Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Facts In 2007, the construction was scheduled to be finished by 2010 with an estimated cost of €241 million. In November 2008, after the original contract was amended, the costs for the project were estimated at €450 million. In August 2012, the costs were re-estimated to be over €500 million, which should also […]
Ohlsdorf Cemetery Facts Ohlsdorf Cemetery is the biggest rural cemetery in the world and the fourth-largest cemetery in the world. Ohlsdorf Cemetery in the Ohlsdorf quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany. In 1877, the Ohlsdorf Cemetery was established as a non-denominational and multi-regional burial site outside of Hamburg. During World War I over 400 […]
Chilehaus Facts Chilehaus is a ten-story office building in Hamburg, Germany. Chilehaus was designed by the German architect Fritz Höger. The sculptural elements in the staircases and on the facade were provided by the sculptor Richard Kuöhl. Chilehaus was built between 1922 and 1924. Chile House was built during the period of hyperinflation that struck […]
Summary About Hamburg Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. Hamburg is proud of its status as a “Free and Hanseatic City” and thus shares the same status as a province, making up one of Germany’s 16 federal-states or Bundesländer. The harbour is the […]