Speicherstadt

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Building.name: Speicherstadt
Building.image: Speicherstadt abends.jpg
Building.image_size: 275px
Building.image_caption: View at night, 2012
Building.building_type: warehouse district
Building.architectural_style: Gothic Revival
Building.location: Hamburg, Germany
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Building.construction_start_date: 1883
Building.completion_date: 1927
Building.opened_date: 1888
Building.owner: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Building.other_dimensions: 1,500 m × 250 m
Building.material: red brick
Building.architect: Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann
Building.engineer: Franz Andreas Meyer

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Country: Germany
Located in: Hamburg-Mitte
Area: 26
Owned by: Hamburg
Location: HafenCity
Image: Blick über den Brooksfleet auf die Speicher am Brook-1000288.jpg
Dialing code: 040

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Commons category: Speicherstadt
architect: Carl Johann Christian Zimmermann
inception: 1927-00-00
native label: Speicherstadt
hashtag: SpeicherstadtHH

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thumb|Aerial view of the Speicherstadt seen from the east|alt=Aerial view of warehouses pervaded by loading canals and streets The Speicherstadt (, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany, is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations—oak logs, in this particular case. It is located in the port of Hamburg, in the HafenCity quarter, and was built from 1883 to 1927.

The district was built as a free zone to transfer goods without paying customs. The district and the surrounding area have been under redevelopment for many years as the port industry has evolved. As an exceptional example of Neo-Gothic and modernist architecture, and for its testimony to the development of international maritime trade, the Speicherstadt was awarded the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site on 5 July 2015, along with the Kontorhaus District.

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