Hamm, Hamburg

Hammⓘ is a quarter in the borough of Hamburg-Mitte, in the eastern part of Hamburg, Germany.

Once a popular garden suburb of rich traders and merchants, in the first half of the 20th century it grew to become one of the most populated quarters of Hamburg.

[2] Between 1951 and 2010 Hamm was subdivided into three neighborhoods: Hamm-Nord, -Mitte und -Süd (Hamm-North, -Middle, and South).

After the Church of the Trinity was built in 1693 Hamm was its own parish, which initially also comprised Horn and part of Eilbek.

In the 19th and 20th centuries an increase in population led to the foundation of multiple daughter-parishes (Dankeskirche 1895, Wichernkirche 1934, Pauluskirche 1955, Simeonkirche 1965/66), some of which reunited into a larger parish (with 7400 parishioners) because of lowered membership.

View from the street of Hammer Steindamm into Caspar-Voght-Straße
Bille river in Hamm