Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg
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Hamburg is made up of 7 boroughs (German: Bezirk) and 105 quarters (German: Stadtteile).
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[edit] Boroughs
A borough of Hamburg is a third level adminstration in Germany. In the Constitution of Hamburg is determined that a area could be created by law for administrative purposes. [1] The boroughs were created with a law. [2] A borough has minor rights to establish laws and regulations compared to the districts of the states of Germany, because Hamburg is both a state and a city of Germany.
| Borough | Population | Area (km²) | Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg-Mitte | 233,114 [3] | 107.1 km² | 2,177 |
| Altona | 243,972 [3] | 78.3 km² | 3,149 |
| Eimsbüttel | 246,087 [3] | 50.1 km² | 4,915 |
| Hamburg-Nord | 279,498 [3] | 57.8 km² | 4,838 |
| Wandsbek | 409,771 [3] | 147.5 km² | 2,777 |
| Bergedorf | 118,942 [3] | 154.8 km² | 769 |
| Harburg | 201,119 [3] | 161.0 km² | 1,253 |
[edit] Diet of the borough
A borough of Hamburg has its own parliament or Diet (German: Bezirksversammlung). Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (Bürgerschaft), the Bezirksversammlung is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 45, 51 or 57 representatives, depending on the population of the borough. The representatives are elected every four years under a system of proportional representation. The Diet is a unicameral parliament and the representatives are elected in universal, direct, free, equal and secret elections.
The rights of the Diet are mostly to be heard in questions of local importance (e.g. the location of fire brigade stations, schools etc.), to be informed by the main local office (Bezirksamt) but can also make binding resolutions to the main local office.
[edit] Secretary of Borough
The administrativ leader af a borough is called Bezirksamtsleiter (Rough translation: Secretary of Borough) and is elected by the Diet of the borough but his admission needs to be proved by the Senat (Ministers) of Hamburg. [2] Each borough is made up of several quarters.
[edit] Quarters
The quarters of Hamburg are not politicaly independent, but have officially recordnized borders. [4] They have no own governement or administration. Most quarters have a history as a independent rural, urban or suburban localitiies and they are forming the the basis of the state and city of Hamburg. This history is often shown in the endings of the name like Bergedorf. -dorf means village, so Bergedorf is the village in the mountains (Berg is German for mountain). Most quarters are made up of several official recordnized locations (Ortsteile) not to be confused with by inhabitants so called neighbourhoods. St. Pauli quarter is much larger than the neighbourhood St. Pauli or Kiez which means the area around the Reeperbahn.
[edit] Areal organisation
Altona borough consists of the quarters Altona-Altstadt, Altona-Nord, Bahrenfeld, Blankenese, Groß Flottbek, Iserbrook, Lurup, Nienstedten, Osdorf, Othmarschen, Ottensen, Rissen, Sternschanze and Sülldorf.
The quarters Allermöhe, Altengamme, Bergedorf, Billwerder, Curslack, Kirchwerder, Lohbrügge, Moorfleet, Neuengamme, Ochsenwerder, Reitbrook, Spadenland and Tatenberg belong to the Bergedorf borough.
The quarters Billbrook, Billstedt, Borgfelde, Finkenwerder, HafenCity, Hamburg-Altstadt, Hamm-Nord, Hamm-Mitte, Hamm-Süd, Hammerbrook, Horn, Kleiner Grasbrook, Neustadt, Neuwerk, Rothenburgsort, Steinwerder, St. Georg, St. Pauli, Veddel, Waltershof and Wilhelmsburg belong to the borough Hamburg-Mitte.
Hamburg-Nord borough is made up of the quarters Alsterdorf, Barmbek-Nord, Barmbek-Süd, Dulsberg, Eppendorf, Fuhlsbüttel, Groß Borstel, Hoheluft-Ost, Hohenfelde, Langenhorn, Ohlsdorf, Uhlenhorst and Winterhude.
Altenwerder, Cranz, Eißendorf, Francop, Gut Moor, Harburg, Hausbruch, Heimfeld, Langenbek, Marmstorf, Moorburg, Neuenfelde, Neugraben-Fischbek, Neuland, Rönneburg, Sinstorf and Wilstorf are quarters in the borough of Harburg.
The Wandsbek borough consists of Bergstedt, Bramfeld, Duvenstedt, Eilbek, Farmsen-Berne, Hummelsbüttel, Jenfeld, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Marienthal, Poppenbüttel, Rahlstedt, Sasel, Steilshoop, Tonndorf, Volksdorf, Wandsbek, Wellingsbüttel and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt.
Eimsbüttel is split into nine quarters: Eidelstedt, Eimsbüttel, Harvestehude, Hoheluft-West, Lokstedt, Niendorf, Rotherbaum, Schnelsen and Stellingen.
For statistical purpose the borough Hamburg-Mitte has the group/area called Schiffsbevölkerung (people living on ships). [5]
[edit] List of the boroughs and quarters
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[edit] History
red: Hansestadt Hamburg 1815-1937
violett: Prussian cities like Altona
grey: new localities 1937
dotted line: Hamburg 2005
[edit] 1871
In 1871 at the declaration of the German Reich the State Hamburg consists of the city Hamburg with Altstadt (Old city), Neustadt (New city) and St. Georg (Hamburg since 1868). A suburb called St. Pauli and several directly named outskirts and the other land.
In the north former part of the Province of Schleswig-Holstein with its municipalities Rotherbaum, Harvestehude, Eimsbüttel, Eppendorf, Winterhude, Uhlenhorst, Barmbeck, Eilbeck, Hohenfelde, Borgfelde, Hamm, Horn, Billwärder-Ausschlag, Steinwärder mit Grevenhof and the Kleiner Grasbrook. Rural areas has been e.g. Großborstel, Fuhlsbüttel, Langenhorn, Alsterdorf, Ohlsdorf, Kleinborstel, Struckholt. Loacilities named as Walddörfer (forest villages) Farmsen with Berne, Volksdorf, Wohldorf and Olstedt, Groß-Hansdorf and Schmalenbeck.[6]
In the south rural areas between Bille and Elbe are located Billwärder an der Bille, Moorfleeth, Allermöhe, Spadenland, Tatenberg, Ochsenwärder and Reitbrook.[6]
Severals villages, rural areas are located south of river Elbe, e.g. Moorwärder, Kaltenhofe, Peute, Die große Veddel, Die kleine Veddel, Niedernfelde, Klütjenfelde, Ellerholz, Ross, Waltershof, Mühlenwärder, Dradenau and the munipicalties Finkenwärder and Moorburg. [6]
The city Bergedorf and munipicalities Curslak, Altengamme, Neuengamme, Kirchwärder, Krauel and Geesthacht. And the munipcalities Cuxhaven, Groden, Döse, Süderwisch und Westerwisch, Stickenbüttel, Sahlenburg, Duhnen, Holte and Spangen, Arensch und Berensch, Oxstedt, Gudendorf and the island Neuwerk.[6]
[edit] The Greater Hamburg Act
At April 1, 1938 due to the Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen (Greater Hamburg Act) (from January 26, 1937) the State Hamburg lost all its rural areas, they became part of the city Hamburg. Also gained Hamburg from Province of Schleswig-Holstein the city disticts Altona and Wandsbek, the rural districts Bergstedt, Billstedt, Bramstedt, Bramfeld, Duvenstedt, Hummelsbüttel, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Lohbrügge, Poppenbüttel, Rahlstedt, Sasel, Steilshoop und Wellingsbüttel, Kurslack im Achterschlag, Lokstedt. Province of Hanover gave the city district Harburg-Wilhelmsburg and the rural districts Altenwerder, Cranz, Finkenwerder, Fischbek, Francop, Gut Moor, Hannöversch Kirchwerder, Langenbek, Marmstorf, Neuenfelde, Neugraben, Neuland, Rönneburg, Sinstorf and parts of Over.[6]
Hamburg lost Cuxhaven, Geesthacht, Schmalenbeck, Groß Hansdorf and the islands Neuwerk, Scharnhörn and Niegehörn.[6]
[edit] 1945 and later
In 1969 the islands were given back to Hamburg.
March 1, 2008 the quarter Wilhelmsburg became part of the borough Hamburg-Mitte. The neighborhood Schanzenviertel in the districts Altona, Eimsbüttel and Hamburg-Mitte became the quarter Sternschanze in the borough Altona. The neighborhood Hafen-City became the status of a quarter.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Constitution of Hamburg, Art. 4
- ^ a b Bezirksverwaltungsgesetz (BezVG)
- ^ a b c d e f g Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (31.12.2006)
- ^ a b Act of the areal organisation
- ^ Statistisches Jahrbuch Hamburg 2007/2008 ISSN 1614-8045 (German)
- ^ a b c d e f Most names in old german spelling
[edit] References
- Constitution of Hamburg from 6 June 1952, last change 16 May 2001 Verfassung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (German)
- Borough administration act Bezirksverwaltungsgesetz (BezVG) (German)
- Act of the areal organisation, July 6 2006 Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG) (German)
Parts translated from de:Bezirke in Hamburg
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