Another lock on the way from the Elbe into the Alster is the Town Hall Lock. Several amendments have been done.

The Alster is a river and it has many locks on its way to the Elbe. Let’s start with the first one coming from the Elbe: the Schaartorschleuse – lock.

The Kontorhaus Stubbenhuk is very impressive and I would love to raise your awareness towards the old Kontorhaus.

The Alsterhaus Somewhat unnoticed, due to ist location a bit off site in Hamburg – and often mixed up with the shopping mall „Alsterhaus“ at Jungfernstieg, the Alsterhaus was built in 1903 at the Inner Alster Lake at the corner of Ferdinandstraße/Ballindamm. As a member of the Bürgerschaft in Hamburg, president of the association of […]

Staircase up and Staircase down in the Hübner Haus The Hübner-Haus at the corner Neuer Wall/Poststraße in Hamburg is definitely worth a detour as it accommodates at mini museum of the former Café Hübner, a café which served especially for the ladies of Hamburg’s high society between 1884 and 1961. At the beginning, this was […]

Staircase up – staircase down in the Mönckeberghaus After the first modern staircase last week, this week, I’ll dedicate my blog to a more historical office building and its staircase: The Mönckeberghaus. As the name suggests, it is located on Mönckebergstraße in the middle of the city centre and yet is somewhat inconspicuously hidden in the second row bhind the Mönckeberg fountain. […]

Villas, mansiones y tranquilidad en Pöseldorf – Hamburgo Ay, qué interesante es el barrio de Pöseldorf en Hamburgo, Alemania. Tenemos allí tantas villas y mansiones construidas a finales del siglo 19 o a principios del siglo 20. Está limpio y tranquilo y detrás de los edificios siempre se esconden pequenas sorpresas. Como el Yu Garden […]