Moorfleet () is a quarter of
Hamburg
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,
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, 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 in the west of the borough.
Geography
Moorfleet is a part of the
Marschlande and is located at the
Dove Elbe river. The quarter is not highly populated and is mainly used for agriculture. However the western part of Moorfleet is a part of the industrial area of 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 ...
.
Moorfleet borders the quarters
Allermöhe,
Tatenberg,
Spadenland,
Billwerder
Billwerder () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Bergedorf. It is located on the northwestern border of the borough adjacent to the borough of Hamburg-Mitte. At the same time Billwerder means a greater area south of the river ...
,
Billbrook and
Rothenburgsort.
Politics
These are the results of Moorfleet in the
Hamburg state election in 2015:
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SPD 47.8% (− 0.6)
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CDU 19.5% (− 7.5)
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AfD
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11.4% (+ 11.4)
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FDP 6.6% (+ 0.8)
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The Left 5.5% (+ 0.2)
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5.2% (− 0.8)
* Others 3.6% (– 3.5)
Transportation
Moorfleet has no
S-Bahn
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or
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 ...
station. However the
Billwerder-Moorfleet station
Billwerder-Moorfleet is a station on the Berlin-Hamburg railway line and served by the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn line S2. The station was originally opened in 1842 and is located in the Hamburg district of Billwerder, Germany. Billwerder is part of ...
in
Billbrook is nearby.
References
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Quarters of Hamburg
Bergedorf