Meeting point: Rathausstraße / Kleine Johannisstraße

An event in the Kontorhausviertel series - Stattreisen HamburgKontorhäuserTippmamsells and Paternoster – the Kontorhausviertel, including visits to various stairwellsWe embark on this city tour on a journey back in time to one of Hamburg's most exciting eras: the outstanding Kontorhäuser such as Laeisz-Hof, Afrika-Haus, Sprinkenhof, Meßberghof and Chilehaus bear witness to economic growth and global significance and tell stories of office clerks, cash-counting desks, proletarian diggers, and clinker bricks. The city took on a radically new face in the 1920s: instead of the labyrinthine Gängeviertel, large Kontorhäuser rose up, expressing the growing importance of the city as a trading metropolis and port city.On this city tour we visit some of the most impressive buildings and stairwells at Alten Hafen and in Kontorhausviertel.The Kontorhausviertel is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Colonialism manifests itself in Germany particularly in the trading city of Hamburg. In the old and new town, from the City Hall to St. Michael's Church, we discover traces of colonial history on this city tour. Large merchant houses and company headquarters point to the actors of colonial policy. What goods were shipped to the Hamburg Harbor? Where did they come from? And how does colonialism affect us to this day?We go to the Afrikahaus, the Laeiszhof, and the Slomanhaus as well as to the Börseninnerhof, where we discover Batavia. At a colonial goods store on the historic Deichstraße, we look at the diverse products that came from the colonies. We take a look at the Speicherstadt, where many of the valuable goods from overseas were stored and refined, and also see St. Michael's Church. And how did Princess Salme come to Hamburg?