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BallinStadt () is the name given to a memorial park and former
Maritime Circle Line
, maritime-circle-line.de, Retrieved 25 January 2015. from St. Pauli Landungsbrücken.
www.ballinstadt.de
* German-American history History museums in Germany Open-air museums in Germany Museums in Hamburg Museums of human migration Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Swiss chalet architecture 19th-century colonization of the Americas 2007 establishments in Germany Museums established in 2007 Hamburg America Line {{Germany-museum-stub
BallinStadt () is the name given to a memorial park and former emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...
station in the Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg (, ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, from its mouth on the North Sea.
Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" (), it is the country's largest seaport by volume. In terms of TEU throughput, Hambur ...
, Germany.
From the 1850s to the early 1930s the ground's emigration halls were last homestead for some five million emigrants from various parts of Europe
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, waiting for their departure to the Americas
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. The BallinStadt museum was opened in 2007 and named after Albert Ballin
Albert Ballin (15 August 1857 – 9 November 1918) was a German shipping magnate. He was the general director of the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG) or Hamburg-America Line, which for a time was the world's largest ...
(1857–1918), then director General of the Hamburg America Line
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847. Among those involved in its development were prominent Germ ...
. The site is also marketed as the "Emigration Museum" or "Port of Dreams".
Originally built in 1901, the site's Swiss chalet style
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quarters provided shelter, lodging and/or entertainment for the emigrants. In 1934 the station was closed and demolished by the Nazis, but rebuilt true to original in the early 2000s. Today, the emigration halls (German: ''Auswandererhallen'') accommodate an exhibition related to the emigrants, their living conditions and experiences during their journeys to and from Hamburg
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.
The city of Hamburg decided to build the BallinStadt emigration world in December 2004, based on an overall concept developed by the Hamburg Maritim Foundation.
Access
BallinStadt is located at Müggenburger Zollhafen on the isle of Veddel, and can be reached by car, public transport from Veddel (BallinStadt) station or via ferry on the Maritime Circle Line, maritime-circle-line.de, Retrieved 25 January 2015. from St. Pauli Landungsbrücken.
See also
*European colonization of the Americas
During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. The Norse explored and colonized areas of Europe a ...
* List of museums and cultural institutions in Hamburg
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References
External links
www.ballinstadt.de
* German-American history History museums in Germany Open-air museums in Germany Museums in Hamburg Museums of human migration Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Swiss chalet architecture 19th-century colonization of the Americas 2007 establishments in Germany Museums established in 2007 Hamburg America Line {{Germany-museum-stub