Deichstraße

Canal-side view of houses in Deichstraße.

Typical house in the Deichstraße.

Deichstraße is the oldest remaining street in Hamburg, Germany and a popular tourist stop in the city.

Deichstraße dates to the 14th century; it is first mentioned in 1304.^[1] Located adjacent to the Speicherstadt,^[2] it now contains carefully restored 17th–19th-century houses,^[3] all that is left of the old harbour district.^[4] The "Great Fire" of 1842 broke out in Deichstraße 42^[3][4] and destroyed many of the original buildings. Deichstraße and nearby Peterstraße now contain many of the oldest buildings in the city, including the oldest warehouse, at Peterstraße 27, built in 1780.^[3]

References

1. ^ Gerhard Eckert, tr. Alec Court, Baedeker's Hamburg, rev. ed. Norwich: Jarrold/New York: Prentice Hall, 1987, ISBN 0133696871, p. 61.
2. ^ Deichstraße, Hamburg.de (German)
3. ^ ^{a b c} Fodor's Germany, New York: Fodor's/Random House, 2009, ISBN 9781400007080, p. 520.
4. ^ ^{a b} Jörg Albrecht, Hamburg, englisch, Marco Polo Insider Tips, Ostfildern: Mairs, 2003, ISBN 382970299X, p. 35.

Sources

• Wolfgang Rudhard. Das Bürgerhaus in Hamburg. Das deutsche Bürgerhaus 21. Tübingen: Wasmuth, 1975. ISBN 3803000238 (German)

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Coordinates: 53°32′46″N 9°59′14″E / 53.54611°N 9.98722°E / 53.54611; 9.98722