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Altona

Altona, also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough of the city state of . Located on the right bank of the river, Altona had a population of 270,263 in 2016.
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  • Type: Suburb with 250,000 residents
  • Description: borough of Hamburg, Germany
  • Also known as: “Altona, Hamburg” and “Hamburg-Altona”
  • Postal code: 22765

Places of Interest

Highlights include Millerntor-Stadion and Elbe Philharmonic Hall.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in the area of Hamburg, Germany. Best known as the home ground of football club FC St. Pauli, it is on the near the , the red light district of Hamburg.

Theater building
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The Elbphilharmonie, popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the quarter of , Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the River.

Railway station
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Hamburg-Altona is a railway station in , Germany, situated to the west of the city's , in the district which bears its name. A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express services linking Hamburg with southern Germany begin and terminate at Hamburg-Altona.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altona-St. Pauli and Neustadt-Altstadt.

Altona and St. Pauli are west of central . Altona used to be an independent city and emerged as fisherman's village in the 16th century. It existed under Danish rule west of Hamburg, competing with it in trade and militarily.

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The city centre of is formed by the districts of Altstadt and Neustadt, as well as the new district of Hafencity immediately south of Altstadt.

The southern bank of the river Elbe in is dominated by the city's massive port. You will find the Finkenwerder airport, the site of the Airbus aircraft assembly plant there, which is a planespotter's favourite, and further south the district of Harburg, which used to be a separate city and has a long history.

Altona

Latitude
53.5474° or 53° 32′ 51″ north
Longitude
9.9354° or 9° 56′ 8″ east
Population
250,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9F5FGWWP+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289785992
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2911296
Wiki­data ID
Q1630
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Altona” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألتونه”
  • Arabic: “ألطونة”
  • Arabic: “أَلْطُونَة”
  • Aragonese: “Altona”
  • Armenian: “Ալտոնա”
  • Belarusian: “Альтона”
  • Bulgarian: “Алтона”
  • Catalan: “Altona”
  • Catalan: “Districte d’Altona”
  • Catalan: “Districte dAltona”
  • Cebuano: “Altona”
  • Chinese: “阿尔托纳区”
  • Chinese: “阿尔托那”
  • Chinese: “阿爾托那”
  • Chuvash: “Альтона”
  • Czech: “Altona”
  • Danish: “Altona”
  • Danish: “Bezirk Altona”
  • Dutch: “Hamburg-Altona”
  • Esperanto: “Altona”
  • Estonian: “Altona”
  • Finnish: “Altona”
  • French: “Arrondissement d’Altona”
  • French: “Arrondissement dAltona”
  • French: “Hambourg-Altona”
  • Galician: “Altona”
  • Georgian: “ალტონა”
  • German: “Altona an der Elbe”
  • German: “Altona und westliche Stadtteile”
  • German: “Altona”
  • German: “Bezirk Altona”
  • German: “Hamburg-Altona”
  • German: “Stadtgemeinde Altona”
  • German: “Stadtkreis Altona”
  • Greek: “Αλτόνα”
  • Hebrew: “אלטונה”
  • Hungarian: “Altona”
  • Italian: “Altona”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Altona”
  • Japanese: “アルトナ区”
  • Japanese: “ハンブルク＝アルトナ”
  • Korean: “알토나”
  • Korean: “알토나구”
  • Latin: “Altona”
  • Lithuanian: “Altona”
  • Low German: “Altno”
  • Luxembourgish: “Altona”
  • Macedonian: “Алтона”
  • Maltese: “Altona”
  • Northern Frisian: “Altona (Hamborig)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Altona”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Altona”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamburg-Altona”
  • Norwegian: “Altona”
  • Persian: “التونا، هامبورگ”
  • Persian: “التونا”
  • Polish: “Altona”
  • Portuguese: “Altona”
  • Romanian: “Hamburg-Altona”
  • Russian: “Альтона”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Altona”
  • Slovenian: “Altona, Hamburg”
  • Slovenian: “Altona”
  • Spanish: “Hamburgo-Altona”
  • Swedish: “Hamburg-Altona”
  • Tamil: “அல்டோனா”
  • Turkish: “Altona”
  • Ukrainian: “Альтона”
  • Vietnamese: “Altona”
  • Welsh: “Altona, Hamburg”
  • Welsh: “Altona”
  • Western Frisian: “Altona”
  • Yiddish: “אלטאנע”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bezirksamt Altona and Black Form – Dedicated to the Missing Jews.

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