Altstadt, Hamburg
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| Second-level subdivision of Hamburg German: Stadtteil |
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Nikolaifleet, one of a few remaining canals in Hamburg-Altstadt
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 Location of Altstadt within Hamburg-Mitte |
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| Coordinates: 53°33′0″N 10°0′0″E / 53.55000°N 10.00000°ECoordinates: 53°33′0″N 10°0′0″E / 53.55000°N 10.00000°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| State | Hamburg | ||
| City | Hamburg | ||
| Borough (Bezirk) | Hamburg-Mitte | ||
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| • Total | 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) | ||
| Population (31 December 2013) | |||
| • Total | 1,675 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| Dialling code(s) | 040 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | DE-HH | ||
| Vehicle registration | HH | ||
| Website | www |
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| Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
Aerial view of the Kontorhaus District
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| Location | Hamburg, Germany |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv |
| Reference | 1467 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2015 (39th Session) |
Altstadt (German pronunciation: [altʃtat], literally: "Old town"), more precisely Hamburg-Altstadt – as not to be mistaken with Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt – is one of the inner-city districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany.
The area of today's Altstadt had a minor Bronze Age settlement dating from the 9th or 8th century BC. An Ingaevonian settlement at this location was known by the name "Treva" – a strategic trading node on amber routes during Iron Age and Late Antiquity.
In the 8th century CE, Saxon merchants established what was to become the nucleus of Hamburg: the "Hammaburg", then a refuge fort located at today's Domplatz, the site of the former cathedral. Under Frankish rule, a baptistery was installed in 804 and Hammaburg strengthened by Charlemagne in 811. Quickly, the place grew to a sizable market town, declared a bishop's see in 831, an archbishop's see a year later. For the next 600 years, the history of Altstadt was equivalent to the history of Hamburg.
By the end of the 15th century, the then Hanseatic city-republic and free Imperial city had accumulated various territorial possessions in its hinterland. Eventually, Hamburg's 13th-century city-walls received a couple of extensions: first in the 1530s, then again in the 1620s to include all of adjacent Neustadt.
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