- Große Freiheit
The "
Große Freiheit " ( _de. Great Freedom) is a cross street on the North Side toHamburg 'sReeperbahn road in theSt. Pauli quarter. It is part of the so calledred light district or "Kiez ".History
The street was named in 1610 after the fact that Catholics were allowed to practice their religion here at a time when this district, as part of
Altona , did not yet belong to Hamburg; they were forbidden from doing so in Protestant Hamburg properFact|date=June 2008. The street has still a Catholic church (St. Joseph), situated among rather unholy businesses.In 1938, when the
Nazi s changed borders with theGreater Hamburg Act , the street became part of Hamburg. [Greater Hamburg Act [http://www.verfassungen.de/de/hh/hamburg37.htm text] de icon] In 1944, the German movie "Große Freiheit Nr. 7 " withHans Albers was named after the road.In the 1960s, the
Beatles played here, eg. in Große Freiheit 64 (today Indra-Musikclub), and in theStar-Club (1962–1969 in Große Freiheit 39). The street still hosts music clubs like "Große Freiheit 36 ", "Kaiserkeller " and "Grünspan.In the 1970s, several sex theatres ("Salambo", "Regina", "Colibri", "Safari") showed live sex acts on stage.
As of 2007 , the "Safari" is the only live sex theatre left in Germany Fact|date=June 2008. The populartable dance club "Dollhouse" now takes the place of the "Salambo".In 1975, the German rock band
Randy Pie used two views of Große Freiheit for their album "Kitsch": the front cover is a picture of the street at night, while the back cover is the same view but at day time. [ A Randy Pie [http://www.alexgitlin.com/randy.html fansite] , with the album "Kitsch" featuring a picture of Große Freiheit. Retrieved on June 5, 2008]In 2008, a
Beatles-Platz square is build.Sights
Literature
* Uwe Heimowski: "Brunos Dankeschön - Geschichten von der Reeperbahn," Neufeld Verlag, Schwarzenfeld 2005, ISBN 3-937896-12-0
Notes
External links
* [http://reeperbahn.hamburg.de/ City of Hamburg about Reeperbahn] de icon
* [http://www.schmidts.de/index.php?id=166/ History Reeperbahn] de icon
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5hkFi9gM4 "Beatles Hamburg 1966" on Youtube ]
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