St. Georg, Hamburg

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St. Georg is a central quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte of Hamburg, Germany.

Parts of the quarter St. Georg are ranked as a good address by the office of city development and environment of Hamburg [Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Amt für Wohnen, Wohnlagenverzeichnis, November 2007] . The central situation of St. Georg and many places of nightlife, street cafes and shops is the source for the gentrification in this quarter since 1980s. The city of Hamburg and the borough Hamburg-Mitte have special programs to change this quarter.

Because of lots of gay owned and gay friendly nightclubs, cafes and shops, St. Georg is also considered as Hamburgs main scene for gays and lesbians. In the street "Lange Reihe" is the starting point of Hamburg's annual Christopher Street Day parade. [ [http://www.csd-hamburg.com/parade/ CSD Hamburg] de icon Retrieved on July 31 2008]

History

In 1410 the articles 17 and 18 of a contract ("Rezeß") between the Senate and the citizens were regulating the accommodation of the patients in the hospital St. Georg (S. Georg / Suente Juergens). [Rezeß zwischen Rat und Bürgerschaft Artikel 17-18 betr. die Versorgung der Siechen und Pfründer im Hospital S. Georg. (D. Boedecker, side 25-28)] This hospital still exists as the "Asklepios Klinik St. Georg".

In 1868 the suburb St. Georg became official part of Hamburg, including the hospital for epidemic plague.

Due to the problems with drug abuse, prostitution and the high crime rate, in 2007 the Senate of Hamburg enforced a law to enact a ban of weapons on the area "Hansaplatz" of St. Georg. The only other place of Hamburg is the area "Reeperbahn", St. Pauli. [ [http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/6337/1102163/polizei_hamburg Ban of weapons in Hamburg] press release Hamburg policede icon]

Geography

St. Goerg is south-east to the artificial lake "Außenalster", which is the border to the borough Eimsbüttel. According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the urban quarter has a total area of 1.8 km².

Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter St. Georg were living 10,551 people. 9.2% were children under the age of 18, and 13.2% were 65 years of age or older. 31.4% were immigrants. 629 people were registered as unemployed. [Residents registration office, source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)] In 1999 there were 6,882 households and 67.8% of all households were made up of individuals [Source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)] .

Education

The main campus of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is at the street "Berliner Tor".

There were 3 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools in St. Georg

Culture

ports

Among others the "Sportverein St. Georg von 1895" is a sports club in St. Georg using the facilities in the quarter.

Infrastructure

The Honorary Consulate General of the Kingdom of Thailand established in Hamburg in 1881 is located in the street "An der Alster 45" and in charge of the states Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. [List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)]

Health systems

The "Asklepios Klinik St. Georg" is a general hospital with 758 beds and 67 day-care places (e.g. for patients with AIDS). The hospital has 10 departments, including internal medicine, surgery (including urology), neurology, neurosurgery, anaesthetics and intensive care and ambulant surgery. The hospital is specialized among others for heart surgery and oncology. It also provides the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services. The hospital is located "Lohmühlenstrasse". [Hospitals in Hamburg, side 6]

In 2006 were 67 physicians in private practice and 9 pharmacies counted.

Transportation

St. Georg is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train and the underground railway with the Lohmühlenstraße station and the Berliner Tor station. Public transport is also provided by buses.

Hamburg's central railway station is located in St. Georg, also the central bus station, for long distance buses to many cities in Europe.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in St. Georg were 2,134 private cars registered (205 cars/1000 people)Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)] .

Notes

References

* [http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/regional/regional.php Statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, official website] Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein de icon
* Hospitals in Hamburg 2006, Government Agency for Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Environment of Hamburg [http://www.krankenhaeuser.hamburg.de website] de icon
* D. Boedecker, Die Entwicklung der Hamburgischen Hospitäler seit Gründung der Stadt bis 1800 aus ärztlicher Sicht, Hamburg 1977 de icon Found also: JS 34 in [http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/hamburgisches_ub/HambUB.html "Das virtuelle Hamburgische Urkundenbuch" website] Virtual Hamburg contract book de icon

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