Kleiner Grasbrook

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Kleiner Grasbrook (pronounced [ˈklaɪnɐ ˈɡʁaːsbʁoːk] ) is a quarter (Stadtteil) of Hamburg, Germany within the borough (Bezirk) of Hamburg-Mitte. It is situated on the eponymous island between the Northern and Southern branches of the Elbe river (Norderelbe and Süderelbe), together with the other quarters of Steinwerder, Veddel and Wilhelmsburg. It almost exclusively consists of facilities of the port of Hamburg. The four quarters are technically all islands of their own, as they are all separated by their own dams. In 2020 the population was 1,120.

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Parts of Kleiner Grasbrook in the foreground.
View towards HafenCity across the Norderelbe.
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Coordinates: 53°31′52″N 9°59′37″E
CountryGermany
StateHamburg
CityHamburg
BoroughHamburg-Mitte
Area
  Total
4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[1]
  Total
1,058
  Density240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes040
Vehicle registrationHH
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History

It is believed that the privateer Klaus Störtebeker was beheaded on the Grasbrook island in 1400 or 1401.

During World War II the port of Hamburg and therefore Kleiner Grasbrook were targets of the air raids of the so-called Operation Gomorrah. From mid-July 1944 until October 1945 the subcamp Dessauer Ufer to the Neuengamme concentration camp existed in the quarter.[2]

On the night of 16 to 17 February 1962 the island was widely flooded and seriously damaged by a north sea flood.

Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the Kleiner Grasbrook quarter has a total area of 4.5 square kilometres (2 sq mi). Kleiner Grasbrook borders in the north to the HafenCity quarter. In the east is the Veddel quarter and in the west the Steinwerder quarter. In the south is the Wilhelmsburg quarter.

Demographics

In 2006 Kleiner Grasbrook had 1,219 inhabitants. The population density was 274/km2 (710/sq mi). 12.7% of the population were under the age of 18, and 8% were 65 years of age or older. 55.9% were resident aliens. 137 people were registered as unemployed.[3] In 1999 there were 694 households, out of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, and 47.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.95.[4]

Population by year[3]

1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
1,1771,2031,2851,3901,4881,5831,6071,6241,6431,5121,4921,3621,345
20002001200220032004200520062007
1,3261,3451,3201,3841,3681,2991,2621,219

In 2006 there were 334 criminal offences (274 crimes per 1,000 people).[5]

Politics

These are the results of the Hamburg state election:

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Election Left Greens SPD AfD CDU FDP Others
2020 43,6 % 23,2 % 10,3 % 03,6 % 02,2 % 01,8 % 15,3 %
2015 31,5 % 16,2 % 19,0 % 01,6 % 03,2 % 02,6 % 25,9 %
2011 19,3 % 19,2 % 36,1 % 05,3 % 01,6 % 18,5 %
2008 21,1 % 14,8 % 35,2 % 17,2 % 00,8 % 10,9 %
2004 12,2 % 44,9 % 29,9 % 00,0 % 13,0 %
2001 00,9 % 06,1 % 41,7 % 24,3 % 01,7 % 25,3 %
1997 00,0 % 04,2 % 50,0 % 21,7 % 01,8 % 22,3 %
1993 04,8 % 55,9 % 13,1 % 00,9 % 25,3 %
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Economy

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Part of the storage Schuppen 50, in 2008 branch office of the museum of work.
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Building of the Hamburg port authority.

Parts of the port of Hamburg are located in the Kleiner Grasbrook quarter.

Infrastructure

There were no schools in the quarter and no physicians in private practice and no pharmacies.[6]

Transportation

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 113 private cars registered (93 cars/1,000 people).[6]

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References

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