Hamburg News

4/2009

Success for Hamburg Hamburg‘s future hospital Swimming Championships Traces of Jewish life Despite the financial crisis, the Wireless and fully digitalised: With swimming contests taking A new illustrated city map, com- business location Hamburg At the Asklepios Clinic Barmbek place on soccer grounds, Ham- plemented by a geo information continues to be highly attractive to tomorrow‘s telemedicine is a burg bids to host the Swimming system, allows you to discover investors and companies. (p.2) daily routine. (p. 2) Championship 2013. (p. 3) Hamburg‘s Jewish heritage. (p. 4) Newsflash Hamburg appointed as European Green Capital 2011 Hamburg tourism conti- Hanseatic City was chosen from a shortlist of eight finalists nues to boom: With more than four million visitors Stockholm and Hamburg are last year, spending 7.7 mil- the first winners of the new Eu- lion nights in the city (+4.4 ropean Green Capital award. per cent), Hamburg‘s tou- The Swedish capital will be Eu- rism industry continued its ropean Green Capital in 2010, growth in its seventh year. followed by Hamburg in 2011. 1.6 million overnight guests The European Commission‘s (+4.9 per cent) came from new award scheme, supported abroad. Within Europe, the by the Committee of the Re- most important incoming gions, encourages cities to markets were and improve the quality of urban Denmark. These markets life by taking the environment value Hamburg’s maritime flair and its variety on cultu- systematically into account in ral events. Beyond Europe, urban planning. The awards the United Arab Emirates were presented by European and China were the most Commissioner for Science and important incoming mar- Research Janez Potocnik at a kets. Important were also ceremony in Brussels. 35 cities domestic arrivals, which applied for the 2010 and 2011 climate protection goals such with annual energy savings of grew by 4.3 per cent in awards. Stockholm and Ham- as reducing its CO2 emissions some 46,000 MWh. Almost 100 2008. The strongest growth burg were chosen from eight by 40 per cent by 2020 and by per cent of Hamburg‘s citizens of visitor figures was expe- short-listed cities. 80 per cent by the year 2050. have access to public transport rienced in May with a neew Hamburg, home to 4.3 million Measures introduced include a within 300 metres. record of 760,000 overnight people in its metropolitan area, cost-efficiency benchmark for Hamburg was also commen- stays. Tourism thus remains one of the most important is a city that matches environ- energy-saving projects in public ded for its communication stra- employers in Hamburg and mental policy commitment buildings, with programmes tegy, and its proposal to launch its metropolitan area, with with appropriate funding. Air for lighting, boilers and refri- a “Train of Ideas“ where other 102,000 people involved in quality is very good, numerous gerator replacement. Carbon cities “own“ a wagon and pro- the industry. awareness raising programmes dioxide emissions per person mote their green ideas, achie- www.hamburg-tourism.de are in place, and the city has in- have been reduced by about vements and future plans. troduced extremely ambitious 15 per cent compared to 1990, www.europeangreencapital.eu

Media campus Finkenau unites the city‘s creative training facilities Architect‘s contest for new central building decided – new studio complex already realised Creative heads have been home and media campus Finkenau with 19 contestants from Ger- computer pools. Comprising here for a long time: Where through an 41 million Euro in- many, Switzerland, and France also a cafeteria and a terrace, Hamburg babies once were vestment. With first schools has been decided. The winning the large refectory will link the born, the city‘s young creative already operating, it will unite entry by Gerber architects from campus to the banks of Eilbek minds are being trained today. Hamburg’s media training pro- Dortmund proposes a poly- canal. Investments will total Since 2003, the former hospital grammes in one place by 2010. gonal brick building, housing 17.5 million euros. A studio grounds at Finkenau are being Recently, the architecture con- the library, classrooms, light, complex has already been in- converted into Hamburg‘s art test for the central new building sound, and video studios, and augurated on the campus. Hamburg News 4/2009 Page 2

Shortcuts Companies attracted by the business location Hamburg

State recognition Reemtsma has announced gineering services provider AT- Hamburg. 52 local companies Bucerius Law School has been 80 new jobs in Hamburg until KINS opened a new branch at were supported by HWF in granted official state recogniti- 2010, Philips has recently ope- Harburg‘s Channel 4, while me- their expansion projects. 2,425 on. By lifting the time limit pre- ned its new seven million Euro trica Services took up premises new jobs (2007: 1,399) were viously linked to the state reco- recycling centre, the Hamburg at nearby Schellerdamm to thus created, further 2,430 jobs gnition, Germanys first private fashion chain Tom Tailor conti- provide services to Hamburg‘s secured. Investments totalled law university has also been nues its international expansi- aviation industry. The attrac- 358 million euros (2007: 320.8). granted permission to extend on, and Hamburg-based wind tion of the business location Also, HWF realised the biggest its available courses of study. Next to a law course leading turbines manufacturer REpo- Hamburg was also confirmed German logistics transaction of to the Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) wer just received another multi- by the annual report of HWF the past few years – H&M‘s ul- and the German state exami- million order: despite the softe- Hamburg Business Develop- tra-modern distribution centre nation, the Hamburg universi- ning of the economy, Hamburg ment Corporation, presenting in Allermöhe. Covering 115,000 ty also offers the postgraduate is geared up for further econo- the second best annual results sqm, the garment group uses programme “Master of Law mic growth. The city‘s dynamic since its foundation 24 years the centre as the company‘s and Business“ in co-operation business climate also attracts ago. Last year, HWF helped 95 largest transit warehouse. with WHU - Otto Beisheim new companies. The British en- firms to set up a business in www.hwf-hamburg.de School of Management. www.bucerius.whu.edu www.law-school.de Tomorrow‘s telemedicine at work in Hamburg today On stage in Austin Asklepios Clinic Barmbek is the reference centre of the “future hospital“ project Before the next Reeperbahn With blue lights flashing and tik“ is only one vital part of ble devices, including patients‘ Festival will take place in Sep- tember 2009, the Hamburg sirens on, an ambulance car the “Future Hospital“ project beds, are equipped with wire- indoor festival travelled to heads for the Asklepios-Clinic launched by the private clinic less chips to easily locate them. Austin/Texas, where it presen- Barmbek. While still driving, operator Asklepios to integrate Using tablet PCs, doctors and ted its own showcases at the the medical staff transfers heart new technical developments nurses can access relevant data “South By Southwest“ Festi- and breathing data via mobile into a hospital environment. directly at the patient‘s bedside val. Participants included the ECGs to the hospital. There, a Acting as a reference centre or pass on lab data, pictures, or US bands “The Tontons“ and bright red signal appears on for an internationally oriented other pieces of information to “Shackelton“, the Hamburg a huge dashboard hanging eHealth, the 2005 purpose-built other departments or outside band “Neat, Neat, Neat“, the on the wall of the emergency clinic is supported in its efforts doctors. Other main features Copenhague duo “Murder“, unit, announcing the arrival of by Microsoft, Intel, and renow- are the safe electronic manage- “The Black Box Revelation“ a new patient. Before he even ned industry partners as Luft- ment of patient data (secure from Belgium, and the Irish singer-songwriter Wallis Bird. arrives, the doctor on duty is hansa, SAP, Siemens, and T-Sy- patient framework) and the www.reeperbahnfestival.com already well informed. stems in its efforts. In Europe‘s homecare technology. But the project “EKG Telema- most modern clinic, all mova- www.asklepios-future-hospital.com Be a designer! Do you have any ideas for new products that Tchibo could News from the Hamburg Metropolitan Area produce and sell? Then click to the new online platform of the TU Harburg prepares ports for future container ships Hamburg coffee roaster and find solutions for the problems They are 400 metres long, 60 and basic research into suitable searchers from shipbuilding, proposed by consumers. Eve- metres wide, and thus as big quay constructions is required. mechanical and ocean engi- ry month, the best entry is as four soccer fields: the new These challenges form the fo- neering and geotechnics are rewarded with 1,000 euros, container vessels of the gene- cus of work of Jürgen Grabe, working on basic research and may even be produced by ration XXL. These mega ships specialist for soil mechanics into the interactions between Tchibo, while protecting your copyrights. will be carrying up to 18,000 and foundation engineering, the ship‘s hull and the water, www.tchibo-ideas.de containers across the seven and his team at the Institute of the quay and the soil. Next to seas, and unload them in the Geotechnics and Construction Garbe, participants include New media service world‘s sea ports. Management at the Technical Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto von Estorff The Hamburg Metropolitan University Hamburg-Harburg. (Modelling and Computation), Area is full of news every day. New challenges for sea ports Grabe closely co-operates with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Rung Hamburg Marketing GmbH The ships‘ new giant dimen- the Hamburg Port Authority. (Fluid Dynamics and Ship (HMG) has thus launched a sions not only require longer Theory), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Edwin regular media service, which quais, but also reinforced ones Research training group Kreuzer (Mechanics and Oce- is distributed to 150 editorial to withstand the forces of ships The Hamburg scientists are an Engineering), Prof. Dr.-Ing. offices in the metro region. It and the increased crane loads. supported by the German Dr.-Ing. Eh. Dr. h.c. Eike Leh- also can be downloaded for Problems also occur from the Research Foundation (DFG), mann (Ship Constructions and free at HMG‘s website. The big wake produced by the ar- which will fund the research Simulation), Prof. Dr. sc. techn. media services incorporates both text news and accompa- riving or departing vessel, training group “Harbours for Viktor Sigrist (Concrete Struc- nying pictures. and the deep going erosions Container Ships of Future Ge- tures), and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe www.marketing.hamburg. caused by the ship‘s power- nerations: Interaction of Ship, Starossek (Structural Statics ful propulsion. Ports will need Fluid, Structure and Soil“ with and Steel Structures). to adapt to the new demands, 600,000 euros until 2014. Re- www.tu-harburg.de Hamburg News 4/2009 Page 3

Hamburg among 2013 World Swimming Championships bids Shortcuts Not kicking, but crawling: HSV stadium to be converted into Hamburg Aquatic Parc 54 new foundations At the Triathlon Champion- HSH Nordbank Arena, home burg to check the city‘s facili- Never before did Hamburg ships 2007, Hamburg showed stadium of the city‘s premier ties. The Hamburg parliament boast so many foundations: the world how well the Han- league club HSV. Converted for had agreed upon Hamburg‘s On December 31, 2008, 1,131 seatic City is suited to host in- the games into the Hamburg bidding already back in Februa- foundations were registered ternational sport events. Now, Aquatic Parc, all swimming ry. Costs of the championships in the Hanseatic City, and thus 54 more than in the pre- the organisers of the Hamburg and synchron swimming com- are estimated at 45 million eu- vious year. A new record was agency Upsolut pull the strings petitions could be enjoyed the- ros. The Free and Hanseatic also reached in the growth to attract an even larger sport re by up to 25,000 spectators, City of Hamburg will have to of the foundations‘ capital, event to Hamburg: the 15th and an audience of 10,000 at cover half of the sum. climbing by 1,018 billion World Swimming Champion- the waterball matches. FINA will decide on the orga- euros last year. The high in- ships, taking place July 19 to All high diving contests will niser of the championships at crease was mainly caused by August 4, 2013. Hamburg‘s take place at the Hamburg Di- its Bureau Meeting to be held the recognition of Joachim Herz official application has mean- ving Centre, established by a on July 18, 2009, in conjunc- Foundation, supporting sci- while been formally accepted 1.2 million refurbishment of tion with the 13th FINA World ence, education, and research by the International Swimming traditional Kaifu Bath. For free- Championships in Rome. In with funds of one billion euro. Federation (FINA). water contest and water polo 2011, the championships will www.stiftungen.org Competing against the two matches, the Hamburg Open take place in Shanghai. As other bidders Moscow and Water Arena will be set up in the only city, Ducal teacher Dubai, the Hamburg concept the inner and outer Alster lake. was the host of the swimming Princess Ingeborg of Schles- wig-Holstein will be a guest- proposes a central, but yet In April and May, a FINA dele- contests in 1978. teacher at the University of gation will probably visit Ham- www.hamburg.de unique venue for the contests: Beijing. The Hamburg artist will be one of the first non- Asian women to teach there. Wolfhart Putzier appointed as HamburgAmbassador in Australia Also teaching at China‘s elite Fourth HamburgAmbassador Meeting to be held in Hamburg May 6 - 8, 2009 university is another Hamburg export: star architect Meinhard Launched in 2006, Hamburg‘s Jebsen & Jessen, where Put- HamburgAmbassador Meeting von Gerkhan. innovative network of honora- zier is managing director. will take place May 6 - 8, 2009. ry ambassadors today spans To back the Hamburg Next to the traditional lun- World record in kissing the globe. In Australia, the Ambassadors in their duties, cheon with a welcome address On Valentine‘s Day, the Ham- Sydney-based representative and to promote dialogue bet- by Hamburg‘s First Mayor burg couple Kristina Reinhart is now supported by a col- ween them, the Hamburg Mar- Ole von Beust, the meeting‘s (22) and Nikola Matovic (23) recorded a new world record league from the West coast. keting GmbH (HMG) annually agenda will include encoun- in kissing, which will now Born in Hamburg and living invites the honorary represen- ters with leaders from politics enter the Guinness Book of in Western Australia‘s capital tatives to Hamburg. The re- and business in Hamburg and World Records. Their French Perth, Wolfhart Putzier was sponse so far demonstrates its metropolitan area, as well kiss lasted for 32 hours, se- appointed by Hamburg‘s First their tremendous willingness as tours of the region‘s most ven minutes and 14 seconds. Mayor Ole von Beust as 36th to devote time and effort to dynamic and innovative com- Throughout the event they HamburgAmbassador in the this voluntary post and to brief panies. were not allowed to sit, or course of the 100 year jubilee themselves on the latest deve- fall asleep, could only eat or of the Hamburg trading house lopments. This year, the fourth www.marketing.hamburg.de drink through a straw and had to stay kissing even while vi- siting the toilet. The winners received prize money of 1,250 Hamburg office rents low in international comparison euros. 550,000 square metres leased last year – low vacancy rate With 24 euros net on ave- euros net per square metre. Between Dammtor station Real time consultancy At this year‘s CeBIT, the Euro- rage, office rents in Hamburg Among Germany‘s eight top and Mönckebergstraße, 14 pean Multimedia Associations are lower than in many other office locations, the centre of new office blocks with a total Convention (EMMAC) has locations. This was revealed Frankfurt is the most expen- gross floor space of 186,000 awarded the silver European by the latest ranking of the sive with 38 euros net per square metres have been re- Seal of e-Excellence 2009 to US real estate advicer Cush- square metre on average, alised last year. Further of- the Hamburg-based optimise- man & Wakefield. The com- followed by Munich with 31 fice blocks with a gross floor it GmbH. optimise-it was ho- pany compared office rents euros. Benefiting from low space of 123,000 square me- noured in the category “Ser- in 202 key locations in 57 office rents, Hamburg‘s real tres are being constructed at vice Provider“ for its online countries and regions around estate sector has not lost its HafenCity‘s vibrant Übersee- dialogue tool “RealPerson“, the world. According to their dynamics. Last year, 550,000 quartier. Very much in de- which leads to a five times survey, Hong Kong has the square metres were newly mand is also City Süd. Here, higher conversion rate, an in- world‘s most expensive of- leased in the Hanseatic City. pharmaceutics giant Glaxo creased turnover per sale of 30 per cent and a 50 per cent fices with 1,743 euros net per The vacancy rate hovers at SmithKline has found new reduction of cost per customer square metre, followed by a low seven per cent. Every- premises from the property contact through a person-to- Tokyo‘s 1,649 euros net. In where in Hamburg, turning portfolio of the open-ended person chat service. Europe, London ranked top cranes are the telling signs public fund WestInvest 1. www.optimise-it.biz in the survey, asking for 1,403 of ongoing constructions. www.cushwake.com.de Hamburg News 4/2009 Page 4

New illustrated landmarks map features 30 Jewish sites in Hamburg Redesigned permanent exhibition at Hamburg‘s History Museum displays 400 years of Jewish heritage For more than 400 years, Jews red Toepfer dition, the sites, which can be accessed have influenced the history of Foundation I n s t i t u t e online at www.igdj-hh.de. Hamburg. 30 points of inte- F.V.S., Her- for the His- Also located at this address is rests, ranging from heritage bert and tory of the the survey, which preceded the sites to venues of contempora- E l s b e t h G e r m a n map project. The illustrated ry Jewish life, are featured in Weichmann Jews pro- map with a circulation of 5,000 a new illustrated city map pu- Founda- fessionally copies is available for free at blished by the State Ministry tion, the a s s i s t e d the hamburgmuseum, the tou- of Culture, Sports, and Media. H a m b u r g the project. rist information centres at the The map is complemented by Chamber of The illust- central station and the port, brief descriptions of the rele- Commerce, rated map and as an Internet download. vant sites in three languages, and busi- is comple- For a more profound and com- i. e. German, English, and He- ness men of the former Jewish mented by a geo information prehensive view on Jewish brew. The sites include histo- neighbourhood Grindel. In ad- service on Hamburg‘s Jewish Hamburg, visit the new perma- ric and cultural landmarks like nent exhibition of Hamburg‘s the old Jewish cemetery, to be History Museum called ham- sure, but also a hodgepodge of Up-to-date burgmuseum, spanning local places of interest to those who Jewish history from the arrival Hannelore “Loki“ Schmidt, who turned 90 in March, is closely follow contemporary of the first Sephardic Jews in Hamburg‘s 34th honorary citizen. She is the fourth woman to Jewish culture. 1580 over more than 400 years receive the highest decoration of the Free and Hanseatic City The Jewish map project was to today‘s renaissance of the of Hamburg and was honoured in recognition of her lifelong initiated by the Hamburg Mi- Jewish community in Ham- commitment to the protection of the environment. Her hus- nister of Culture, Karin von burg counting already 3,000 band, the former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, had Welck, who had called into life members today. been appointed honorary citizen of Hamburg already back a round table on Hamburg‘s www.hamburgmuseum.de/ in 1983. Jewish heritage last February. www.hamburg.de pdf/090213HM-juedischer_flyer. Support came from the Alf- pdf

How much Africa is alive in Hamburg? News-Bits Alafia Festival presents the cultural diversity of the black continent The legendary music club Mojo Merchants were the first Ham- such as Fufu flakes, garden for area and comparative area will move into Teherani‘s “Dan- burg citizens to make contacts eggs, or plantains are available studies focussing on political, cing Towers“. Construction of St. with Africa. Today, contacts to throughout the year at the city‘s economic and social develop- Pauli‘s new landmark building will the black continent are mani- 50 to 60 Afro shops. Dedicated ments in Africa. Already back in commence in summer. The offi- fold. Hamburg‘s 17,714 African support and consultancy in 1908, a department of African cial opening party is scheduled citizens significantly contri- business matters is provided by studies had been established for January 2012. bute to Hamburg‘s cosmopo- the German-African Business at Hamburg‘s Colonial Institute, www.mojo.de litan flair. Every third of them Association, which will host which was integrated into the has roots in Ghana, the others the 4th African Energy Forum newly founded Hamburg Uni- The opening of “Beatlemania“ mainly in Togo, Nigeria, and in Hamburg (April 20/21) and versity eleven years later. To- this month provides Hamburg Egypt. On two weekends in Au- Hanover (April 22). Members day, the Asia Africa Institute of Marketing GmbH with the perfect gust, they celebrate their Ala- of the association and scientists the Hamburg University is the occasion to promote “The Beatles fia-Festival in its seventh year. of Hamburg University also largest centre for Asian and Af- in Hamburg“ world-wide. With a August 21 - 23, open-air stages founded the German Overseas rican Sciences in Germany. Stu- press trip already realised, further and an African market will take Institute on February 18, 1963. dies lead to a four year interna- projects and PR events promoting place in the district of Altona. Today called GIGA German In- tional Bachelor degree and an Hamburg‘s vibrant scenes are to August 28 - 30 will be celebra- stitute of Global and Area Stu- international Master degree. follow throughout the year. ted indoors with events and a dies, the Hamburg research in- www.alafia.de www.marketing.hamburg.com family day. Typical African food stitute is the only German one www.wissenschaft.hamburg.de

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