St. Georg, Hamburg

St. Georg
St. Georg
Quarter of Hamburg
	Street café on the street Lange Reihe
	Location of St. Georg in the city of Hamburg
	St. Georg St. Georg
	Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 10°0′55″E / 53.55306°N 10.01528°E
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Hamburg-Mitte
Area
• Total	1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	12,631
• Density	7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	HH

St. Georg (Sankt Georg; German: [ˌzaŋkt ˈɡeːɔʁk] ^ⓘ) is a central quarter in the borough Hamburg-Mitte of Hamburg, Germany. 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).^[2] 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 Morsal Obeidi occurred in 2008 in St. Georg.^[3]

Geography

St. Georg is south-east to the artificial lake Außenalster, which is the border to the borough Eimsbüttel. 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.^[4] The central situation of St. Georg and many places of nightlife, street cafés and shops is the source for the gentrification 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 Christopher Street Day parade.^[5]

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.^[6] In 1999 there were 6,882 households and 67.8% of all households were made up of individuals.^[7]

Politics

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

Election	Greens	SPD	Left	CDU	FDP	AfD	Others
2020	34,9 %	28,2 %	15,0 %	07,3 %	05,4 %	02,7 %	06,6 %
2015	20,8 %	36,7 %	16,7 %	08,6 %	07,6 %	03,9 %	05,7 %
2011	21,3 %	42,0 %	11,9 %	12,4 %	05,3 %	–	07,1 %
2008	17,9 %	35,7 %	10,2 %	29,8 %	04,3 %	–	02,1 %
2004	28,9 %	29,0 %	–	31,3 %	02,0 %	–	08,8 %
2001	20,4 %	37,2 %	01,0 %	16,0 %	03,8 %	–	21,6 %
1997	28,2 %	31,4 %	02,1 %	20,8 %	02,9 %	–	14,6 %
1993	27,6 %	37,4 %	–	15,3 %	02,9 %	–	16,8 %
1991	18,1 %	45,2 %	02,2 %	25,5 %	02,6 %	–	06,4 %
1987	19,1 %	44,1 %	–	31,4 %	03,8 %	–	01,6 %
1986	23,8 %	37,6 %	–	33,5 %	03,6 %	–	01,5 %
Dez. 1982	15,8 %	48,0 %	–	32,4 %	02,2 %	–	01,6 %
Juni 1982	14,9 %	41,8 %	–	36,6 %	03,8 %	–	02,9 %
1978	07,8 %	48,0 %	–	35,5 %	04,2 %	–	01,6 %
1974	–	44,1 %	–	40,9 %	08,8 %	–	06,2 %
1970	–	53,8 %	–	33,6 %	05,0 %	–	07,6 %
1966	–	57,1 %	–	30,8 %	07,2 %	–	04,9 %

Religion

The Domkirche St. Marien (English: St. Mary's Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in St. Georg. The present building dates from the 1890s.

Education

The main campus of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is at the street Berliner Tor.

There were 3 elementary schools and 6 secondary schools in St. Georg in 2006.^[8]

Culture

The Deutsches Schauspielhaus (theatre), founded in 1901, is located in St. Georg. In 2011 the Ohnsorg-Theater 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 Consulate General of the Kingdom of Thailand established in Hamburg in 1881 is located in the street An der Alster 45 and covers affairs in the states of Bremen, Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein.^[9]

Health systems

The Asklepios Klinik St. Georg is a general hospital with 758 beds and 67 day-care places (e.g. for patients with AIDS). The hospital has 10 departments, including internal medicine, surgery (including urology), neurology, neurosurgery, anaesthetics and intensive care and ambulant surgery. The hospital is specialized among others for heart surgery and oncology. It also provides the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services. The hospital is located Lohmühlenstrasse.^[10]

Since 2008 the hospital also houses the Asklepios Medical School, a private medical school run by the Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg and the Hungarian Semmelweis University.

In 2006 there were 67 physicians in private practice and 9 pharmacies.^[8]

Transportation

St. Georg is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train and the underground railway 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).^[8]

Notes

^ "Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2023 nach Stadtteilen". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. May 2024.
^ Rezeß zwischen Rat und Bürgerschaft Artikel 17–18 betr. die Versorgung der Siechen und Pfründer im Hospital S. Georg. (D. Boedecker, side 25–28)
^ Gutsch, Jochen-Martin; Per Hinrichs; Susanne Koelbl; Gunther Latsch; Sven Röbel; Andreas Ulrich (2008-05-27). "The High Price of Freedom". Der Spiegel. Translated by Christopher Sultan. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-11-30. - Original German version: Gutsch, Jochen-Martin; Hinrichs, Per; Koelbl, Susanne; Latsch, Gunther; Röbel, Sven; Ulrich, Andreas (25 May 2008). "Eigentum des Mannes". Der Spiegel. - PDF page
^ Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt, Amt für Wohnen, Wohnlagenverzeichnis, November 2007
^ CSD Hamburg Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Retrieved on July 31, 2008
^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
^ Source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
^ ^a ^b ^c Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
^ List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)
^ Hospitals in Hamburg, side 6

References

Statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, official website Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German)
Hospitals in Hamburg 2006, Government Agency for Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Environment of Hamburg website (in German)
D. Boedecker, Die Entwicklung der Hamburgischen Hospitäler seit Gründung der Stadt bis 1800 aus ärztlicher Sicht, Hamburg 1977 (in German)
Found also: JS 34 in Das virtuelle Hamburgische Urkundenbuch website Virtual Hamburg contract book (in German)