Eppendorf, Hamburg

Eppendorf (German pronunciationⓘ) is one of thirteen quarters in the Hamburg-Nord borough of Hamburg, Germany, and lies north of the Außenalster.

Eppendorf, first mentioned as Eppenthorp in 1140, is Hamburg's oldest village.

During the restoration of the St. Johannis Church, which was first mentioned in 1267, ruins of an older stone tower were found.

In 2007 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Eppendorf has an area of 2,7 km2.

The swimming baths, Holthusenbad, were designed by Fritz Schumacher and erected between 1912 and 1914.

Eppendorf in 1845, similar view as above