Wandsbek
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Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Wandsbek, which was formerly an independent city, is urban and, along with Eilbek and Marienthal, part of the city's economic and cultural core. In 2020 the population was 442,702, making it the most populous borough in Hamburg.
Key facts
- German location.name
- Wandsbek
- German location.image_photo
- Hh-Stormarnhaus.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Stormarnhaus in WandsbekLocal office of the borough
- German location.type
- Borough
- German location.City
- Hamburg
- German location.image_flag
- Flag of Wandsbek.png
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Hamburg-Wandsbek COA.svg
- German location.state
- Hamburg
- German location.divisions
- 18 quarters
- German location.area
- 147.5
- German location.area_code
- 040
- German location.licence
- HH
- German location.plantext
- Boroughs of Hamburg
- German location.image_plan
- Boroughs of Hamburg.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Government
- Borough Assembly
- Infrastructure
- Points of interest
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Wandsbek, which was formerly an independent city, is urban and, along with Eilbek and Marienthal, part of the city's economic and cultural core. In 2020 the population was 442,702, making it the most populous borough in Hamburg.
==History== Wandsbek was the place of residence of the poet Johann Heinrich Voss and of Matthias Claudius, who here issued (1771–1775) the newspaper (The Wandsbeck Messenger). There is a monument to Claudius in the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wandsbek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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