[] is a Boroughs and quarters of Hamburg, quarter of Hamburg, Germany, and belongs to the borough Harburg, Hamburg, Harburg. The quarter consists of the old settlements ''Neugraben'' and ''Fischbek'', and the more recently constructed area ''Neuwiedenthal''.

History

History of Fischbek

Fischbek was first mentioned in 1544 as ''Vischbecke''. In 1937 the independent village Fischbek was merged into Hamburg.

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History of Neugraben

In 1937 the independent village of Neugraben was merged into Hamburg.

Subcamp Neugraben

In Neugraben there was a subcamp of the

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Neuengamme. On September 13, 1944 the women's subcamp was opened in Falkenbergweg. 500

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women coming from the Ghetto Theresienstadt were deported to the

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. The SS in Auschwitz selected the women for labour in Hamburg. In the Neugraben camp the work was building auxiliary homes, also laying supply pipes and building streets in the neighbourhood Falkenbergsiedlung. During the last months of

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, some of the women had to do clearing up work in Harburg's oil industry and to dig antitank obstacles in

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. In February 1945, the SS transferred the women to the camp Hamburg-Tiefstack and later from there to the

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.Memorial Neuengamme (in German)
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Geography

Neugraben-Fischbek is southeast of the quarter

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, in the northeast is

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, in the east is the quarter Hausbruch. In the south is the district Harburg of the German state

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. A large part of the quarter is the

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''Harburger Berge'' (Hills of Harburg) in the south. Neugraben-Fischbek it a mixed rural and suburban area of 22.5 km². In Neugraben-Fischbek is the highest point of Hamburg, the Hasselbrack, which has an elevation of 116.2 metres

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Demographics

In 2006 the Neugraben-Fischbek quarter had a population of 27,103. The population density was . 19% were children under the age of 18, and 21.4% were 65 years of age or older. Resident non-Germans comprised 10.1% of the population. 1,644 people were registered as unemployed.Residents registration office, source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006) In 1999 there were 12,170 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31.Source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999) Population by year

Infrastructure

Transportation

Neugraben-Fischbek is served by the

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas. A grade separation, grade separated rapid transit line below ground su ...

system of the city train with the stations '' Neugraben'' and '' Fischbek''.

Notes

References

Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website

''Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG'' Parts translated from :de:Neugraben-Fischbek

External links

Neugraben-Hausbruch Notgeld
(emergency currency

{{Authority control Quarters of Hamburg Neuengamme concentration camp Harburg, Hamburg