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Landungsbrücken

St. Pauli Landungsbrücken
St. Pauli Landing Bridges
Landungsbrücken.wmt.jpg
The piers' waterfront seen towards St. Michaelis
Location Bei den St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
20359 Hamburg, Germany
Coordinates 53°32′46″N 09°58′00″E / 53.54611°N 9.96667°E / 53.54611; 9.96667Coordinates: 53°32′46″N 09°58′00″E / 53.54611°N 9.96667°E / 53.54611; 9.96667
Operated by HADAG Fährdienst AG
Line(s)  61   62   68   72   73   75 
Platforms 10 bridges (20 berths)
Connections U-Bahn.svg S-Bahn-Logo.svg Landungsbrücken (100 m)
BSicon BUS.svg Landungsbrücken (100 m)
Construction
Structure type 10 floating piers (pontoons)
Disabled access Yes
Architect Raabe & Wöhlecke
History
Opened 1839
Rebuilt 1907–1909
Key dates
May Hafengeburtstag (since 1977)
July–August Hamburg Cruise Days and
Blue Port (both since 2008)
Location
St. Pauli Landing Bridges is located in Hamburg
St. Pauli Landing Bridges
St. Pauli Landing Bridges
St. Pauli Landing Bridges (Hamburg)
St. Pauli Landing Bridges is located in Germany
St. Pauli Landing Bridges
St. Pauli Landing Bridges
St. Pauli Landing Bridges (Germany)

The St. Pauli Piers (German: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, often only referred to as Landungsbrücken; German pronunciation: [ˈlandʊŋsˌbʀʏkn̩]), are the largest landing place in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, and also one of Hamburg's major tourist attractions. Other English language translations include St. Pauli Landing Stages or St. Pauli Landing Bridges.

The piers are located in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, between the lower harbour and the Fischmarkt (Fish Market), on the banks of the Elbe river. The Landungsbrücken today form a central transportation hub, with S-Bahn, U-Bahn and ferry stations, and are also a major tourist magnet with numerous restaurants and departure points for harbour pleasure boats. There is an entrance to the Old Elbe tunnel at the western end of the Landungsbrücken. The eastern end of the building complex is marked by the Pegelturm (water level tower). Halfway up the tower, there is a water level indicator built into the wall, which indicates the current stage of the tides.

The first pier here was built in 1839 at what was then the edge of the harbour. It served as a terminal for steamships, which could be relatively easily filled with coal here. The pier ensured a sufficient security distance from the city, since these ships were fueled by coal which presented a fire risk. The current piers built in 1907 consist of floating pontoons, which are accessible from land by ten movable bridges.

The 688 metres (2,257 ft) long landing place originally served the passenger steamers of the overseas lines. Among others, the great Hapag-Lloyd liners landed here. Today only the HADAG ferries, harbour tour ships and motor launches, passenger ships serving the lower Elbe, and catamarans to Stade and Helgoland still travel to the piers. Ships travel from here daily to the musical island of the concert, "The Lion King".


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