Balai Kota Altona

From the Altona Town Hall, we stroll through the landscape gardens on the Elbe slope, which Hamburg merchants have been designing since the Enlightenment. Dreamlike views and hidden details, coffee gardens and philosophical conversations are part of their history, accompanying us on our journey through the park landscape to the Museum Harbor Övelgönne.

The tour leads through the literary history of Ottensen from the Baroque period to the present day. Besides famous poets like Klopstock and Heinrich Heine, we will also explore forgotten names – such as Hans Friedrich Blunck, the first president of the Reichsschrifttumskammer (Reich Chamber of Literature). In this way, we want to get to know the district as a literary place and ask: What image of Ottensen is conveyed to us through literature? The tour ends at Fischers Park.

The tour leads to historical traces of the former city center, shows the reconstruction after the Second World War as a "car-friendly" thoroughfare, and explores recent redesigns.