Hamburg News

8/2009

Flying fuel cell Brand boat Lindenberg museum Reeperbahn Campus The first piloted fuel cell aircraft The barge “Anita Ehlers“ has Rock icon Udo Lindenberg plans The “Reeperbahn Campus“ was successfully performed its been baptised as new floating a new museum cum stage in launched as industry platform of maiden flight in the sky above brand ambassador of the Ham- Rothenburgsort, the new creative Reeperbahn Festival returning Hamburg. (p.2) burg Metropolitan Area.(p. 2) hotspot in Hamburg‘s east. (p. 3) 24-26 September 2009. (p. 4) Newsflash Hamburg among the most liveable cities of the world Healthy people: Hamburg British magazine “The Economist“ confirms the attractiveness of the Hanseatic city citizens live increasingly longer, give birth to more Hamburg is one of the world‘s children and die less of top 20 places to live, work, and preventable fatalities. This visit. The Hanseatic city was positive development was placed 14th among the world‘s recently presented by the 140 major cities in the latest report “Basic Information ranking by the London-based on Public Health“ published magazine “The Economist“. Its by the Hamburg Ministry Intelligence Unit annually pu- for Social Services, Family, blishes a liveability ranking ba- Health and Consumer Pro- sed on a survey by Mercer. The tection (BSG). According to the survey, male Hamburg Elbe metropolis is thus a far citizen today reach an ave- more liveable place than Paris rage age of 77 years, while (17th), London (51st) and Rome women will die at 82 years. (52nd), and by far Germany‘s This reprensents an increa- most attractive location. Frank- sed life span of 5.2 years for furt was placed 19th, Berlin on men, and 3.6 years for wo- spot 22. Each city was assigned men since 1986. In addition, a score for over 40 qualitative ronto, Perth, Calgary, Helsinki, te the global economic slow- birth rates are climbing and quantitative factors across and Geneva. The world‘s worst down, the Hanseatic city still again since 2002. In 2007, five broad categories: stability, place to call home is Harare, the reports an increase in tourism. the last year on record, health care, culture and envi- capital of Zimbabwe, with 37,5 From January to May 2009 16,727 newborns were re- ronment, education, and infra- out of 100 points. overnight stays grew by 0.6 per gistered in Hamburg, with infant death reduced by 40 structure. The categories were Hamburg also boasts the best cent, in sunny May even by 1.7 per cent. In regard to avoi- compiled and weighted to pro- economic outlook, states the per cent in comparison to last dable fatalities, Hamburg‘s vide an overall rating of 1–100, business magazine “Capital“ year‘s month. At TUI, one of the 12 per cent are just below where 1 is considered intolera- based on a survey by Feri Eco- world‘s largest tourism firms the national average of 12.5 ble and 100 is considered ideal. nomic Research Institute. In co-operating with the Hamburg per cent. For the second year in the row, 2009, Hamburg pushed Munich Tourism Board (HHT) since www.hamburg.de/gesund- Vancouver/Canada topped the from the throne for the very spring, Hamburg is Europe‘s heitsfoerderung 2009 list with 98 points, follo- first time. The Elbe metropolis most booked city destination. wed by Vienna, Melbourne, To- is also top in tourism Despi- www.hamburg-economy.de

Hamburg signs first co-operation agreement in Africa with Dar es Salaam Collaboration to cover 13 fields – close contacts to Tanzania for 150 years Hamburg and the Tanzanian health services, and the scien- signature under a friendship, first visit of a Hamburg dele- port city Dar es Salaam signed tific co-operation in the field of trade, and shipping treaty for gation in Dar es Salaam. Two a co-operation agreement co- urban planning and museums. the three Hanseatic cities Bre- years later, a “Memorandum vering 13 fields of future colla- The close ties between Ham- men, Lübeck, and Hamburg. of Understanding“ signed boration. They comprise, inter burg and Tanzania date back From 1885 to 1919, German in March 2007 prepared this alia, help in urban infrastruc- 150 years. In 1859, the Ham- East Africa/Tanganyika was year‘s contract by defining the tures, the establishment of burg merchant O’Swald and part of the German colonial fields of co-operation. solar energy, the extension of the Sultan of Zanzibar set their empire. January 2005 saw the www.hamburg.de Hamburg News 8/2009 Page 2

Shortcuts Hamburg illustrates expertise in climate issues by innovations

Law – made in Hamburg The sun is burning, air-condi- Powerful heart of the new cooling is enormous. The cli- Also in jurisdiction, Hamburg tion is working overtime, and system is Jürgen Schukey‘s mate change in view, the Inter- is the gateway to the world. To energy costs are exploding. “Schukey engine“, housing two national Energy Agency (IEA) promote the city‘s law assets A green alternative to the cli- motors. The booster converts expects the demand for a/c- and its numerous national and mate-killing summer scenario the steam produced by solar units rise by more than ten per international institutions and has now been invented by the panels into mechanical energy, cent until 2020 in Europe alone. service providers, Hamburg Hamburg-based Thermodyna which then powers the actual Orientation in the jungle of cli- lawyers, civil law notaries, GmbH. Their sorption cooling cooling machine. It sucks in the mate data and forecasts is pro- and judges have founded the new registered associations system uses sunlight to produ- damp warm air in a room, com- vided by the new Climate Ser- “Rechtsstandort Hamburg“ Its ce cold air, and thus not only presses it, then expands it and vice Center (CSC) at the GKSS main target is to improve the reduced carbon dioxide emis- cools it down to 20° Celsius (68 research centre in Geesthacht, judicial dialogue with other sions, but also operating costs. ° F). Thermodyna plans to sell where it was recently founded states and to improve networ- Compared to 14 cents per kilo- the first machines, producing at a national consultancy and king within Germany. watt hours, their solar system on demand electricity, heat or information centre. takes off the heat for just five chill, as early as next year. www.thermodyna.com Three Conga Awards cents per kilowatt hour. The market for clean sorption www.gkss.de Three of the annual ten Conga Awards, regarded as the Ger- man event industry‘s “Oscar“ went to Hamburg in 2009. CCH Hamburg presents the world‘s first zero-emission aircraft - Congress Center Hamburg Motor glider Antares DLR-H2 successfully finished its maiden flight was ranked third in the catego- World premiere in Hamburg: reaction with oxygen ry “Best congress centre“ and granted the jury‘s special prize The world‘s first piloted -air in the ambient air, the as member of the marketing craft capable of taking to the only by-product is water association “Seven Centers air using only power from fuel – and zero emission. An- of Germany“, incorporating cells successfully concluded its tares DLR-H2 will be ba- the nation‘s seven largest con- maiden flight in Hamburg. The sed at Lufthansa Tech- gress centres. The third award Antares DLR-H2 motor glider, nik where it will serve was given to Hamburg. In the developed by the DLR, Lange as a flying test platform category „Cities and regions Aviation, BASF Fuel Cells and for DLR‘s fuel cell test national“, the Hanseatic city Denmark‘s Serenergy, has a activities as part of the ranked second as an event range of 750 kilometres and Fuel Cell Lab project. location – behind Berlin and can fly for five hours. Using Launched by the City of and fuel cell activities of the ahead of Munich. www.conga-award.de hydrogen as its fuel, which is Hamburg on a joint basis with Hamburg Metropolitan Area. converted into electrical ener- DLR and Airbus/EADS, the fuel www.dlr.de Warren Buffet invests gy in a direct, electrochemical cell lab bundles the hydrogen www.lufthansa-technik.com Legendary Warren Buffett, with 62 billion US dollars the world‘s richest man, has be- Hamburg Metropolitan Area come a major shareholder in Kromi Logistik. The Hamburg Floating ambassador of the metropolitan area baptised company specialises in the supply of precision tools for The Hamburg Metropolitan engine builders, component Area is the economic heart of makers and the aerospace in- Northern Germany and one of dustry. US toolmaker IMC, of Germany‘ and Europe‘s most which Buffett’s investment hol- competitive business regions. ding Berkshire Hathaway owns 80 per cent has taken a 9.1% More than 4.3 million peo- stake in the company. Kromi ple live in the 15 districts em- will thus receive 3.75 million bracing the Hanseatic city of euros for further growth. Hamburg. Their live cord is the www.kromi.de Elbe river, a vital factor for the region‘s economy and identity. Aramex expands To strengthen the co-operation The global logistics solutions and to fill the administrative provider Aramex expanded structure of the Hamburg Me- activities in Germany to provi- tropolitan Area with life, Ham- de wholesale express services burg Marketing GmbH brought Gedaschko (1st f. l.) recently only ply the waters of the Elbe by starting operations in three all partners on board in the baptised the port barge “Ani- river, but also act as a key visu- new offices located at Ham- true sense of the word. ta Ehlers“ with the honorary al in the communication of the burg, Cologne and Frankfurt respectively, with Hamburg In the Port of Hamburg, title “Hamburg Metropolitan Hamburg brand, symbolising serving as the national head- Segeberg‘s district head Jut- Area“. Northern Germany‘s strong re- quarters. ta Hartwieg (2nd f. l.) and the As a floating ambassador of gion and the deep solidarity of www.aramex.com Hamburg Minister of Econo- the Hamburg Metropolitan all its players. mic and Labour Affairs, Axel Area, the ship will now not www.marketing.hamburg.de Hamburg News 8/2009 Page 3

Udo Lindenberg plans “panic centre“ with museum and stage Shortcuts Art in the east: District of Rothenburgsort increasingly attracts the creative class New shopping portal German rock icon Udo Lin- This spring, however, art-lovers the Deichtor exhibition halls, Boasting the continent‘s only denberg plans a museum in pilgrimaged to the art installa- and the galleries and studios comprehensive overview of all Hamburg. His “panic centre“ tion “Kubick Hamburg“. Set up at Brandshof, Hamburg could inner city shopping options, will house a museum displa- in an historic port warehouse, extend its arts strip much fur- the new shopping platform on ying all aspects of his artistic 154 industrial water tanks were ther to the east. Today, the art www.hamburg.de is unique in Europe. Next to extensive life, an exhibition space for illuminated and set into scene mile leads from Hamburg‘s descriptions of Hamburg‘s his “likörelle“ painting made by live music, theatre, and ci- art museum near the Alster to shopping street and arcades, with egg liquor, and a stage nema. Deichtorhallen near the port. you will find video tips on for newcomer bands. The new Support for the art pioneers By order of the borough Ham- shopping tours, and informa- museum will possibly be loca- between Elbe and Bille comes burg centre, urban planner tion on Sunday shopping. A ted at Rothenburgsort. from the City of Hamburg that Rolf Kellner of the planning product and brand finder allow The former port area in the east plans to create another creative office “überNormalnull“ thus to search for articles, brands, of Hamburg‘s inner city has centre in the east of the metro- currently analyses the area‘s and retailers. After the inner become the home of some hot polis. They will find attractive potential as a vibrant creative city, also the Elbe shopping and hip galleries such as Oel- and affordable studio space neighbourhood. By autumn, strip, Karolinen and Schanzen Früh, Tinderbox, and KiT. The for rent, thus the vision of Jörn all ideas and vision will be con- district will be integrated into latter, founded by Hamburg‘s Walter, Director of the Ministry cretised and integrated into the the new online gateway of the shopping metropolis Ham- Ministry of the Environment as of Urban Development and update of HafenCity‘s master burg. The project was initiated early as 1998, has meanwhile Environment, in the sheds of plan. www.galerie-kit.de by the Hamburg Ministry of shown more than 110 exhibi- the former railway grounds at www.oelfrueh.org Economic and Labour Affairs, tions of great acclaim. Oberhafen. In connection with www.tinderbox-art.com which also provided initial fun- ding. Malodorous odours are left with no chances www.hamburg.de/shopping Hamburg scientist develops effective filtres in the frame of the “Odour Control“ project Thrilling murders The Hamburg Metropolitan Odorous emmissions, espe- investigates possible absorp- to control production pro- Area inspires crime authors. cially exhaust air from restau- tion and adsorption technolo- cesses and to minimise offen- Increasingly, the Port of Ham- rants cause increasingly incon- gies to ban bad smell. sive smell. Supported by funds burg, St. Pauli‘s Kiez, and the veniences and disapproval in His expertise is high in demand from the Federal Ministry of Ed- diverse natural landscapes highly populated areas. How all over the world, as odour de- ucation and Research (BMBF), and towns surrounding the unwanted smells could be pletion is often linked to high partners of the co-operation Elbe metropolis provide the setting for atrocities. Stars of erased from the air, is a que- costs for the food processing project include next to Helmut the Northern German crime stion pursued by Prof. Bernd industry and cooking facilities. Schmidt University/University scene are Doris Gercke, Petra Niemeyer from the Institute One solution could be the de- of the Federal Armed Forces, Oelker, Gunter Gerlach und of Thermodynamics at Helmut pletion of malodorous odours the University of Technology Petra Wörth, promising new- Schmidt University/University by bacteria or micro organis- Hamburg-Harburg, and Leibniz comers include Irene Straten- of the Federal Armed Forces in ms. Filter materials could be University Hanover eleven in- werth und Katrin McClean. Hamburg. In the frame of the regenerated by microwaves dustrial partners. international project “Odour and then re-used. In addition, www.hsu-hh.de Hamburg saves energy Control“, the process engineer electronic noses could be used www.odour.de Among all citizens of West Germany, the locals of Ham- burg are best in energy saving. In the Hanseatic city, a four Hamburg to develop the city‘s first green logistics park person household annually Pilot project to be realised on 27 hectares south of suburban Bergedorf spends 4,659 Kilowatt hours, according to the online price On a nearly 27 hectares large bus terminal, and varied array approx. 26.6 hectares. A portion portal CHECK24. The highest area in the east, the Free and of services and shopping of 13 hectares is municipally energy consumption is found Hanseatic City of Hamburg as facilities. owned, some 13.6 hectares are in Northrhine-Westfalia with Europe‘s green capital 2011 The future “Logistics Park” still privately owned, with all 5,398 Kilowatt hours per year plans to realise the city‘s is planned as a pioneering lease contracts to be cancelled by a four person household. first green logistics site. The project of green logistics, at short notice. Already by next www.check24.de investment is estimated at 100 and thus will be exemplary year, a legally binding land-use million Euro. in terms of sustainable plan will be presented. New art in the old centre The proposed logistics construction, management, The Free and Hanseatic City of South and east of Steinstraße, development will be and energy supply. The halls Hamburg considers to deal with a vibrant art scene has found created opposite to the “Am and terminals for the storage a single investor to handle the a new home. To celebrate the Schleusengraben” quarter. and transport of goods will entire „green logistics“ project start of the season in Septem- This location stands out due not be built conventionally, – i.e. development, purchase of ber, some ten galleries will throw a joint opening, inclu- to its immediate proximity but fulfil the latest and highest privately owned land, and sale ding Carolyn Hinz, Borchardt, to the A 25 motorway at the environmental criteria. All of land. With the Kühne School and the White Trash Contem- “Bergedorf” junction and the building will be at maximum of Logistics, a scientific partner porary. vibrant centre of Bergedorf 15 metres high. has already been found. with its castle, rapid rail link, The total land area has a size of http://hamburg-logistik.com Hamburg News 8/2009 Page 4

Reeperbahn Campus: Northern Europe‘s music industry meets at Hamburg‘s Kiez New platform for the encounter and exchange of creative industries created to complement the festival Within three years Reeper- no Events GmbH & Co. KG in bahn Festival has become an co-operation with Reeperbahn internationally leading festival Festival GbR and Hamburg@ for newcomer bands. Parallel work, Hamburg‘s initiative for to the festival, Reeperbahn Media, IT and Telecommuni- Campus will open its door cation. The event is supported as a brand-new platform for by Hamburg Marketing GmbH creative professionals from and the Hamburg’s Ministry of the music industry, IT/games, Culture, Sport and Media. advertising, film, design, and The accredition fee also co- telecommunication. vers the priority entrance to Beyond common conference the Reeperbahn Festival (24-26 rooms or exhibition halls, September) with 170 bands at some 15,000 trade visitors will 22 venues. Also part of Reeper- discuss trends and challen- bahn Festival will be second ges of the creative industries Kiezkongress, a symposium caused by the convergence in Up-to-date of apprentices in the German the music, film and interacti- events industry. Best online radio: Hamburg-based internet radio ByteFM was ve industries in more than 30 Earlier this year, the Reeper- granted the prestigious Grimme Online Award 2009 in the cate- panels and workshops, taking bahn Festival successfully gory “special“. Broadcasting from a former WW2 bunker at Heili- place in clubs and trendy off- promoted itself at SXSW this gengeistfeld, ByteFM successfully competed against 1,700 entries. location. Main setting, how- year. Reeperbahn Campus is With its great selection of good music presented by knowledgeable ever, will be the Reeperbahn the logical step to consolidate speakers who really care about the songs they present, founder Campus Lounge, with a Cam- Hamburg as the place for mu- Ruben Jonas Schnell meanwhile has a monthly audience of more pus Board showing names of sic within the industry. than 90,000 listeners. www.reeperbahnfestival.de delegates present. Reeperbahn www.byte.fm Campus is organised by Infer- www.reeperbahncampus.de

Hamburg to be strengthened as creative capital News-Bits Establishment of a creative agency and a fund for creative real estate determined No calm, but boom in cruising: By founding a creative agency, cipants, Hamburg has now de- Potential real estate suitable New concepts and ideas for the Hamburg plans to strengthen cided to set up a development for creative industries is cur- growth industry are presented its creative industries. The agency for the creative indus- rently being researched by 15-17 September 2009 by Seatra- growth sector annually ac- tries. Next to assistance, con- the Hamburg Ministy of Urban de Europe on the fairgrounds of counts for 4.6 per cent of sultancy, and practical support Planning and the Environ- Hamburg Messe. Hamburg‘s Gross Value Added for businesses through new ment. All properties will be www.seatrade-europe.com (GVA). 16 per cent of all Ham- training schemes, support pro- integrated with detailed lis- burg companies are active in grammes, and new networks, ting into a cross-authority real Shipping family: For 175 years the creative industries, which the new creative agency will estate database. Rooms and the Rickmers family has been suc- employ some 64,000 people. also promote Hamburg as a facilities available for interim cessfully involved in Shipping. On The sector ranges from music, leading centre for the creati- use will be gathered by the occasion of their anniversary, Ham- film and radio, book and art, ve industries. The agency will creative agency. burg shipowners and business- architecture, theatre, design be backed by the association To finance rent rebates, a new men Bertram and Erck Rickmers to press, advertising, software “Verein Kreativwirtschafts- “Fund interim use of civic donated one million euros to the and games. 75 per cent of all cluster Hamburg“, which will spaces and rooms“ will be World Future Council. The brothers players are small enterprises. also delegate a member to set up for a period of initially run two separate groups of compa- As an interface of the very the creative agency‘s board three years and an annual vo- nies with more than 5,000 people diverse sector, its industry to represent the network‘s in- lume of 300,000 euros. in total. networks and numerous parti- terests. www.hamburg.de

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