Rothenburgsort Explained

Rothenburgsort is a quarter (de|Stadtteil) in the Hamburg-Mitte borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In December 2023, the population was 10,317.

Geography

The quarter is situated in the south-east center of Hamburg. It borders with the Hamburg quarters of Billbrook, Hammerbrook, Hamm, HafenCity, Veddel, and Wilhelmsburg in the Hamburg-Mitte borough; Moorfleet, Spadenland, and Tatenberg in the Bergedorf borough.

Demographics

In 2006 the population of the Rothenburgsort quarter was 8660 with 15.8% being children under the age of 18, and 16.7% being 65 years of age or older. Resident aliens were 27.5% of the population. 552 people were registered as unemployed. The population density was 1165PD/sqkm.^[1]

In 1999 there were 4,324 households, out of which 20.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 48.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.05.^[2]

Notable residents

• Morsal Obeidi, murder victim^[3]

Notes

References

• Selectable database: Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.

Notes and References

1. Residents registration office, source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
2. Source: statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
3. Web site: Gutsch, Jochen-Martin. Jochen-Martin Gutsch. Per Hinrichs. Susanne Koelbl. Gunther Latsch. Sven Röbel. Andreas Ulrich. Christopher Sultan. The High Price of Freedom. Der Spiegel. 2008-05-27. 1. 2019-11-30. Obeidi started a business selling used buses in Rothenburgsort, a Hamburg neighborhood. [...] The family lived on another street in the same neighborhood[...]. - Original German version: Web site: Eigentum des Mannes. - PDF page