Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg

William Castle is a district of Hamburg in the district of Hamburg-Mitte. William Castle is the geographically largest district of Hamburg and has claimed Rahlstedt, Billstedt, Eimsbuettel, Bramfeld Winterhude and the sixth largest in population. In 2009, 21.7 % of the population were younger than 18 years ( Hamburg: 15.6%), 55.2 % had a migration background, among the youth, the figure was 73.3 % ( Hamburg: 28.1 or 42.2 %).

  • 4.1 Cultural Institutions
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Churches and mosques
  • 4.4 Cemeteries
  • 4.5 Natural Monuments
  • 4.6 Regular events
  • 4.7 Movies
  • 4.8 IBA Hamburg
  • 4.9 igs 2013
  • 5.1 Industrial and port facilities
  • 5.2 traffic 5.2.1 Road Traffic
  • 5.2.2 Rail transport

Geographical Location

Together with the districts Veddel, Steinwerder and Small Grasbrookhafen is the area of ​​William Castle between the two major Elbarmen Norderelbe and Southern Elbe - Köhlbrand in the Hamburg area. These districts form several Elbe islands, Veddel and William Castle are diked separately. At William Castle also includes the Elbinsel Hohe Schaar ( this corresponds approximately to the " lower jaw " when you compare the entire island area with the outer head shape an upward -looking turtle). The overall structure between Norder and Southern Elbe is often regarded as a great island - the reason for this lies in the fact that the transitions between the individual islands are much more difficult to identify than the crossing of the two broad river arms. In addition, the southern area (ie the area Wilhelm castle without the Hohe Schaar ) existed in earlier times of much more individual islands that are already summarized as Elbinsel William Castle. For the term " Elbinsel William Castle " so there's more than one definition, depending on which sub-regions or islands be included.

The often -to-read assertion William Castle is the largest river island in Europe and the largest inhabited river island in Europe is wrong. There are, for example, in the Danube numerous larger and partly inhabited river islands, such as the Great Rye Island ( Žitný ostrov ) in Slovakia, with an area of ​​1885.19 km ² and a population of about 72,000 about 50 times as large as William Burg. However, William Castle is the largest river island and also the largest inland island in Germany.

At the current splitting field, so to Norder and Southern Elbe or Köhlbrand, boundaries: in the north of the city center, and the districts of Altona, St. Pauli, Neustadt, Old Town, Klostertor (Harbor City) and Rothenburgsort; in the east, the four-and marshlands in the district Bergedorf; in the southern district of Harburg with new territory, Harburg himself, the Harburg sea and inland ports in home field and in the West Moor Castle with harbor areas Altenwerder and Waltershof. It is noteworthy that the districts Steinwerder and Small Grasbrookhafen account for about 90 % of the Hamburg free port area - port of Hamburg is therefore congruent to a large extent with the Wilhelmsburger harbor.

The area between Norder and Southern Elbe / Köhlbrand comprises about seven times seven kilometers, ie about 50 square kilometers, the size of the official City of Wilhemsburg is about 35 square kilometers. The longest distance from the crotch of the same in the southeast Wilhelmsburg ( ferrous house cusp ), to Köhlbrandhöft in the northwest, is about 13 km (all figures crow flies).

Around 1790

Landsat image of the island of William Castle

Flag of Hamburg and Wilhelm Petersburg at the customs frontier for Freeport

Coat of Arms Wilhelmsburg

History

On September 4, 1672 acquired Georg Wilhelm of Brunswick- Lüneburg- Celle three large Elbe islands that have been diked it out and united by connecting dikes. They wore henceforth the name of William Castle. The longest and one of the main streets of Wilhelmsburg remembers today as Georg- Wilhelm-Straße to the founder.

As a result of the annexation of the Lower Elbe region by France William Castle was 1811-1814 a canton of the Office of the Elbe estuary Hambourg departments, then again part of the Kingdom of Hanover, which was after 1866 Prussian province.

Today Wilhelmsburg district corresponds - with the exception of the village Moorwerder on the southeastern tip of the island - the same city within the province of Hanover, the first mayor in 1903 Adolf amount. 1925 William Castle is detached from the district of Harburg, and the city circle. This was in 1927 united with the neighboring urban district of Harburg under Mayor Walter Dudek to the town Kreis Harburg Castle Wilhelm, who had about 110,000 inhabitants, and thus was the big city. Through the Greater Hamburg Act Harburg Wilhelm castle was in the " land of Hamburg " incorporated with effect from April 1, 1937, during the period of the Third Reich, along with other communities of Prussia and both lost their independence in 1938.

In 1951 William Castle district of the district of Harburg. During the flood disaster in 1962, the Elbe island is hit particularly hard.

On 20 February 2007, the Senate adopted Regulation to determine the district boundaries of the city of Wilhemsburg. William Castle was thereby divested on 1 March 2008 from the district of Harburg and assigned to the district Hamburg-Mitte.

Population Development

The following table shows the results of the census municipality William Castle after the relevant territorial status. With the union in 1927 to Wilhelm Harburg Castle, the population of the municipality exceeded the limit of 100,000, making it the big city. When counting on 16 June 1933, the city had 112 593 inhabitants. Since 1 January 1938, it is part of the City of Hamburg. The population figures refer to 1890 on the "site present population " and from 1925 to the resident population. The city of Hamburg has been trying since 2006 to move students to the program to promote student accommodation in William Castle to live in Wilhelm and Veddel.

Policy

For the election to citizenship and the District Assembly William Castle is part of the constituency Billstedt- William Castle -Finkenwerder. The state election in 2011 led to the following result:

  • SPD: 53.2 % ( 9.6)
  • CDU: 15.3 % ( - 20.3 )
  • The Left: 10.8% ( 2.1 )
  • GAL: 8.1% ( 2.5 )
  • FDP: 3.4% ( 0.8)
  • Others: 9.2% ( 4.4 )

The District Assembly Hamburg-Mitte has the regional committee William Castle - Veddel used for the area of the districts William Castle, Little Grasbrookhafen, Steinwerder and Veddel.

Culture and sights

Cultural

  • The Honey Factory is a 1979 arising out of a youth center movement culture.
  • The Mansion is an event center.
  • The Soul Kitchen hall, known from the film is since 2010 a venue for concerts, art and socio-culture.
  • The Rialto light games, in 1913 built cinema / theater which was on May 3, 2013, after 25 years of vacancy, reopened. In addition to movies, poetry recitals, plays and concerts are held here.

Structures

  • In Kirchdorf is the windmill Johanna.
  • The former water tower Great Sand stands at the same hospital.
  • There is an anti-aircraft bunker from the Second World War on the Neuhöfer road.

Churches and mosques

  • In William Castle there are the four Lutheran churches Emmaus Church (formerly Reiherstieg Church ), Holy Cross Church, Paul -Gerhardt- Church and St. Raphael ( William Castle Station ), the two Roman Catholic churches of St. Boniface and St. Maximilian Kolbe and several free Church congregations.
  • The six local mosques are Hira Mosque, Ayasofya Camii, Muradiye Camii, William Castle Mosque, Yeni Cami and Fatih Camii.

Cemeteries

  • Protestant Cemetery Kirchdorf
  • Protestant Cemetery William Castle ( deconsecrated )
  • At the cemetery industry station, support: Ev. Church of St. Raphael; also " railway cemetery " or " Station Cemetery " ( deconsecrated )
  • Cemetery Kirchdorf- Amtshof
  • Cemetery Finkenriek

Natural Monuments

In the nature reserve Heuckenlock Wilhelm castle houses one of the last Tideauenwälder Europe. It lies on the south bank of the Elbe island about one kilometer downstream behind the stained house cusp, on the share Norder and Southern Elbe. Also located in William Castle are the nature reserves Rhee and floodplain Norderelbe and the gull colony Hohe Schaar.

Regular events

Every year in June takes place the Spreehafen hard in the north of William Castle.

In Reiherstieg district was celebrated until the end of August 2008, the Fährstraßenfest.

The Dockville Festival has become one of the biggest festivals in Hamburg. The Elbinsel Festival takes place once a year.

Movies

North Sea is Mordsee plays a significant portion in William Castle, inter alia, in the then new settlement Kirchdorf -Süd and the Veringkanal near the water tower. Soul Kitchen is also set in William Castle, inter alia, in the Soul Kitchen Hall.

IBA Hamburg

Various projects on the Elbe island William Castle are currently implemented in the framework of the International Building Exhibition.

Igs 2013

On the Elbinsel William Castle, the International Garden Festival was held from April to October 2013. At about 100 acres was with a total investment of 70 million euros, the motto " In 80 Gardens Around the World" implemented. The IGS has made at least 37 million euro loss due to lower numbers of visitors than predicted. As a reason for the low visitor numbers, the high ticket prices are suspected.

Economy and infrastructure

The infrastructure is of a great variety. While the north and west docks and industrial companies dominate large areas, shows up in the south and east, a more rural structure. The Veddel has extensive development with housing estates from the 1920s. William Castle has sides in the area of Reiherstieg district also old buildings. In the eastern areas Georgswerder and Kirchdorf outweigh single-family homes and farms.

Built in the 1970s Großsiedlung Kirchdorf Süd breaks with their multi-storey social housing with the development of the environment and does not fit into the rustic surroundings.

As part of the restructuring of the port areas are used in the field of Reiherstieg for cultural purposes ( Dockville Festival).

Industrial and port facilities

The William Castle district, there are in the west, in the area of ​​High Schaar, a Shell refinery and other petrochemical plants. In the north there is the Theodor Buschmann shipyard in southern companies in the food industry such as the Kampffmeyer mills and the German coffee extract.

Traffic

Technically, the traffic situation of the island location and extensive port and rail systems is characterized.

The port of Hamburg is one since January 1, 2013 release of the customs territory. This eliminates the checks at the customs border of the former free port. However, influenced by the location of the border crossings road layout has not been eliminated.

Road

William Castle is traversed in a north-south direction to the east of the motorway A 1. The Wilhelm Reich Burger Street, with its Elbe bridges connecting the main road B 4 and B 75, the city center, and the district of Harburg. The Western Hamburg harbor areas and the A7 are accessible by motor vehicles on the Köhlbrandbrücke. In the southwest of the Kattwyk bridge allows crossing of the Southern Elbe. Little importance to traffic today, the Old Elbe Tunnel, the William Castle ( Steinwerder ) connects to the north of downtown, but it is not negligible importance for bicycle traffic. William Castle is loaded heavily on truck traffic because of its proximity to the port.

Public transport is ensured by several bus lines of the Hamburg Transport Association. By ( supplementary charge ) express bus Wilhelm castle is directly connected to the center of Hamburg. The other bus lines serve alongside the local connections as a feeder to the two in William Castle S -Bahn stations Wilhelm and Veddel.

In cycling William Castle is gone as a future hamburger model district for bicycle traffic through the press. For this purpose, a leisure round course will be expanded next to the bicycle routes between Harburg and Hamburg City or City -South, the loop is called. Two first sections have been expanded as a bicycle roads.

Rail transport

Running in a north-south direction bundled several railway lines owned by Deutsche Bahn (DB ), each with two tracks on the Elbe island. These are from west to east:

  • Port railway tracks for transfer to the marshalling yards of the Hamburg port railway
  • Passenger train tracks of the mainline route between Hamburg and Bremen or Hamburg -Hannover
  • Freight train tracks between mesh and Norderelbbrücke as part of the freight rail bypass
  • S -Bahn lines S3 and S31.

This branch of the Hamburg S -Bahn, with over 100,000 passengers per day, the most heavily loaded in Hamburg. On the Elbe island are the stations Veddel and William Castle.

The marshalling yard Hamburg Wilhelm castle is now used only for the parking of freight trains and locomotives. The original task of marshaling to and from the port has taken over the rail yard meshes. To the yard was with the station district, a separate district.

The dense network of Hamburg port railway has two of the three main railway stations port on the Elbe island. In the harbor station Hohe Schaar are cars with the bulk goods grain, potash and petroleum products, treated car with containers, vehicles, fruits and not containerisierbaren piece goods at the port station Hamburg- Süd. The incoming from the network of DB trains are broken there and the car companies and the quayside at the port or delivered with the car out of the harbor for trains to destinations across Europe are compiled.

The trackage between Reiherstieg and residential buildings formerly owned by the Wilhelm Burger industrial railway, which was taken after the flood of 1962 the port railway.

During the construction of the metro line 4 by the Hamburg elevated railway, an extension on William Castle was discussed to Harburg.

Media

  • The television show Konspirative kitchen concerts was produced in a former factory floor of Puhsthofes since 2009. By early 2011, the show was open on numerous television channels and then to February 2012 ZDFkultur.

Public institutions

  • The town hall William Castle with a customer center of the district Hamburg-Mitte is located in the lot of street.
  • The police station 44 is located in the Georg- Wilhelm-Straße.
  • The service of the professional fire brigade William Castle ( F34 ) is housed in the Rotenhäuser road.

Education

  • Catholic School Bonifatiusstraße
  • Primary school Prassekstraße
  • Elbe Island
  • School Fährstraße
  • School Rotenhäuser dam
  • School Stübenhofer way
  • Förderschule Karl -Arnold- ring
  • Willi force special school at the Zeidlerstraße
  • Sprachheilschule William Castle
  • Nelson Mandela School in Kirchdorf
  • District school William Castle ( comprehensive school William Castle )
  • Helmut -Schmidt -Gymnasium until November 1, 2012 Kirchdorf high school / William Castle ( Kiwi)
  • Vocational School G17
  • Vocational School G18
  • School at the Burgweide
  • Free School of Design, vocational school for graphic design

Sons and daughters of the district

  • Alex Christensen ( born 1967), DJ, composer and music producer
  • Peter Heppner (born 1967 ), singer
  • Wiebusch Marcus ( born 1968 ), singer of the band Kettcar and co-founder of the record label Grand Hotel van Cleef
  • Marvin Willoughby (born 1978 ), former German national basketball players

Highlights

Associated with William Castle personalities

  • Heino Zinserling ( born October 24, 1891 in Duderstadt, † 26 May 1980, William Castle), painter and graphic artist
  • Metin Hakverdi ( born June 25, 1969 in Hamburg), Hamburg politician of the SPD and, since 2013 Member of the German Bundestag.
  • Dursun Akçam (* 1930 in Anatolia, Turkey, † 19 September 2003 ) was a Turkish writers in Germany.
  • Ernst Reinstorf ( born September 19, 1868 in Bütlingen, † April 5, 1960 in Hamburg) was a teacher, local historian and writer.
  • Hans Conrad Leipelt ( born July 18, 1921 in Vienna, † 29 January 1945 in Munich Stadelheim ) was a German resistance fighter against National Socialism.
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