Cranz, Hamburg

For a town in Russia with the former German name Cranz, see Zelenogradsk.

Cranz
Quarter of Hamburg
Cranz
Location of Cranz in Hamburg
Coordinates	53°32′13″N 9°46′50″E / 53.53694°N 9.78056°E / 53.53694; 9.78056Coordinates: 53°32′13″N 9°46′50″E / 53.53694°N 9.78056°E / 53.53694; 9.78056
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hamburg
City	Hamburg
Borough	Harburg, Hamburg
Basic statistics
Area	1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Population	857  (31 December 2006)
- Density	659 /km2 (1,707 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HH
Area code	040

Cranz is a quarter in the Harburg borough of Hamburg, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Elbe river and one of the 105 quarters of Hamburg. In 2006 the population was 857.

History

Cranz belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region of the Kingdom of Hanover, which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. In 1937 due to the Greater Hamburg Act Cranz became part of Hamburg.

Geography

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Cranz has a total area of 1.3 km². It is a rural area and part of the region Altes Land. In the south is the state of Lower Saxony. In the north is the river Elbe and the eastern border is to Neuenfelde quarter.

Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter Cranz were living 857 people. The population density was 643 /km² (1,665 /sq mi). 18.6% were children under the age of 18, and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. 15.4% were resident aliens. 31 people were registered as unemployed.^[1] In 1999 there were 424 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 38.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.09.^[2]

In 2006 there were 67 criminal offences in Cranz (87 crimes per 1000 people).^[3]

There is 1 elementary school and no secondary school in the quarter Cranz, there are 2 physicians in private practice and no pharmacy.^[4]

Transportation

Bascule bridge at the Este flood barrage

Cranz is not serviced by the rapid transit system of the S-Bahn. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 365 private cars registered (456 cars/1000 people).^[4]

The flood barrage was built after the North Sea flood of 1962 to protect the Este river to the floods on the river Elbe.

Notes

1. ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
2. ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
3. ^ State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
4. ^ ^{a b} Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

References

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

External links

Media related to Cranz at Wikimedia Commons