Barmbek-Nord

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Barmbek-Nord is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Hamburg-Nord. It lies about five kilometers east of the city center and is a densely built area with many brick apartment buildings. It borders Ohlsdorf, Steilshoop, Bramfeld, Wandsbek, Dulsberg, Barmbek-Süd and Winterhude. The quarter covers about 3.9 square kilometers and has around 43,700 residents.

History: It was farmland until the late 19th century. It grew quickly during industrialization in the 1910s and 1920s as a workers’ district. The area got rail and subway links early: the Hamburg-Altona railway reached Barmbek in 1907; Rübenkamp station opened in 1913 (later renamed Alte Wöhr in 1931); the Hamburg U-Bahn circle line began at Barmbek in 1912; a track to Habichtstraße opened in 1930. The hospital Barmbek was established in 1913 (today Asklepios Klinik Barmbek). In 1937 it became part of Hamburg under the Greater Hamburg Act. The area suffered heavy destruction in World War II. In the 1970s and 1980s it faced economic changes as jobs declined, and it shifted from a workers’ quarter to a more family-friendly neighborhood.

Today, Barmbek-Nord is a lively place, especially around Barmbek station and Fuhlsbüttler Straße, a major shopping street.