St. Georg (Sankt Georg; ) is a central quarter in the borough

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. In 2020 the population was 11,349.

History

In 1410 the articles 17 and 18 of a contract (''Rezeß'') between the Senate and the citizens were regulating the accommodation of the patients in the hospital St. Georg (S. Georg / Suente Juergens). This hospital still exists as the ''Asklepios Klinik St. Georg''. In 1868 the suburb St. Georg became official part of Hamburg, including the hospital for epidemic plague. The murder of

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occurred in 2008 in St. Georg.

Geography

St. Georg is south-east to the artificial lake ''

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'', which is the border to the borough

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. According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the urban quarter has a total area of 1.8 km². Parts of the quarter St. Georg are ranked as a good address by the office of city development and environment of Hamburg. The central situation of St. Georg and many places of nightlife, street cafés and shops is the source for the

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in this quarter since the 1980s. The city of Hamburg and the borough Hamburg-Mitte have special programs to change this quarter. Because of the many gay-owned and gay-friendly nightclubs, cafés and shops, St. Georg is also considered as Hamburg's main scene for gays and lesbians. In the street ''Lange Reihe'' is the starting point of Hamburg's annual

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parade.

Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter St. Georg were living 10,551 people. 9.2% were children under the age of 18, and 13.2% were 65 years of age or older. 31.4% were immigrants. 629 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 6,882 households and 67.8% of all households were made up of individuals.

Politics

These are the results of St. Georg in the Hamburg state election:

Religion

The Domkirche St. Marien () is a

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cathedral A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually s ...

in St. Georg. The present building dates from the 1890s.

Education

The main campus of the

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is at the street ''Berliner Tor''. There were 3 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools in St. Georg in 2006.

Culture

The

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(theatre), founded in 1901, is located in St. Georg. In 2011 the

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moved into the new theatre in the ''Bieberhaus'' next to the Hauptbahnhof. Among others the '' Sportverein St. Georg von 1895'' is a sports club in St. Georg using the facilities in the quarter.

Infrastructure

The Honorary

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of the

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established in Hamburg in 1881 is located in the street ''An der Alster 45'' and covers affairs in the states of

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, Hamburg, and

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Health systems

The ''Asklepios Klinik St. Georg'' is a general hospital with 758 beds and 67 day-care places (e.g. for patients with

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). The hospital has 10 departments, including

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surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

(including

urology Urology (from Ancient Greek, Greek wikt:οὖρον, οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of t ...

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and

intensive care Intensive care medicine, usually called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes p ...

and ambulant surgery. The hospital is specialized among others for heart surgery and

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. It also provides the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services. The hospital is located ''Lohmühlenstrasse''.Hospitals in Hamburg, side 6 Since 2008 the hospital also houses the Asklepios Medical School, a private medical school run by the Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg and the Hungarian

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. In 2006 there were 67 physicians in private practice and 9 pharmacies.

Transportation

St. Georg is serviced by the

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system of the city train and the

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with the Lohmühlenstraße station and the Berliner Tor station. Public transport is also provided by buses. Hamburg's central railway station is located in St. Georg, also the central bus station, for long distance buses to many cities in Europe. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in St. Georg were 2,134 private cars registered (205 cars/1000 people).Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

Notes

References

Statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, official website
Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein * Hospitals in Hamburg 2006, Government Agency for Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Environment of Hambur
website
* D. Boedecker, Die Entwicklung der Hamburgischen Hospitäler seit Gründung der Stadt bis 1800 aus ärztlicher Sicht, Hamburg 1977
Found also: JS 34 i

Virtual Hamburg contract book

External links

* {{Authority control Quarters of Hamburg Gay villages in Germany Hamburg-Mitte