Cranz, Hamburg
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| Country |  Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Harburg, Hamburg |
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| Area | 1.3 km² (0.5 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Area code | 040 |
| License plate | HH |
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Cranz is a quarter in the Harburg borough of Hamburg, Germany. It is the most western part of the city of Hamburg. Only the islands at Neuwerk in the North sea are much more in the west.
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[edit] History
Former part of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1863 was Cranz 1866 annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1937 due to the Greater Hamburg Act Cranz became part of Hamburg.
[edit] Geography
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Cranz has a total area of 1.3 km². It is a rural area and part of the region Altes Land. In the south is the state of Lower Saxony. In the north is the river Elbe and the eastern border is to Neuenfelde quarter.
[edit] Demographics
In 2006 in the quarter Cranz were living 857 people. The population density was 643 people per km². 18.6% were children under the age of 18, and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. 15.4% were immigrants. 31 people were registered as unemployed. [1] In 1999 there were 424 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 38.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.09. [2]
In 2006 there were 67 criminal offences in Cranz (87 crimes per 1000 people).[3]
There is 1 elementary school and no secondary school in the quarter Cranz, there are 2 physicians in private practice and no pharmacy.[4]
[edit] Transportation
Cranz is not serviced by the rapid transit system of the S-Bahn. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 365 private cars registered (456 cars/1000 people).[4]
The flood barrage was build after the North Sea flood of 1962 to protect the river Este to the floods on the river Elbe.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
- ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ a b Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
[edit] References
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (in german)
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