Othmarschen
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Othmarschen is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany.
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| Country |  Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Altona, Hamburg |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Area code | 040 |
| License plate | HH |
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[edit] Geography
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Othmarschen has a total area of 6 km². The western quarter is Nienstedten. In the South the river Elbe is the border to Waltershof. The border in the North to the quarters Groß Flottbek and Bahrenfeld is the railway track of the city train. In the East is the quarter Ottensen.
[edit] Demographics
In 2006 in the quarter Othmarschen were living 12,169 people. The population density was 2,023 people per km². 16.7% were children under the age of 18, and 22.9% were 65 years of age or older. 11.3% were immigrants. 153 people were registered as unemployed and 2,508 were employees subject to social insurance contributions. [1]
In 1999 there were 5,672 households out of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 45.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.98. [2]
In 2006 there were 1,178 criminal offences (97 crimes per 1000 people).[3]
[edit] Education
The private International School of Hamburg (ISH) is located in Othmarschen.
There were 1 elementary school and 2 secondary schools (e.g. Christianeum Hamburg) in the quarter Othmarschen. [4]
[edit] Culture
[edit] Museums, galleries
The Ernst Barlach Haus is a museum for the work of the expressionist sculptor, printmaker and writer Ernst Barlach. It is located in the Jenisch Park.
The museums harbour in the neighbourhood Övelgönne is a small port with some old ships.
The Jenisch Haus was build 1831-1834 by Franz Gustav Forsmann in cooperation with Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the Jenisch Park as a recreation home for Martin Johann Jenisch a minister of Hamburg. Today it is a branch of the Altonaer Museum in Ottensen. It exhibits mainly paintings and other art from the first half of the 19th century. [5]
[edit] Recreation
In Othmarschen is the Jenisch park and the Hindenburgpark and the Schröders Elbpark directly to the beach of the river Elbe.
[edit] Infrastructure
The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China established in Hamburg in 1921 is located in the street Elbchaussee 268. [6]
[edit] Health systems
The Asklepios Klinik Altona is a general hospital with 922 beds located Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse. The hospital has 13 departments, including internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology/maternity clinic, urology, neurology , neurosurgery , ophthalmology, anaesthetics and intensive care and ambulant surgery. [7]
In Othmarschen were 10 day-care centers for children and also 27 physicians in private practice and 1 pharmacy.[4]
[edit] Transportation
Public transport in Othmarschen is provided by the rapid transit system of the city train with the stations Othmarschen and Bahrenfeld and several bus lines. This is coordinated through the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund.
An exit of the Bundesautobahn 7 and the northern tunnel entrance of the Elbe tunnel is located in Othmarschen.
According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 5,475 private cars registered (464 cars/1000 people). [4] There were 92 traffic accidents total, including 76 traffic accidents with damage to persons. [8]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
- ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ a b c Source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ Website Altoner Museum (German) Retrieved on 2008-05-10
- ^ List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)
- ^ Hospitals in Hamburg, side 7
- ^ Traffic accident statistic, statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
[edit] References
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (German)
- Hospitals in Hamburg 2006, Government Agency for Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Environment of Hamburg website (German)
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[edit] External links
- Ernst Barlach Haus, Hamburg (German)
- Museums harbour Oevelgönne e.V. (German)
