Mümmelmannsberg is a place and major housing estate in

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in the quarter of

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. It was named after the street with the same name which already existed before Mümmelmannsberg was built.

Geography

Mümmelmannsberg is located in the east of

which is a part of the borough

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. It borders Hamburg-Lohbrügge and

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. The postal code is 22115.

History

The

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was built between 1970 and 1979. Today Mümmelmannsberg is also called “Mümmelberg", "M-Town", "Mümmeltown" or most commonly "Mümmel". Since 1990 Mümmelmannsberg has a

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station with the

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. In April 2006 Mümmelmannsberg got nationwide recognition for a

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documentary. The German TV channel paid teenagers for recreating violent scenes about attacks and burglary. This was supposed to teach the audience about

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s in cities. This incident got a big backlash for criminalizing innocent teenagers in Mümmemannsberg because of fictive acts. The place's image got worse and millennials complained about finding a job harder after the documentary was aired. The foreign population is about 23% (the entire district about 47%) and an above-average number of welfare recipients lives in Mümmelmannsberg.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mümmelmannsberg Zones of Hamburg Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte Housing estates in Germany