Experience Historical Hamburg in St. Pauli

Discover the historical side of St. Pauli! Exciting tours, the Museum of Hamburg History, and more – immerse yourself in the past.

Moin Moin! Welcome to Hamburg St. Pauli – the gateway to a colorful and alternative world! Everyone knows the district of St. Pauli for its red-light district, its Reeperbahn, and its vibrant nightlife. However, St. Pauli is also known for its more than 700-year-old, very entertaining and diverse history, and has an incredible amount of sights to offer. We present to all Hamburg residents and city visitors 3 selected destinations that promise exciting Hamburg history.

St. Pauli & Harbor – Hamburg Free Walking Tour  

The basic principle is that this “Free Walking Tour” through the Hamburg harbor and St. Pauli is initially free. Only at the end of the city tour do you decide how much the tour was worth to you – depending on how much you enjoyed it. The tour lasts about 2 hours, during which the team from Robin and the Tourguides  shows you the diversity of the old suburb St. Pauli, the harbor, and also the rather hidden streets that, for example, have been home to prostitutes for centuries or where the Beatles started their great career. You can find the exact contents of the tour on the following website: https://www.robinandthetourguides.de/en/tours/harbor-and-st-pauli 
Even though many think that city tours are more for tourists from abroad, Nadezda, Michael, and Rosi from the Fluchtweg Hamburg team still learned loads of exciting and amusing facts about Hamburg that they had never heard before.

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Museum of Hamburg History  

If you want to learn how the lowland castle “Hammaburg” became today’s Hanseatic city and the proverbial “Gateway to the World”, the Museum of Hamburg History  is exactly right! Rosi, Nadezda, and Lhamo visited the museum and present you with the top 3 facts of Hamburg’s past:    

Amulets

On the Große Freiheit, among numerous clubs and adult shops, you can find a church. In the 16th century, the so-called “Wittenberger” amulets were widely spread as protective charms. These amulets represented salvation through a cult image. On one side, they showed the “Brazen Serpent”, on the other the crucifix with reference to the Gospel. The snake bites were equated with the deadly plague.

The Great Fire

In the night of May 5, 1842, a catastrophe befell Hamburg whose traces are still visible today. A fire devastated more than a quarter of the city area at that time. A catastrophe of unprecedented proportions. 51 people lost their lives, the number of homeless was estimated at 20,000, the number of destroyed houses at about 1,700 in 41 streets.

Historicism

Historicism tried to revive styles of the past. The Renaissance served primarily as a model for the furniture industry. The Renaissance was associated with the idea of a solid bourgeois culture that still appreciated the old craftsmanship. But the outward impression was deceptive. The apparent carvings were mechanically pressed in wood burning technique and glued to the furniture body.

Photo credits: Igor Trepeshchenok – www.trepeshchenok.com  Stephan – www.robinandthetourguides.de 

The Fluchtweg Hamburg Team in St. Pauli Culture Escape  

The Fluchtweg Hamburg team will continue to present you with the most interesting places in the district and infect you with the “St. Pauli fever”. Did you like our article today? Do you perhaps know some extraordinary places or insider tips we absolutely have to report about? Then let us have them! Write to us at info(at)fluchtweg-hamburg.de, we look forward to your ideas and opinions!

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