Editing Hamburg (section)

===Architecture===
[[File:Palmaille 126 126b.JPG|thumb|Historicist Palmaille, [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]]. Nearly 25.000 buildings in Hamburg are from those [[Gründerzeit]] times.]]
[[File:Marco-Polo-Center und Unilever Haus am Strandhafen der Norderelbe in Hamburg Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann P1270870.jpg|thumb|The Marco-Polo-Centre (left) and Unilever HQ Germany]]
{{Further|topic=a building type for school buildings in Hamburg|Kreuzbau (Hamburg)|label1=Kreuzbau}}

Hamburg has architecturally significant buildings in a wide range of styles and just one skyscraper under construction (see [[List of tallest buildings in Hamburg]]). Churches are important landmarks, such as [[St. Nikolai, Hamburg|St Nicholas']], which for a short time in the 19th century was the world's tallest building. The skyline features the tall spires of the most important churches (''Hauptkirchen'') [[St. Michaelis Church, Hamburg|St Michael's]] (nicknamed "Michel"), [[St. Peter's Church, Hamburg|St Peter's]], [[St. Jacobi, Hamburg|St James's]] (''St. Jacobi''), and [[St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg|St. Catherine's]] covered with copper plates, and the [[Heinrich-Hertz-Turm]], the radio and television tower (no longer publicly accessible).

[[File:Chilehaus - Hamburg.jpg|thumb|left|The Chilehaus with a typical brick expressionist façade]]

The many [[List of rivers of Hamburg|streams, rivers, and canals]] are crossed by [[List of bridges in Hamburg|some 2,500 bridges]], more than London, [[Amsterdam]], and [[Venice]] put together.<ref>{{Citation |title=Hamburg – Grüne Metropole am Wasser |url=http://www.hamburg.de/umwelt/wasser/150782/stadt-am-wasser.html |date=1 July 2007 |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[Government of Hamburg#Ministries|Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt]] |location=Hamburg |access-date=24 September 2008|language=de}}</ref> Hamburg has more bridges inside its city limits than any other city in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeupclose.com/article/hamburg-germanys-window-to-the-world/#.T4dDRoHXhwQ |title=Hamburg: Germany's Window to the World |publisher=EuropeUpClose.com |date=18 April 2012 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref> The [[Köhlbrandbrücke]], Freihafen Elbbrücken, [[Lombardsbrücke]], and Kennedybrücke dividing Binnenalster from Aussenalster are important roadways.

The [[Hamburg Rathaus|town hall]] is a richly decorated Neo-Renaissance building finished in 1897.
The tower is {{convert|112|m|0}} high. Its façade, {{convert|111|m|0|abbr=on}} long, depicts the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, since Hamburg was, as a Free Imperial City, only under the sovereignty of the emperor.<ref>{{Citation | first = Eike Manfred | last = Buba | url = http://fhh1.hamburg.de/fhh/internetausstellungen/rathausfuehrung/rathausmarkt.htm | title = Auf dem Rathausmarkt | year = 1998 | publisher = Hamburg website | access-date = 13 August 2008 | language = de | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010030120/http://fhh1.hamburg.de/fhh/internetausstellungen/rathausfuehrung/rathausmarkt.htm | archive-date = 10 October 2008 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The [[Chilehaus]], a [[Brick Expressionism|brick expressionist]] office building built in 1922 and designed by architect [[Johann Friedrich Höger|Fritz Höger]], is shaped like an ocean liner.

Europe's largest urban development since 2008, the [[HafenCity]], will house about 15,000 inhabitants and 45,000 workers.<ref>{{Citation |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Facts & figures Tunes: HafenCity |url=https://www.hafencity.com/en/overview/facts-figures |date=19 July 2022 |access-date=23 August 2008 |publisher=ArchNewsNow.com}}</ref> The plan includes designs by [[Rem Koolhaas]] and [[Renzo Piano]]. The [[Elbphilharmonie]] ''(Elbe Philharmonic Hall)'', opened in January 2017, houses concerts in a sail-shaped building on top of an old warehouse, designed by architects ''[[Herzog & de Meuron]]''.<ref>{{Citation |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=River Tunes: Elbe Philharmonic Hall by Herzog & de Meuron |url=http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature223.htm |date=5 April 2007 |access-date=23 August 2008 |publisher=ArchNewsNow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Jaeger |first=Falk |title=Waterfront Living and Working: Hamburg's HafenCity |url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/sls/en3356905.htm |publisher=[[Goethe-Institut]] |date=May 2008 |access-date=23 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602083717/http://www.goethe.de/kue/arc/dos/dos/sls/en3356905.htm |archive-date=2 June 2008 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

The many parks are distributed over the whole city, which makes Hamburg a very verdant city. The biggest parks are the ''[[Hamburg Stadtpark|Stadtpark]]'', the [[Ohlsdorf Cemetery]], and [[Planten un Blomen]]. The ''[[Hamburg Stadtpark|Stadtpark]]'', Hamburg's "Central Park", has a great lawn and a huge water tower, which houses one of Europe's biggest [[planetarium|planetaria]]. The park and its buildings were designed by [[Fritz Schumacher (architect)|Fritz Schumacher]] in the 1910s.