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Stephan Maus

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:05:40 +0200 last edited: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:41:25 +0200

Beautiful Hamburch. Gleich wäch, näch.

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>sfb< SigmundFreud'sBartender

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:09:32 +0200 from Diaspora

Super Bild, aus ner Wohnung oder so?

murdeRED dreams GrandWizardOfZOG

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 13:20:17 +0200 from Diaspora

is da links vom standpunkt aus nicht millerntor-stadion?

Stephan Maus

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:04:17 +0200 last edited: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:24:02 +0200

Ja, ist vom Parkplatz vor dem Millerntorstadion aus aufgenommen - Heiligengeistfeld. Bester Zeitpunkt: Zwischen Sommer- & Winter-Dom.

Roelof Pieter

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:44:07 +0200 last edited: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:10:17 +0200

If I may ask, that giant building on the left: What is that? I visited Hamburg last year and noticed this huge building when walking past. At least, if it is the building I think it is, roughly between the city center and Reeperbahn/St.Pauli? Later, I tried to find info on it but I remember only finding that is an nightclub now. I assume it it some kind of bunker from the war, but was unable to find something about it. Which surprised me, considering it's size and silhouette...

BOET

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:58:19 +0200

Indeed it's one of the WW2 Flak-Towers which still remain in Hamburg. All massive constructions which are (under any economic measures) indestructable...:

The English wikipedia only has a brief: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower#Flakturm_IV_%E2%80%93_Heiligengeistfeld,_Hamburg

The German wikipedia has a quite extensive chapter in an article about all the Hamburg Flak-Towers: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_Flakt%C3%BCrme#Flakturm_IV_in_St._Pauli_(Bunker_an_der_Feldstra%C3%9Fe)

There are some plans to develop the tower in St.Pauli by some investors... But if you ask me... that won't be happening too soon. There is too much money to be made in St. Pauli before that would pay off.

Stephan Maus

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:01:47 +0200

@Roelof Pieter Yes, it's a WWII bunker. Today, it hosts the nightclub "Uebel & Gefährlich". Next time in Hamburg, you should go there. Nice view from roof-terrace. Not surprising: It was an anti-aircraft-bunker. Here more information, unfortunately only in German:

Hamburger Flaktürme – Wikipedia

Die Hamburger Flaktürme sind zwei große, in Betonbauweise mit Stahlarmierungen errichtete Luftabwehr- und Luftschutzbauten in den Hamburger Stadtteilen St. Pauli und Wilhelmsburg. Ursprünglich wurden während des Zweiten Weltkrieges, genauer in den Jahren von 1942 bis 1944, vier Türme erbaut, von denen zwei als Hochbunker mit aufmontierten Flug...

Sophie

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:26:13 +0200

Oh my, these things are huge.

Stephan Maus

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:24:34 +0200

It's still a very cool place in town. But now, they want to transform it into some shitty artsy-luxury-event-gentrification-THING:

Überraschung auf St. Pauli: Luxushotelier soll in den Hochbunker einziehen - WELT

Von wegen alternative Szene und Dachgarten für alle in und auf dem Feldstraßenbunker auf St. Pauli. Der Betreiber von Luxusherbergen wie dem Louis C. Jacob soll das Hotel in dem Kriegsklotz übernehmen.

Martin G.

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:54:13 +0100

There's also a huge music store on the lowest two floors, so if you're a musician, chances are good that you come out of the bunker with much less money than you entered it with.

BTW: Wieso gibt's eigentlich ein Berlin-Forum, aber kein Hamburg-Forum?

mrjive

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:07:53 +0100

well... at least the weather will be better ;)