Rotherbaum

Rotherbaum
Quarter of Hamburg
Aerial view of Rotherbaum from the south
Rotherbaum
Location of Rotherbaum in the city of Hamburg
Coordinates: 53°34′5″N 9°59′18″E / 53.56806°N 9.98833°E / 53.56806; 9.98833Coordinates: 53°34′5″N 9°59′18″E / 53.56806°N 9.98833°E / 53.56806; 9.98833
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Eimsbüttel
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population (31.12.2006)
• Total	16,853
• Density	5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	HH

Rotherbaum is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2006 the population was 16,853.

In German, "roter Baum" means red tree. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in names. Depending on grammatical context, it might also be spelled with n as Rothenbaum.

Since 1800, distinguished and rich Hamburg citizens built the mansions at the bank of the Außenalster lake, to move from the city to a better surrounding area. An example is the building at Alsterufer street #27, built by Martin Haller—the architect of the Hamburg Rathaus—the building was later owned by Anton Riedemann, the founder of Deutsch-Amerikanischen Petroleum-Gesellschaft; later Esso. As of 2009 the Consulate General of the United States in Hamburg used the building.

From 1946 to 1948, war crime trials were held by the British Armed Forces in the Curiohaus, an office building which is named after Johann Carl Daniel Curio. Located in Rotherbaum's Rothenbaumchaussee 15, it survived the bombing of Hamburg. Among others, subject of the Curiohaus processes were Fritz Knoechlein for the Le Paradis massacre, the SS-physician Alfred Trzebinski from the Neuengamme concentration camp, Hamburg's famous football player Otto Harder (sentenced to 15 years imprisonment) and the company Tesch & Stabenow which sold Zyklon B.