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St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; German: [ˌzaŋkt ˈpaʊli] ⓘ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world-famous red-light district around the iconic ...
The name Reeperbahn means ropewalk, which is a place where ropes are made (Low German: Reep = rope, the standard German word is Seil; Bahn = track). Until the 1620s Hamburg's ropewalks had been located in the Neustadt (New Town) quarter of the inner city close to the Elbe, which then became a densely built up area.
The St. Pauli Piers (German: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, often only referred to as Landungsbrücken; German pronunciation: [ˈlandʊŋsˌbʁʏkŋ̍]), is the largest landing site in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, and also one of Hamburg's major tourist attractions.
Map showing the Heiligengeistfeld Former Flakturm IV on Heiligengeistfeld. Heiligengeistfeld (German: "Holy Ghost Field") is an area of Hamburg in the St. Pauli quarter. The Hamburger Dom funfair has been held there since 1893. [1] When the area is not used for exhibitions, circuses or the Dom it is a car park.
Hafenstraße (German Hafen – harbour; Straße – street) is a common German abbreviation of St. Pauli-Hafenstraße, [1] a street in St. Pauli, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany. [citation needed] The Hafenstraße occupation began in 1981, when twelve buildings were squatted. [2]
At 58 meters tall - just a little taller than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but with considerably more heft - the St. Pauli bunker in Hamburg, Germany, has dominated the city skyline for just over 80 ...
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel (German: Alter Elbtunnel colloquially or St. Pauli Elbtunnel officially), which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg. The 426 m (1,398 ft) long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m (80 ft) beneath the surface, two 6 m (20 ft) diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the ...
The street sign reads: Beatles square, [named] after the world famous pop band from Liverpool, whose career started in 1962 in Hamburg's Star Club The Beatles-Platz (English: Beatles Square/Plaza) is a plaza in the St. Pauli quarter in Hamburg, Germany, at the crossroads of Reeperbahn and Große Freiheit.