Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg
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| Country |  Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Hamburg-Mitte |
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| Area | 35.3 km² (13.6 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Area code | 040 |
| License plate | HH |
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Wilhelmsburg is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Hamburg, Germany within the borough (Bezirk) of Hamburg-Mitte. It is situated on an island between the Northern and Southern branches of the Elbe river (Norderelbe and Süderelbe) , together with the other quarters of Steinwerder, Veddel and Kleiner Grasbrook. The latter almost exclusively consists of facilities of the port of Hamburg. The 4 quarters are technically all islands of their own, as they are all separated by their own dams.
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[edit] History
In 1642, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg acquired three islets in the river Elbe and connected them by means of dams. The resultant island was named Wilhelmsburg in his honour.
In 1705, the Principality of Lüneburg passed on to the Electorate of Hanover, and Wilhelmsburg became part of the Hanoverian state, which then subsequently became the Prussian Province of Hanover in 1866. In 1925 the Prussian authorities designated Wilhelmsburg as a city district, and merged it with nearby Harburg two years later to form the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg.
In 1937, Harburg-Wilhelmsburg, along with the cities from the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Altona and Wandsbek, was annexed to Hamburg in the Greater Hamburg Act. [1]
During WWII the port of Hamburg and therefore Wilhelmsburg were targets of the air raids of the so called Operation Gomorrah. A subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp existed in Wilhelmsburg. [2]
In the night from February 16 to February 17, 1962 Wilhelmsburg was seriously damaged by a flood.
On March 1, 2008 Wilhelmsburg was transferred from the borough Harburg to the borough Hamburg-Mitte by a Hamburg law. [3]
[edit] Geography
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Wilhelmsburg has a total area of 35.3 km². Wihelmsburg borders in the north to the quarters Steinwerder, Kleiner Grasbrook and Veddel. In the east are the quarters Spadenland and Ochsenwerder of the Bergedorf borough. In the south are the quarters Neuland and Harburg of the Harburg borough and the state of Lower Saxony and in the east are the quarters Moorburg and Altenwerder of the Harburg borough.
[edit] Demographics
In 2006 Wilhelmsburg had 49,132 inhabitants. The population density was 1,394 people per km². 22.6% of the population were under the age of 18, and 14.6% were 65 years of age or older. 33.7% were immigrants. 4,298 people were registered as unemployed.[4] In 1999 there were 21,345 households out of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 39.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.18. [5]
Population by year [4]
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| 44,047 | 44477 | 45,636 | 46,686 | 46,876 | 47,523 | 47,729 | 47,670 | 47,772 | 47,604 | 47,256 | 46,280 | 46,110 |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| 46,125 | 47,180 | 47,857 | 47,847 | 48,322 | 48,957 | 49,132 |
In 2006 there were 7,204 criminal offences (147 crimes per 1000 people). [6]
There were 8 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools in the quarter Wilhelmsburg and 52 physicians in private practice and 11 pharmacies. [7]
[edit] Transportation
Wilhelmsburg is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train with several stations. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter Wilhelmsburg were 13,714 private cars registered (280 cars/1000 people). [7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Text of the law (German)
- ^ The camp is listed as No. 556 Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, Jung-Öl industry in the official German list (German)
- ^ Act of the areal organisation
- ^ a b 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
- Act of the areal organisation, July 6 2006 Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG) (German)
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (German)
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