HafenCity
Sign in to saveHafenCity () 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. It was formally established in 2008 and also includes the historical Speicherstadt area, which since 2015 is an UNESCO World Heritage Site with the adjacent Kontorhausviertel. The main landmark of the HafenCity is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall.
Key facts
- German place.name
- HafenCity
- German place.image_photo
- Projekt Heißluftballon - Highflyer -IMG-1414.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Aerial view of western HafenCity and Speicherstadt (2013)
- German place.type
- Quarter
- German place.City
- Hamburg
- German place.state
- Hamburg
- German place.borough
- Hamburg-Mitte
- German place.area
- 2.4
- German place.elevation
- 8
- German place.area_code
- 040
- German place.licence
- HH
- German place.plantext
- Location of HafenCity in Hamburg
- German place.image_plan
- HafenCity in HH.svg
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- Demarcation
- Speicherstadt
- History
- Culture and education
- Politics
- Economy
- Transport and Infrastructure
- Flood protection innovations
- Construction work and work accidents
- See also
- References
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- External links
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. It was formally established in 2008 and also includes the historical Speicherstadt area, which since 2015 is an UNESCO World Heritage Site with the adjacent Kontorhausviertel. The main landmark of the HafenCity is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall.
In a narrower sense, HafenCity Hamburg is a project of urban regeneration where the "greater Grasbrook" area of the former Hamburg free port is being revitalised with new hotels, shops, office buildings, and residential areas. The project is considered the largest urban redevelopment project in Europe by landmass, at approximately . With the diminished economic importance of free ports in an era of European Union free trade, large container ships, and increased border security, the Hamburg free port was downsized, relieving the current HafenCity area of its restrictions. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on 20 June 2001, with the first quarter called "Am Dalmannkai/Sandtorkai", neighboring the Elbphilharmonie, completed in 2009.