Wandsbek Wandsbek
Stormarnhaus in Wandsbek Local office of the borough
Bourough of the city of Hamburg
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Administration
Country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Local subdivisions	18 quarters
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Area	147. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 5 km² (57 sq mi)
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Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Area code	040
License plate	HH
Boroughs of Hamburg

Wandsbek is the largest of seven boroughs that make up the city of Hamburg, Germany. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

The borough is mostly suburban: Only three quarters in the core of the borough Wandsbek (Eilbek, Wandsbek, Marienthal) are urban and part of the city's economic and cultural core. Eilbek (former Eilbeck is a quarter of the German city of Hamburg and part of the Wandsbek borough Wandsbek is a urban quarter in the Wandsbek borough of Hamburg, Germany and the former city Wandsbek in the Duchy of Holstein. The more northerly parts of Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, Volksdorf, Duvenstedt are still quite rural, where one can find a mix of newer residences and farms.

History

During WWII from May 2, 1944 until May 3, 1945 a subcamp to the Nazi concentration camp of Neuengamme was located in Wandsbek, listed as no. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Neuengamme is a quarter of the district Bergedorf within the City of Hamburg, Germany. 565 Hamburg-Wandsbek in the official German list. ^[1]

On January 1, 2007 the Ortsämter (Precincts) were dissolved and the organisation of all boroughs of Hamburg was restructured. In the borough Wandsbek to the former precinct Wandsbek had belonged the quarters Eilbek, Jenfeld, Marienthal, Tonndorf, Wandsbek and Rahlstedt. The quarters Hummelsbüttel, Poppenbüttel, Sasel and Wellingsbüttel belonged to the precinct Alstertal. The precinct Bramfeld consisted of Bramfeld and Steilshoop. The precinct Rahlstedt were the quarter Rahlstedt. And the precinct Walddörfer were Bergstedt, Duvenstedt, Farmsen-Berne, Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Volksdorf and Wohldorf-Ohlstedt. ^[2]

Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the borough Wandsbek has a total area of 147. 5 km². In the north and the west it borders to the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in the south to the Hamburg-Mitte borough and in the east to Hamburg-Nord borough mostly. is the northernmost of the 16 ''Bundesländer'' in Germany. The former English name was Sleswick-Holsatia the Danish name is Hamburg-Mitte (Rough translation Hamburg center located in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Germany is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg covering Hamburg-Nord (Rough translation Hamburg north is one of the seven boroughs of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, in north-western Germany.

Administrative divisions

Like the other boroughs of Hamburg, Wandsbek is divided into quarters. They are:

Demographics

In 2006 in the borough Wandsbek were living 409,771 people. Eilbek (former Eilbeck is a quarter of the German city of Hamburg and part of the Wandsbek borough Poppenbüttel is a quarter in the borough Wandsbek of Hamburg, Germany. Wandsbek is a urban quarter in the Wandsbek borough of Hamburg, Germany and the former city Wandsbek in the Duchy of Holstein. The population density was 2,777 people per km². 16. 5% were children under the age of 18, and 22% were 65 years of age or older. 10. 1% were immigrants. 18,452 people were registered as unemployed. ^[3] In 1999 there were 200. 560 households out of which 21. 2% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 41. 6% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2. 02. ^[4]

In 2006 there were 37,957 criminal offences in borough (93 crimes per 1000 people). ^[5]

Diet of the borough

Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (Bürgerschaft), the Bezirksversammlung is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 57 representatives. See also : Boroughs of Hamburg

Elections

Elections were held in Hamburg on 24 February 2008. The city of Hamburg in Germany is made up of 7 Boroughs (German Bezirke, also known as districts or administrative districts) and Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The five parties having more than 5 percent in recent polls (minimum to qualify) are the conservative CDU, the social-democratic SPD, the ecologist Green Party (GAL), the left-wing Die Linke and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest Political party in Germany. The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional The Left (Die Linke is a German political party that came into being on 16 June 2007 as a merger of The Left Party/PDS the former The Free Democratic Party ( Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP is a liberal Political party in Germany. The voter participation were 63. 6%. ^[6]

Infrastructure

There were 61 elementary schools and 46 secondary schools in the borough Wandsbek and 695 physicians in private practice and 91 pharmacies. ^[7]

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the borough Wandsbek were 171,334 private cars registered (421 cars/1000 people). ^[7]

Notes

References

• Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (German)

Coordinates: 53°35′N 10°05′E / 53.58, 10.08

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