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thumb|right|Blankenese, aerial view Blankenese () is a suburban quarter in the borough of Altona in the western part of Hamburg, Germany; until 1938 it was an independent municipality in Holstein. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river. With a population of 13,637 as of 2020, today it is widely known as one of Hamburg's most affluent neighborhoods.

Key facts

German place.name
Blankenese
German place.image_photo
BlankeneseStrand.jpg
German place.image_caption
Beach of Blankenese
German place.type
Quarter
German place.City
Hamburg
German place.state
Hamburg
German place.borough
Altona, Hamburg
German place.area
7.7
German place.postal_code
22587
German place.area_code
040
German place.licence
HH
German place.plantext
Location of Blankenese in Hamburg
German place.image_plan
HH-quarter-blankenese.jpg

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Blankenese
Country
Germany
Located in
Kreis Pinneberg
Contains
Iserbrook
Population
13487
Area
8.3
Body of water
Elbe
Shares border with
Finkenwerder
Official website
blankenese.de
Image
BlankeneseStrand.jpg
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Commons category
Hamburg-Blankenese
Commons gallery
Hamburg-Blankenese
postal code
22587
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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Origin of the name
  • Geography
  • Parks
  • Politics
  • Demographics
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Infrastructure
  • Commerce
  • Health systems
  • Transportation
  • Lighthouses
  • Waterworks
  • Wrecks
  • ''Polstjernan''
  • ''Uwe''
  • Notable people
  • Web presence
  • International relations
  • Twin towns – Sister cities
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|Blankenese, aerial view Blankenese () is a suburban quarter in the borough of Altona in the western part of Hamburg, Germany; until 1938 it was an independent municipality in Holstein. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river. With a population of 13,637 as of 2020, today it is widely known as one of Hamburg's most affluent neighborhoods.

==History== thumb|Old Postcard Blankenese has a long history as a fishing village along the Elbe River.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blankenese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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