Rissen
Sign in to saveRissen () 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.
Key facts
- 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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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.
== 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.