Billwerder () is a quarter of

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

, Germany, in the borough of

Bergedorf Bergedorf () is the largest of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, named after Bergedorf quarter within this borough. In 2020 the population of the borough was 130,994. History The city of Bergedorf received town privileges in 1275, then ...

. It is located on the northwestern border of the borough adjacent to the borough of

Hamburg-Mitte Hamburg-Mitte (Hamburg Central) is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, covering most of the city's urban center. The quarters of Hamburg-Altstadt and Neustadt cover much of the city's historic core. In 2020 the population was 301,231. ...

. At the same time Billwerder means a greater area south of the river Bille.

Name

The name derives from ''Bilnawerthere'', meaning ''island in the Bille''. A Werder is an island between rivers or other bodies of water, in this case Bille and

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Rep ...

/ Dove Elbe rivers. Until 1949 Billwerder was also named ''Billwärder an der

''.

Geography

Billwerder borders the quarters of Lohbrügge,

, Neuallermöhe,

Allermöhe Allermöhe () is a quarter in the borough Bergedorf of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. The quarter consists of a rural area and the old settlement Allermöhe. In 2020 the population was 1,392 (without the new neighbourh ...

, Moorfleet, Billbrook, and

Billstedt Billstedt () is a quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the population was 71,077, it was the second-most populous quarter. History Schifbeck, Öjendorf, Steinbeck and Schlem are the old settlemen ...

. Billwerder is part of the Marschlande (''marshlands'') area in Hamburg, which is known for its wet and muddy grounds. It is sparsely populated. Billwerder's landscape is formed by the transition of rural

Vierlande Vierlande is the name given to a roughly 77-square kilometre region in the Hamburg district of Bergedorf which has a population of 18,419 and comprises four quarters of the city. Its name goes back to the year 1556 and refers to the four ...

into the industrial and commercial areas near the Port of Hamburg, such as nearby Billbrook. Billwerder is largely characterized by horticulture and agriculture, on the other hand, however, commercial environments, the

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, and the Hamburg-Bergedorf railway line, the first railway line in Northern Germany, are also part of the quarter.Billwerder
Hamburg.de In 2017 the city of Hamburg started planning the new quarter Oberbillwerder which is located at the Allermöhe station.

Politics

These are the results of Billwerder in the Hamburg state election:

Transportation

The

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban-suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble c ...

stations of Billwerder-Moorfleet and Mittlerer Landweg are located in the quarter.

References

External links

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Hamburg.de {{Authority control Quarters of Hamburg Bergedorf