Lurup

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Lurup
Coat of arms of Hamburg

Quarter of the city of
Hamburg

Location
Lurup (Germany)
Lurup
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
City Hamburg
Borough Altona, Hamburg
Basic statistics
Area 6.4 km² (2.5 sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code 22547, 22549
Area code 040
License plate HH
Location of Lurup in the city of Hamburg
Location of Lurup in the city of Hamburg

Coordinates: 53°35′35″N 9°52′58″E / 53.59306, 9.88278


Lurup is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It was a former independent town.

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[edit] History

In 1927 Lurup was merged into Altona, and in 1938 it was merged with Altona into Hamburg with the Greater Hamburg Act.

[edit] Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Lurup has a total area of 6.4 km².

The western border is the railway tracks of the city train to the quarter Eidelstedt of the borough Eimsbüttel. In the North is the state Schleswig-Holstein and in the East the quarter Osdorf. In the South is the border to the quarter Bahrenfeld.

[edit] Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter Lurup were living 33,459 people. The population density was 5,247 people per km². 19.7% were children under the age of 18, and 19.6% were 65 years of age or older. 15.3% were immigrants. 2,003 people were registered as unemployed and 9,997 were employees subject to social insurance contributions. [1]

In 1999 there were 15,043 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.14. [2]

In 2006 there were 3,035 criminal offences (91 crimes per 1000 people).[3]

[edit] Population by year

The population is counted by the residential registration office for 31th December each year.[1]

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
31,041 31,010 31,321 31,636 31,754 32,015 31,868 31,751 31,625 31,558 31,884 32,035 31,986
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
32,089 31,979 32,565 33,011 33,252 33,132 33,459

[edit] Education

There were 5 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools in the quarter Lurup. [4]

[edit] Culture

[edit] Sports

The sports club SV Lurup with a soccer department in the Oberliga Nord (2007/2008) has its home ground in the Jonny Arfert arena at the street Flurstrasse.

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Health systems

In Lurup were 22 day care centers for children and also 32 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.[4]

[edit] Transportation

Lurup is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train with the station Elbgaustrasse on the border to Eidelstedt and the station Krupunder on the border to Halstenbek. Puplic transport is also provided by buses.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 11,707 private cars registered (353 cars/1000 people). [4]There were 152 traffic accidents total, including 121 traffic accidents with damage to persons.[5]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  2. ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
  3. ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  4. ^ a b c Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  5. ^ Traffic accident statistic, statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

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