Altstadt
Altstadt, more precisely Hamburg-Altstadt – as not to be mistaken with Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt – is one of the inner-city districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,330 residents
- Description: borough of Hamburg in the district of Hamburg-Mitte
- Also known as: “Altstadt, Hamburg” and “Hamburg-Altstadt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chilehaus and St. James’ Church, Hamburg.
Chilehaus
Photo: Esther Westerveld, CC BY 2.0.
The Chilehaus is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany in the Kontorhaus District. It is an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture.
St. James’ Church, Hamburg
Church
Photo: Ajepbah, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
St. James' Church is one of the five principal churches of Hamburg. In 1529, it became a Lutheran church. It is located directly in the city centre, has a 125 m-tall tower and features a famous organ by Arp Schnitger from 1693.
Church of Saint Peter, Hamburg
Church
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Saint Peter's Church in Hamburg, Germany stands on the site of many former cathedrals. It has been a Protestant cathedral since the Reformation and its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neustadt-Altstadt and HafenCity.
Neustadt-Altstadt
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The city centre of Hamburg is formed by the districts of Altstadt and Neustadt, as well as the new district of Hafencity immediately south of Altstadt.
HafenCity
Suburb
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HafenCity is a quarter in the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, Germany. It is located on the Elbe river island Grasbrook, on the former Port of Hamburg area.
St. Georg
Suburb
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St. Georg is a central quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 11,349.
Altstadt
- Categories: quarter of Hamburg and old town
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Hamburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Altstadt” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալտշտադտ”
- Catalan: “Altstadt”
- Catalan: “Ciutat Vella d’Hamburg”
- Catalan: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Cebuano: “Altstadt”
- Chinese: “汉堡旧城”
- Dutch: “Altstadt”
- Dutch: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- French: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- German: “Altstadt”
- German: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Greek: “Άλτστατ”
- Greek: “Αμβούργο-Άλτστατ”
- Hungarian: “Altstadt”
- Italian: “Altstadt”
- Italian: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Japanese: “アルトシュタット”
- Japanese: “ハンブルク＝アルトシュタット”
- Japanese: “ハンブルク旧市街”
- Latin: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Latin: “urbs Hamburgum vetus”
- Persian: “آلتشتات”
- Persian: “آلتشتادت”
- Polish: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Russian: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Russian: “Альтштадт”
- Russian: “Гамбург-Альтшадт”
- Slovenian: “Altstadt Hamburg”
- Spanish: “Altstadt”
- Swedish: “Altstadt”
- Swedish: “Hamburg-Altstadt”
- Ukrainian: “Гамбург-Альтштадт”
- Vietnamese: “Altstadt, Hamburg”
- Vietnamese: “Altstadt”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mönckebergstraße and Meßberg station.
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