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aRCHiTeCTURe + lanDmaRKs<br />
Landhaus Baur 7<br />
Built in 1829-36 and declared a<br />
national monument in 1940, the<br />
classicist-style building was used<br />
for decades by the authorities. Now<br />
in dire need of renovation its future<br />
fate is still unknown. � p. 27<br />
BUS 48, 49 | AUGUSTE-BAUR-<br />
STRASSE<br />
Lighthouse Blankenese 8<br />
The correct term for the red-andwhite<br />
striped, 42-metre high lighthouse<br />
is Blankenese lower range<br />
light. Together with the upper range<br />
light on Kanonenberg it served as<br />
a leading light. Though built only<br />
35 years ago both towers are now<br />
outdated. � p. 26/27<br />
BUS 48 | KRUMMDAHL<br />
Speicherstadt 76<br />
Stepped gables, pinnacles and<br />
pointed arches, spires and bay<br />
windows – the warehouse complex<br />
with Romanticist and Gothic style<br />
elements has a unique charm all its<br />
own. Built in 1883, the complex was<br />
declared a historic monument in<br />
1991. � p. 10<br />
U3 | BAUMWALL, U1 | MESSBERG<br />
BUS 3,4,6 | BEI ST ANNEN<br />
St katharine’s Church 77<br />
This principal church, with its fairly<br />
plain Gothic nave and one of North<br />
46<br />
Germany’s most beautiful Baroque<br />
spires, was first mentioned in 1274.<br />
Extensive renovation of the church<br />
both inside and out is scheduled for<br />
completion in 2013.<br />
U1 | MESSBERG<br />
BUS 3,4,6 | BRANDSTWIETE<br />
St Michaelis Church –<br />
the Michel 53 <strong>Hamburg</strong> CaRD<br />
One of the foremost Baroque protestant<br />
churches in Germany. Designed<br />
by master builder Georg Sonnin<br />
in 1750, the church was rebuilt<br />
several times after destruction by<br />
fire or bombing.<br />
� p. 16<br />
BUS 37 | MICHAELISKIRCHE<br />
St Pauli Elbe Tunnel 42<br />
The St Pauli Elbe Tunnel, built in<br />
1911, remains the shortest connection<br />
between St Pauli and Steinwerder<br />
on the opposite side of the River<br />
Elbe. Four lift cages carry vehicles<br />
down to 24 m depth, from there two<br />
ornately tiled tunnel tubes connect<br />
both sides of the river.<br />
� p. 15/16<br />
S1, S3, U3 | FERRY LINE 62 |<br />
LANDUNGSBRÜCKEN<br />
St Pauli<br />
Landungsbrücken 43<br />
Designed by architects Raabe &<br />
Wöhlecke and built in 1907,<br />
St-Pauli-Landungsbrücken first<br />
served as a prestigious landing<br />
stage for the overseas shipping<br />
lines’ large passenger ships. The<br />
terminal building, built of tuff,<br />
with its numerous passageways to<br />
the piers, its copper dome-shaped<br />
roof and towers, is most unusual.
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