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Geographic Center of Hamburg (St. Gertrud Church)

Geographic Center of Hamburg (St. Gertrud Church)

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Geographic Center of Hamburg (St. Gertrud Church)

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Location: Hamburg, Germany

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JR56

March 3, 2019

St. Gertrude Church, an impressive neo-Gothic building dating from 1886, stands on the banks of the Kuhmühlenteich lake. The church holds a very special significance for Hamburg, as the geographical center of the Hanseatic city is located very close to it. It lies between the church and the Kuhmühlenteich lake.

hamburg.de/sehenswertes-uhlenhorst

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg-Uhlenhorst

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Robert Köhler

February 10, 2021

It is the center of Hamburg, the Church of St. Gertrud on the Uhlenhorst. Next to the church, on the southeast side, is the geographical center of Hamburg. At 53 degrees, 34 minutes, 8 seconds north latitude and 10 degrees, 1 minute, 44 seconds east longitude.

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JR56

June 12, 2020

"Gertrud" is modest. She lets no one know that she's the center of attention.
No sign to draw attention to it, no memorial stone. And yet: she's always the center of attention. She is the center of Hamburg – St. Gertrud's Church on Uhlenhorst. Next to the church, on the southeast side, is the geographical center of Hamburg.
At 53 degrees, 34 minutes, 8 seconds north latitude and 10 degrees, 1 minute, 44 seconds east longitude. That's the common opinion. According to new calculations, the center could be a little further away, near Lerchenfeld High School, but for the people of Uhlenhorst – and Pastor Heinz-Jochen Blaschke – St. Gertrud remains the center of Hamburg.
The church celebrated its 125th anniversary on Palm Sunday 2010.

abendblatt.de/hamburg/kommunales/article107664106/Hamburgs-geografischer-Mittelpunkt-feiert-Jubilaeum.html

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Jknord

November 29, 2020

Here is not only the Church of St. Gertrud, but also the center of Hamburg

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JR56

September 3, 2025

In the heart of the lively Uhlenhorst district, between the neo-Gothic tower of St. Gertrud Church and the tranquil Kuhmühlenteich lake, lies the geographical center of Hamburg.

No monument, no sign, no tourist hustle and bustle – and precisely for that reason, a place
with special symbolic significance.

The center was calculated using official coordinates: 53° 34′ 8″ N, 10° 1′ 44″ E – and is thus located in one of the Hanseatic city's most charming residential areas.

St. Gertrud Church, built in 1886, stands almost modestly at the center, without proclaiming it loudly. For many Hamburgers, it is nevertheless a quiet landmark –
a place that connects without dominating.

Those who visit the center experience Hamburg from its unhurried side:
Strolls along the Kuhmühlenteich lake, small cafés in the surrounding area, and the feeling of being
in the middle of the city – without noise and hustle and bustle.
The place is even listed as a highlight for cyclists on Komoot.

The geographical center of Hamburg isn't a spectacular spot—but it is a poetic thought: that here, of all places, between water, brick, and church steeple,
the city unfolds in all directions. Those who visit it are not only at the center of Hamburg—but also, for a moment, completely at one with themselves.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg

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