Billwerder Neuer Deich 14
20539 Hamburg
The Hamburg Elbbrücken, the bridges across the Elbe, are the last ones before the Elbe flows into the North Sea. Since 1872, iron railway bridges have replaced ferries crossing the Norderelbe, the northern part of the Elbe, and the Süderelbe, the southern part. The Freihafen-Elbbrücke was built between 1914 and 1926, and in 1938 the Reichsautobahnbrücke across the Süderelbe was opened. After the Second World War, many new bridges, including railway bridges were built, alongside bridges from the 19th and early 20th century.
The former power station was built from 1899 onwards in the industrial quarter Hammerbrook. It used to consist of administrative buildings, apartments, repair shops, a power house, an engine house and a coal stockyard. The current state is the result of numerous new constructions and alterations over the years. It includes some halls from the first building phase, one huge complex from 1929/30 and an enlargement from 1938. The plant was shut down after the 1943 bombings. Nowadays the historic monument offers a variety of interesting motifs: spacious halls, big areaways with galleries lined with small office spaces, lofts, old staircases and ample basements.
The brick-lined warder's building, the sluice tower and the sluice interior constitute an entity which seems to be cut off entirely from the rest of the world. An idyllic place connecting the Billwerder bay and the Tiefstack canal which leads into the Bille.
Road movie dreariness in Hamburg Harbour, and meeting-point not only for lonely hearts: Among the enormous container facilities, cranes and ships, one can also find places to tarry.
