The Kaispeicher B at the Magdeburger and Brooktor Hafen of Hamburg’s Speicherstadt (Storehouse Town) was built in 1878/79 by the order of the Silospeicher Kommandit-Gesellschaft J.W. Boutin and according to the plans drawn by Bernhard Georg Jacob Hanssen and Wilhelm Emil Meerwein. Thus the ten story building is approximately ten years older than the buildings [...]
Hamburg in the Twenties - Views and Visions 17 November 2015 until 30 October 2016 In 1919 quite accurately 1 million people are living in Hamburg. 42.000 men do not return from the battles in World War I. The economy lies fallow, large payments to the victorious powers arrest development and often, the urban population [...]
The Gängeviertel: a Gallic village in Hamburg An archway between tall glass and concrete buildings in the busy Neustadt leads you to quite a different world: the Gängeviertel. For almost six years now, the twelve historic buildings between Valentinskamp, Caffamacherreihe and Speckstrasse have been bustling with cultural life. The plaster on the walls of these [...]
Das Schiff in Hamburg is one of the oldest theatre institutions in the city. Its charm derives partly of its historical significance as the only European theatre ship still being able to sail out to sea, while also being the oldest German theatre ship with its own ensemble. It is located right in the historical [...]
Hamburg is one of the biggest hosts of many alternative artists and it opens doors to those who do not tend to follow the mainstream trends. One of these artists whom I got to know in these splendid opportunity streams of Hamburg is Martin Dorsch whom I met in Stadtteil- und Kreativwerkstatt St. - Pauli [...]
From Hamburg into the world Theatre is a place for reflecting and exploring those aspects of our existence that find no space in market-oriented way of thinking. As a society, we allow ourselves a place of unlimited freedom in which we are emancipated “from all that is named constraint, whether physical or moral” (Schiller). This [...]
„Heisse Ecke" The St. Pauli Musical Snack bar “Heisse Ecke” on the famous Reeperbahn in Hamburg is the meeting place for the whole quarter of St. Pauli. The guys from the suburb Mikie, Frankie and Pitter, who want to have fun at their bachelor party; the old couple Mr. and Mrs. Straube, who share romantic [...]
Kampnagel is Germany’s largest production and performance facility for national and international freelance artists and is one of the most reputable venue for the performing arts. In 1984, after the Deutsche Schauspielhaus had left the venue, the former crane factory was rebuilt into a multifunctional theatre building. Each season, with its six stages, the cinema, [...]
The maritime heart of Hamburg – gate to Hamburg’s World Heritage site “Speicherstadt” The International Maritime Museum Hamburg (IMMH) – inaugurated on 25 June 2008 by Federal President Horst Köhler, Hamburg’s First Mayor Ole von Beust and Prof. Peter Tamm – invites you to explore 3000 years of maritime history. The nine “decks” in the [...]
