Altenwerder

Old Werder ( spelling to 1946: Altenwärder ) is a district of Hamburg in the district of Harburg. The former village was built in the 1960s to the port extension area. The inhabitants were resettled; 1998 the last inhabitants left the district. From the old buildings, the old Werder Church is just left over, it now belongs to the parish house breaking.

2003, the long-planned container terminal Altenwerder ( CTA) was put into operation. Today, logistics warehouses and container bridges of the container terminal, the north of this location Sandauhafen with the Hansaport for bulk materials, the incinerator Rugenberger dam on the Köhlbrandbrücke and two wind turbines characterize the district. East of the A7 motorway are the marshalling yard Old Southern Elbe as well as industrial plants and warehouses, as the Trimet Aluminium Smelter (formerly HAW - Hamburg aluminum plant ) and the aluminum rolling mill of Hydro Aluminium GmbH Germany (Norsk Hydro).

Geographical Location

North of the Old Werder Finkenwerder district and is Waltershof (Bezirk Hamburg -Mitte), east of William Castle (district Hamburg -Mitte), south and west of Moor Castle Francop.

History

The island Altenwerder was isolated in 1248 by the Allerkindleinsflut of the diked former Elbinsel Gorieswerder. The oldest extant recorded mention of the village of Old Werder, bear no date, but were dated by historians to the period around 1250. In addition, give Lehnregister the monastery Corvey indirect evidence that Altenwerder could have been used or inhabited before 844. The name shown in the early records as Olden Werdere is justified by the fact that this river island was already populated in comparison to Finkenwerder or Silrandiswerder earlier and longer, with Werder river island means.

As had become uninhabitable through a series of storm surges, including particularly the Cecilia flood parts of the country, the Old Werder was newly diked pursuant to a contract of February 27, 1418 by the two lords of the Archbishop of Bremen and the Dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg. In the 15th century the Elbe island of sixteen Höfnern was cultivated alone. Is documented evidence that the Old Werder has already possessed its own church around the year 1436, 1468 is the parish Altenwerder first mention, first mentioned by name is Pastor Hinrich Pruns († 1575), a new church was 1659th

Beginning of the 16th century, the settlement of Köthnern was admitted who had to pay the Höfnern for the use of the land and were available for repairs and construction work on the 6 km long dike route for a daily wage. Through inheritance and land purchase was a multi-layered structure of the discrete Vollhöfner to small - Köthnern, which alone could no longer feed from agriculture. The houses of the Höfner were built in the style of the thatched house Lower Saxony, which has also been the form of other houses in the village.

The dike divided the country into domestic and riverside area. Inland dike were vegetable, fruit and arable land, meadows and pastures outer dike. The dike cap has been extended to a wide driveway. The increased building of the dikes seemed to be a cheaper way for the construction of houses. On the small island Altenwerder was the Norderdeich the house dike. The Einzelbesitzungen extended from there to the Süderdeich. Newer homes were also built on the outside of the dike or more outer dike on a mound, but they were thus more vulnerable to storm surges. The interior of the island was developed by cross- roads ( Querweg ).

Documents of the Office Harburg from the year 1678 mention in the Vogtey Altenwerder two Vollhöfner, Halbhöfner five, nine and nine Kohter Brincksitzer. 1756 already 69 Köthner be named in Old Werder next 15 Vollhöfnern and 2 Halbhöfnern.

A new church building from 1769 was heavily damaged in a very severe storm surge in 1825. A new church was established and inaugurated in 1831. The new building had no bell tower; the bells were housed in a wooden belfry in front the church. The construction of the bell tower took place only in 1895.

In the year 1803 133 residential buildings and 1,000 residents are given, including 14 Vollhöfner, Halbhöfner 2, 9 and 81 Großköthner Kleinköthner; the milk of about 400 cows that were held at that time, was transported with so-called evern to Hamburg in order to sell them. The entire base of the Old Werder in 1910 was determined to be 825 ha, including 110 ha of arable land, 521 ha of pasture and 194 ha of wasteland. A census of June 16, 1925, determined in Altenwerder already 243 inhabited houses with 493 households and 2010 residents. A livestock census of 1 December In 1924 livestock in 255 households, specifically 146 horses, 538 cattle, 23 sheep, 517 pigs, 41 goats, 11 geese, 309 ducks and chickens in 2550. 1937 Old Werder well as some other communities in the Prussian district of Harburg through the Greater Hamburg Act was part of Hamburg.

As a local provider for the city of Hamburg residents lived Altenwerder of vegetable cultivation, dairy farming, fishing and crafts. Since the 19th century fruit growing became increasingly operated. With the gradual transformation of the islands in the port and industrial areas in the 20th century, the islanders created new employment opportunities. The original landscape and the completed island life was lost in the same course.

The transport connection was made until the 1970s by the HADAG shipping line Hamburg Piers - Neuhof - Moor Castle - Harburg.

During World War II, the church was badly damaged on April 8, 1945 the last air attacks by a land mine. It was restored under the dedicated leadership of building inspector Andeus Bleß and inaugurated as the first church in the Hamburg area again on 8 October 1948.

As a consequence of the adoption of the Act on the expansion of the port city of Hamburg bought on from about 1960 land and moved to the residents. Between 1973 and 1978, an expropriation has been announced, which is why many people could partially move with compensation for relocation. Today's Old Werder has virtually no inhabitants. The remaining church and its cemetery are close to the A7 motorway in a green belt with mature trees.

As of 2009, here are two Enercon E -126 wind turbines, which are each with 6 megawatts and a total height of 198.5 meters to the highest buildings in the Hanseatic city.

Population Development

Source of data: 1803, 1894, 1925, 1951, 1987-2008

Wind power plant under construction in 2009. Behind the church tower.

Hub of the wind turbine in front of container bridges to the CTA