Hamburgs Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus > World Heritage Since 2015 – Outstanding Examples of Maritime Warehouses and Modern Office Buildings
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STADT- n e HAUS- al Neustadt b G W a r r BRÜCKE a sk r M str. e e ichaelis ng l lt e le A r He r r il ige e b ng H rü ei Lu c st- dwig ke - Er h . RÖDINGS- ar r d- t Te S s MARKT ilfeld tr. Welterbeareal Speicherstadt und World Heritage area Speicherstadt Kontorhausviertel mit Chilehaus and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus Info Point Welterbe World Heritage Information Point Speicherstadtmuseum Speicherstadtmuseum HafenCity InfoCenter Kesselhaus HafenCity InfoCenter Kesselhaus barrierefreie S-/U-Bahn-Haltestelle accessible train/subway-station öentliche Toiletten (barrierefrei) accessible public toilets StadtRAD Station StadtRAD/rental bike station Bus mit Haltestelle bus station Parkhaus car park car park HAMBURGS SPEICHERSTADT AND KONTORHAUS DISTRICT WITH CHILEHAUS > WORLD HERITAGE SINCE 2015 – OUTSTANDING EXAMPLES OF MARITIME WAREHOUSES AND MODERN OFFICE BUILDINGS. Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on 5 July WHAT IS UNESCO? 2015. The World Heritage Committee based its decision on the belief that the Speicherstadt and the Kontorhaus UNESCO stands for „United District are „an outstanding example“ of buildings and an ensemble which „illustrate significant stages in the history Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization“. of humanity“. The Outstanding Universal Value of the two mono-functional but complementary areas is reflected in Hamburg’s warehouse district “Speicherstadt” with its opulent historic architecture and its connecting network It is one of 16 specialised of roads, canals and bridges dating from 1885 to 1927 and in the Kontorhaus District with the modern red-brick agencies of the United Nations architecture of the office buildings for port-related use from the 1920s to 1950s. and is based in Paris. There Hamburg was and still is a dynamic port and trade centre that is in a constant state of flux. At the end of the 19th are currently 195 member states represented in UNESCO. century, a transformation process had been initiated with the construction of the Speicherstadt resulting in Ham- burg transitioning from a city with mixed living, commercial and working quarters to a modern city with service UNESCO‘s mission is: „Since districts. The construction of the Kontorhaus district continued this process at the start of the 20th century. wars being in the minds of Chilehaus, planned and constructed by architect Fritz Höger in 1922-24. men, it is in the minds of men The Speicherstadt was originally constructed between The adjacent Kontorhaus district is a cohesive, densely that the defences of peace must be constructed.“ It is 1885 and 1927 by the „Hamburger Freihafen-Lager- built area featuring pure office complexes that were embedded in the Preamble haus-Gesellschaft“ (HFLG) shipping company on a built from the 1920s to the 1950s in direct neighbor- of its Constitution which was 1.1 km long archipelago in the Elbe river (reconstructed hood to the Speicherstadt to house businesses’ offices ratified by 37 states on 16 in part between 1949 and 1967). Constructed in engaged in port-related activities. November 1945 in London. three building phases, the Speicherstadt remains the The Kontorhaus district‘s massive office buildings The experiences of World War largest uniform and cohesive ensemble of warehouses stand out for their early expressionistic brick-clad II has led to the belief that, in the world to this day. architecture and their unity of function with the Chile- „a peace based exclusively Using new technology and materials, it is a unique haus as “flagship”. upon the political and representation of the functional and sophistically economic arrangements of governments would not be a designed maritime industrial architecture in the style The Chilehaus, Messberghof, Sprinkenhof, Mohlen- peace which could secure the of European historicism. hof, Montanhof, former Post Office Building at Niedern- View to the west over the Speicherstadt and Sandtorkai. unanimous, lasting and sincere As a result, the Speicherstadt is of high international straße 10, Kontorhaus Burchardstrasse 19-21 and support of the peoples of the importance to the development and history of archi- Miramar-Haus attest to architectural and city-plan- world, and that the peace tecture. With its composition of red brick buildings ning concepts that were emerging in the early 20th must therefore be founded, if it is not to fail, upon the in neo-Gothic architectural forms, its streets, water- century. In particular with the Sprinkenhof and Chile- intellectual and moral ways and bridges that give the Speicherstadt its un- haus the architectural forms achieved an almost un- solidarity of mankind.“ mistakably unique image, this area of Hamburg is a surpassable degree of virtuosity in terms of design formative part of the entire cityscape. and craftsmanship. UNESCO‘s aim is „to contri- This „city of storage” includes 15 large warehouse bute to peace and security blocks that were very progressive in terms of their Furthermore, the Chilehaus by Fritz Höger is regarded by promoting collaboration technical facilities and equipment, as well as six deco- as an icon of expressionism with its tip reminiscent among the nations through education, science and rative ancillary buildings and a network of roads, of a ship‘s bow and characteristic detailing of its culture.“ canals and bridges. façades. (FHH-Bildarchiv) Bildarchiv Hamburg © Denkmalschutzamt Brooktorkai Vallbracht, © Andreas Schulz, Speicherstadt Chilehaus © Maxim credits: Photo The Brooktorkai is the eastern part of the Speicherstadt..