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Finkenwerder (Low German: Finkwarder,Finkenwarder or - wärder; translation German: Finkeninsel; translation: Island of finches) is a quarter of Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 in the borough Hamburg-Mitte
Hamburg-Mitte

Hamburg-Mitte located in the Hamburg, Germany is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, covering mostly the urban center of the city of Hamburg....
. It is the location of a plant of Airbus
Airbus

Airbus Soci?t? par actions simplifi?e is an Aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Toulouse, France, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
 and its airport
Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport is an airport in the quarter Finkenwerder, in the southwest part of Hamburg, Germany. It is the designation for the runway located on the grounds of the Airbus plant there, and is used mostly by company employees, both for business and for private flights....
. In 2006 the population was 11,629.

ng World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 until April 30 1945 a concentration camp was established in Finkenwerder. It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme
Neuengamme

Neuengamme is a quarter of the district Bergedorf within the City of Hamburg, Germany. Before and during World War II, a Nazi concentration camp was established by the SS....
 concentration camp.






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Finkenwerder (Low German: Finkwarder,Finkenwarder or - wärder; translation German: Finkeninsel; translation: Island of finches) is a quarter of Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 in the borough Hamburg-Mitte
Hamburg-Mitte

Hamburg-Mitte located in the Hamburg, Germany is one of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, covering mostly the urban center of the city of Hamburg....
. It is the location of a plant of Airbus
Airbus

Airbus Soci?t? par actions simplifi?e is an Aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Toulouse, France, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
 and its airport
Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport is an airport in the quarter Finkenwerder, in the southwest part of Hamburg, Germany. It is the designation for the runway located on the grounds of the Airbus plant there, and is used mostly by company employees, both for business and for private flights....
. In 2006 the population was 11,629.

History

During World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 until April 30 1945 a concentration camp was established in Finkenwerder. It was a subcamp to the Neuengamme
Neuengamme

Neuengamme is a quarter of the district Bergedorf within the City of Hamburg, Germany. Before and during World War II, a Nazi concentration camp was established by the SS....
 concentration camp.

Geography

The port of Hamburg covers a part of this quarter. In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Altengamme has a total area of 19.3 km².

The western and norther border is the river Elbe
Elbe

The River Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It originates in the Krkonose Mountains of northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and flowing into the North Sea....
 in the North the borough Altona
Altona, Hamburg

Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the Germany States of Germany of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Denmark monarchy....
 borders to Finkenwerder. Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony lies in northern Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen States of Germany of Germany. In rural areas Low German is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining....
 is in the East. In the South is the border to the quarter Bergedorf
Bergedorf

Bergedorf is the largest of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany and a quarter within this borough. In 2006 the population of the borough was 118,942....
.

Demographics

In 2006 in the quarter Finkenwerder were living 11,629 people. The population density was . 18.9% were children under the age of 18, and 19.8% were 65 years of age or older. 13% were immigrants. 461 people were registered as unemployed and 3,928 were employees subject to social insurance
Social insurance

Social insurance is any government-sponsored program with the following four characteristics:* the benefits, eligibility requirements and other aspects of the program are defined by statute;...
 contributions.

In 1999 there were 5,702 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 39.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.1.

In 2006 there were 867 criminal offences (75 crimes per 1000 people).

Education

There were 2 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools in the quarter Finkenwerder.

Economy

Finkenwerder is parted in an industrial area and rural parts. The Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport
Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport is an airport in the quarter Finkenwerder, in the southwest part of Hamburg, Germany. It is the designation for the runway located on the grounds of the Airbus plant there, and is used mostly by company employees, both for business and for private flights....
 run by the Airbus
Airbus

Airbus Soci?t? par actions simplifi?e is an Aerospace manufacturer subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Toulouse, France, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
 S.A.S. industries and some facilities of the port of Hamburg are located in this quarter.

Infrastructure


Health systems

In Finkenwerder were 6 day care centers for children and also 7 physicians in private practice and 3 pharmacies.

Transportation

The quarter is not serviced by the rapid transit
Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
 system of the city train
Hamburg S-Bahn

The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN Eisenbahn and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area....
. Public transport is provided by buses of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund

The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund is a company coordinating the public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide the user with a unified fare system, requiring only a single ticket for journeys with transfers between different operating companies, and to further facilitate and speed up travel by harmonising the...
 and the HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst, operating ferries on the Elbe river.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), 4,354 private cars were registered in Finkenwerder (376 cars/1000 people). There were 58 traffic accidents total, including 45 traffic accidents with damage to persons.

See also

  • List of subcamps of Neuengamme
    List of subcamps of Neuengamme

    This is an incomplete list of subcamps of Neuengamme complex. Neuengamme was a so called labour camp of the Nazi concentration camps. The camp was installed in Hamburg, Germany from 1938 until 1945....
  • Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport
    Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

    Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport is an airport in the quarter Finkenwerder, in the southwest part of Hamburg, Germany. It is the designation for the runway located on the grounds of the Airbus plant there, and is used mostly by company employees, both for business and for private flights....


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