Rissen

Rissen () is a quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany. It is located in the borough of Altona and is the westernmost quarter of Hamburg, bordering the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in the west, north, and northeast and the Elbe river to the south. In 2020, the population was 16,051.

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German place.name: Rissen
German place.image_photo: Rissen dorf.jpg
German place.image_caption: Shopping street Wedeler Landstraße in Rissen.
German place.type: Quarter
German place.City: Hamburg
German place.state: Hamburg
German place.borough: Altona, Hamburg
German place.area: 16.6
German place.area_code: 040
German place.licence: HH
German place.year: 1255
German place.plantext: Quarter Rissen of Hamburg
German place.image_plan: HH-quarter-rissen.jpg

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Official name: Rissen
Population: 16429
Area: 16.6
Elevation: 25
Image: Rissen dorf.jpg

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Commons category: Hamburg-Rissen
postal code: 22559
P8168: Prado Verde

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== History == Rissen was first officially mentioned in 1255, being named "Risne". For centuries, Rissen was a part of the County of Holstein-Pinneberg, which would have made it a part of the modern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1789, the local government bought a section of Rissen called Klövensteen and let it become a large forest. Until now, this forest is still called Staatsforst Klövensteen ("Klövensteen state forest"). In the 19th century, the locally well-known shipowner Johan Cesar V. Godeffroy purchased a significant portion of the area and dedicated it to become his personal hunting grounds.