Hamm

Hamm is a residential quarter in eastern Hamburg-Mitte that was unified from three previously separate areas in 2011. The district contains apartment buildings, parks, and local shops spread across different neighborhoods.

The quarter developed in the mid-1800s as a working-class neighborhood and expanded steadily. Extensive bombing during the Second World War destroyed much of it, and decades of rebuilding followed.

The community center in Hamm has operated since 1983 as a gathering place where residents join classes, exhibitions, and performances together. It shapes how people in the neighborhood connect with each other and their surroundings.

The area has good public transportation connections and several schools and shops for daily needs. Buses and trains link Hamm easily to other parts of the city and central Hamburg.

A museum occupies the site of a former wartime bunker and displays artifacts and stories from air raid shelters. It is Hamburg's only institution devoted entirely to preserving this particular aspect of the city's past.

Location: Hamburg-Mitte

Inception: January 1, 2011

Shares border with: Hammerbrook, Borgfelde, Rothenburgsort, Horn, Marienthal, Eilbek, Hohenfelde

GPS coordinates: 53.55487,10.05742

Latest update: December 7, 2025 09:28