Alsterdorf
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Alsterdorf | |
Front of the former crematorium at the cemetery Ohlsdorf. | |
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Administration | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hamburg |
City | Hamburg |
Borough | Hamburg-Nord |
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Area | 3.1 km² (1.2 sq mi) |
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Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Area code | 040 |
License plate | HH |
Location of Alsterdorf in Hamburg | |
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Alsterdorf is a quarter in the Hamburg-Nord borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The name has its origin after the river Alster which become later the dams Außenalster and Binnenalster in the center of Hamburg.
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[edit] History
Around 1803 the settlement became Hamburg's property.
[edit] Geography
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Alsterdorf has a total area of 3.1 km². The river Alster floating from Northeast to Southwest is the border to the Groß Borstel quarter in the West. In the South Alsterdorf borders to Winterhude quarter. In the East is the Quarter Ohlsdorf.
Parts of the large Ohlsdorf cemetery (Ohlsdorfer Friedhof (German)) belongs to the quarter Alsterdorf.
[edit] Demographics
In 2006 in the quarter Alsterdorf were living 12,955 people. The population density is 4,232 people per km². 14.2% were children under the age of 18, and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. 11.6% were immigrants. 467 people were registered as unemployed. [1]
In 1999 there were 6,508 households out of which 15.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 54.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.77. [2]
Population by year [1]
1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
12,455 | 12,487 | 12,551 | 12,563 | 12,520 | 12,449 | 12,622 | 12,577 | 12,476 | 12,209 | 12,027 | 11,847 | 11,827 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
12,180 | 12,379 | 12,480 | 12,723 | 12,825 | 12,872 | 12,955 |
In 2006 there were 1,283 criminal offences (99 crimes per 1000 people).[3]
There were 1 elementary school and 2 secondary schools in the quarter Alsterdorf and 30 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.[4]
[edit] Transportation
Alsterdorf is serviced by the rapid transit system of the underground railway . According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 4,847 privat cars registered (377 cars/1000 people). [4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
- ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ a b Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
[edit] References
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (German)
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