Dammtor is a zone (''Ort'') of the German city of

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, situated between the quarters of

Rotherbaum Rotherbaum () is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the population was 17,114. In German, "roter Baum" means ''red tree''. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in na ...

(in the borough of

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the borough had a population of 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quar ...

) and Neustadt (in the borough of

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History

Originally, the ''Dammthor'' was a

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between the ''

Altstadt ''Altstadt'' () is the German language word for "old town", and generally refers to the historical town or city centre within the old town or city wall, in contrast to younger suburbs outside. '' Neustadt'' (new town), the logical opposite of ...

'' (Old town) and the '' Neustadt'' (New town). In 1866, before the opening of the Hamburg-Altona railway, the city opened a railway station at Dammtordamm, replaced in 1903 by the current

Hamburg Dammtor station Hamburg Dammtor is a railway station for long distance, regional and suburban trains on the Hamburg-Altona link line, located in Central Hamburg, Germany. In front is a bus station of the same name for public transport. The railway station is on ...

Geography

Dammtor is situated in the middle of Hamburg, close to the

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lake and to the central railway station. Its area includes the parks of Moorweide, Gustav-Mahler-Park (with a

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) and the old entrance of ''

Planten un Blomen Planten un Blomen () is an urban park with a size of in the inner-city of Hamburg, Germany. The name ''Planten un Blomen'' is Low German for "Plants and Flowers". History After the destruction of Hamburg's old city fortifications in the early 1 ...

'' (with the Old botanical garden). Other notable infrastructures located in Dammtor are the rail station, the Stephansplatz, the main building of the

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, the Congress Center, the Radisson SAS Hotel and the war memorial. Regarding the urban transport the area is served both by ''

S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit syst ...

'' (by Dammtor station) and ''

U-Bahn Rapid transit in Germany consists of four systems and 14 systems. The , commonly understood to stand for ('underground railway'), are conventional rapid transit systems that run mostly underground, while the or ('city rapid railway') are c ...

'' (by Stephansplatz station).

Photogallery

File:Hh-dammtor.jpg, Railway station (2006), with in background the Congress Center Hotel and the

Heinrich-Hertz-Turm The Heinrich Hertz Tower () is a landmark radio telecommunication tower in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Designed by architect Fritz Trautwein, in co-operation with civil engineers Jörg Schlaich, Rudolf Bergermann and Fritz Leonhardt, the towe ...

File:Denkmal IR 76.jpg, The war memorial (''Kriegerdenkmal'') at Dammtordamm File:Parkmask.jpg, Statues in the Gustav-Mahler-Park File:Hh-dammtordamm fig.jpg, A statue in the Old Botanic Garden at Stephansplatz

References

External links

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