Hammerbrook

Also known as Hamburg-Hammerbrook

Hammerbrook () is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in Germany. In 2020, the population was 5,069.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Hammerbrook
Settlement.settlement_type: Quarter of Hamburg
Settlement.image_skyline: Hammerbrook.berliner bogen.wmt.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 200px
Settlement.image_alt: A body of water with a multi-storey office building whose outline forms an arc.
Settlement.image_caption: Berliner Bogen (Berlin Arch) office building
Settlement.pushpin_map: Germany
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Map with location of Hammerbrook shown within Germany
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Hammerbrook within Germany
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hamburg
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Borough
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hamburg-Mitte
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.5
Settlement.area_code: 040
Settlement.registration_plate: HH

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Hammerbrook
Area: 2.5
Elevation: 5
Image: Hammerbrook.berliner bogen.wmt.jpg
Dialing code: 040

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Commons category: Hamburg-Hammerbrook
Commons gallery: Hamburg-Hammerbrook
postal code: 20537
P12749: Svaliava

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Hammerbrook () is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in Germany. In 2020, the population was 5,069.

==Name== Hamm, as in the Hamm section of the city that borders it to the east, refers to forest, while brook refers to the low-lying swamp or carr that formerly characterised the area, which is the confluence of the Bille with the Elbe. The name Hammer Brook originally referred to the entire area east of the city and north of the Bille extending as far as Horn.