the Wikipedia record: History of Hamburg.
Hamburg in 1900
Emigrants' Hamburg
At the height of mass emigration and imperial trade, Hamburg in 1900 is a working port of brick warehouses, steamship masts and crowded quays. This walk follows the river from the Elbe approaches through the Landungsbrücken and Speicherstadt to the Rathaus and the Alster, showing liners, emigration halls, warehouse canyons and the city's civic centre.
The skyline is a low, chimney-creased horizon pierced by masts, church spires and the greenish copper roof of the Neues Rathaus; the river banks show timbered pontoons, iron cranes and endless lines of red-brown brick warehouses. Narrow fleet canals thread the Speicherstadt, quays are crowded with trunks and bales, and the Alster appears as a calm, tree-lined water mirror with steamers on its surface.
The walk — 22 streets, squares and views
Lower Elbe Approaches → Neumühlen Quays → St. Pauli Landungsbrücken → HAPAG Elbe Quays → St. Pauli Fishmarket → Baumwall Quay → Kehrwieder Island → Kehrwiederfleet Canal → Holländischbrookfleet → Speicherstadt Warehouses → …
Step inside — 13 interiors
Pontoon Waiting Shed · Shipping Agency Office · Steerage Berth Aboard Liner · Auction Hall · Warehouse Packing Room · Coffee and Carpet Floor · Merchants' Counting Room · Harbour Weighhouse Interior · Medical Inspection Hall · Emigrant Dormitory and Dining · Great Festive Hall · Upper Saloon · Baroque Nave
Planned from the Wikipedia record: History of Hamburg.
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