Bahrenfeld

Bahrenfeld
Quarter of Hamburg
Street in Bahrenfeld (in background Hermes agency building, Ottensen)
Bahrenfeld
Location of Bahrenfeld in Hamburg
Coordinates: 53°34′0″N 9°53′0″E / 53.56667°N 9.88333°E / 53.56667; 9.88333Coordinates: 53°34′0″N 9°53′0″E / 53.56667°N 9.88333°E / 53.56667; 9.88333
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Altona
Founded	1265
Area
• Total	10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	26,217
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	22761
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	HH

Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough Bezirk Altona and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Color Line Arena. In 2006 the population was 26,434.

The first records of Bahrenfeld dates 1256. In 1890 it was suburbanized into the city Altona. During Nazi Germany 1938 with the Greater Hamburg Act the city of Altona (including Bahrenfeld) was merged into Hamburg.

History section is based on a translation of the German article

Bahrenfeld is mixed of commercial and residential areas. In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 10.9 square kilometres (4 sq mi). Bahrenfeld is located south of Lurup and Eidelstedt, west of Stellingen and east of Osdorf. The southern boundaries to the quarters Othmarschen and Ottensen are the railway tracks of the city train. To the south west lies Groß Flottbek.

In 2006 in the quarter Bahrenfeld were living 26,434 people. The population density was 2,435/km² (6,307/sq mi). 14.8% were children under the age of 18, and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. 16.8% were immigrants. 1583 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 14,230 households out of which 16.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 52.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.78.

In the neighbourhood Otto von Bahrenpark, a new created area at the location of an old gas plant, the Lichthof Theater is located in the street Mendelssohnstr. 16. It is a private theatre founded 1994 operating as a registered voluntary association. In August 2000 the theatre moved to the location Mendelssohnstrasse to a new auditorium for about 100 spectators.