Hamburg

:This article is about the city in Germany. For other articles named Hamburg, see Hamburg (disambiguation).

Culture

Institutions

• DESY - Deutsches Elektronen SYnchrotron, the German Electron Synchrotron
• Literaturhaus

Actors and actresses

• Gustav Gründgens
• Hans Albers

Poets and writers

• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
• Helmut Heißenbüttel
• Wolfgang Borchert
• Peter von Zahn

Politicians

• Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt
• Ernst Thälmann
• Lord Ralf Dahrendorf

Scientists

• Heinrich Hertz

Architects

• Fritz Höger
• Fritz Schumacher

Churches

The skyline of Hamburg features the high spires of the five main churches ('Hauptkirchen') covered with green copper plates.

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• St. Michaelis church ('Michel')
• St. Nikolai church (memorial)
• St. Petri church (11th century)
• St. Jakobi church (13th century)
• St. Katharinen church (14th century)

Theatres

• Schauspielhaus
• Ernst-Deutsch-Theater
• St. Pauli Theater
• Hamburger Kammerspiele
• Thalia Theater
• Ohnsorg-Theater - a theatre in which the actors speak in Low German

Dance clubs

• Angie's Nightclub (Soul/Jazz/Livebands) website
• Change (Gay)(Electronica) website
• China Lounge (House) website
• Docks (Trance/Latin/RnB/Mixed) website
• Cult Club (70s, 80s, Classics) website
• Dollhouse (Strip Club) Info
• Echochamber (Reggae/Dancehall/Electro) website
• Funky Pussy Club (HipHop/R&B) Info
• Große Freiheit 36 (Mixed) website
• Grünspan (Mixed/Livebands) website
• Kaiserkeller (in the basement of Große Freiheit 36)
• Kir (Alternative/Mixed/Wednesday=Gay) website
• Lounge (House/Soul/Latin/Lounge) Info
• Molotow (Livemusic/Clubnights/Rock) website
• Pit (Gay) (Electronica) website
• Pacha (House) website
• Rutsche (Dancehall/Techno/Pop/Rock)
• Superfly (House/HipHop/Mixed) website
• Thomas Read (House/Pop/R&B) website
• Waagenbau (Electronica/Techno/HipHop) website
• Weltbühne (DJs/Liveacts) website

Music

Classical

• Famous organ built by Arp Schnitger (1648-1719)

Composers

• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
• Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788, a son of Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Pop

Hamburg is known for giving the Beatles a start in their musical career in the early 1960s. They played at the Star Club, which was located in the district St. Pauli near the perhaps most famous street of Hamburg, the Reeperbahn.

Related Topics:
The Beatles - Star Club - St. Pauli - Reeperbahn

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More recently it is known for some of the most popular German hip-hop acts, such as 5 Sterne Deluxe, Samy Deluxe, Beginner and Fettes Brot. There is also a quite big alternative and punk scene which gathers around the Rote Flora, an occupied villa once owned by Salomon Heine located in the district of Sternschanze. Some of the musicians of the famous electronic band Kraftwerk also came from Hamburg.

Related Topics:
Hip-hop - 5 Sterne Deluxe - Samy Deluxe - Beginner - Fettes Brot - Alternative - Punk - Salomon Heine - Kraftwerk

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Hamburg was one of the major centers of the heavy metal music world in the 1980's. Many bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Grave Digger got their start in Hamburg. The influences of these bands and other bands from the area were critical to establishing the subgenre of Power metal.

Related Topics:
Heavy metal music - Helloween - Running Wild - Grave Digger - Power metal

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Museums

Museums in Hamburg include:

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• Altona Museum and North German State Museum http://www.altonaer-museum.de/de/
• Art Gallery (Kunsthalle Hamburg) http://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/
• Brahmsmuseum
• Bucerius Kunst Forum http://www.buceriuskunstforum.de/
• Hamburg Museum for Archaeology and the History of Harburg
• Neuengamme concentration camp memorial http://www.hamburg.de/Neuengamme/welcome.en.html
• Speicherstadt Museum http://www.speicherstadtmuseum.de/
• Museum of Labour http://www.museum-der-arbeit.de/
• Museum für Völkerkunde http://www.voelkerkundemuseum.com/

Regional dishes

Although Hamburg is jokingly said to be the birthplace of the hamburger, this is just a myth. The hamburger was named after Hamburg. Original Hamburg dishes are "Birnen, Bohnen und Speck" (green runner beans cooked with pears and bacon), "Aalsuppe" (Often mistaken to be German for "eel soup" (aal = eel), however the name probably comes from the Low Saxon "aalens", meaning "all" - anything could be in it, but not necessarily eel. Today eel is often included to meet the expectations of unsuspecting diners.), "Bratkartoffeln" (fried potatoes), "Finkenwerder Scholle" (fried plaice), Pannfisch (fried fish), Rote Grütze (something similar to summer pudding consisting mainly of red berries) and "Labskaus" (a strange looking combination of corned beef, mashed potatoes and beet root – with a name oddly similar to Liverpool's lobscouse).

Related Topics:
Hamburger - Liverpool - Lobscouse

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