Neugraben-Fischbek

Neugraben-Fischbek
Quarter of Hamburg
Neugraben-Fischbek
Location of Neugraben-Fischbek in Hamburg
Coordinates: 53°29′0″N 9°52′0″E / 53.48333°N 9.86667°E / 53.48333; 9.86667Coordinates: 53°29′0″N 9°52′0″E / 53.48333°N 9.86667°E / 53.48333; 9.86667
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Harburg, Hamburg
Area
• Total	22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Population (31-12-2006)
• Total	27,103
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	HH

Neugraben-Fischbek is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany belongs to the borough Harburg. The quarter consists of the old settlements Neugraben and Fischbek, and the more recently constructed area Neuwiedenthal.

Fischbek was first mentioned in 1544 as Vischbecke. In 1937 the independent village Fischbek was merged into Hamburg.

In 1937 the independent village of Neugraben was merged into Hamburg.

In Neugraben was a subcamp of the Nazi concentration camp Neuengamme. On September 13, 1944 the women subcamp was opened in Falkenbergweg. 500 Czechish-Jewish women coming from the Ghetto Theresienstadt were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS in Auschwitz selected the women for labour in Hamburg. In the Neugraben camp the work was building auxiliary homes, also laying supply pipes and building streets in the neighbourhood Falkenbergsiedlung. During the last months of World War II, some of the women had to do clearing up work in Harburg's oil industry and to dig antitank obstacles in Hamburg-Hausbruch. In February 1945, the SS transferred the women to the camp Hamburg-Tiefstack and later from there to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Neugraben-Fischbek is southeast of the quarter Neuenfelde, in the northeast is Francop, in the east is the quarter Hausbruch. In the south is the district Harburg of the German state Lower Saxony. A large part of the quarter is the nature reserve Harburger Berge (Hills of Harburg) in the south. Neugraben-Fischbek it a mixed rural and suburban area of 22.5 km².