Neugraben-Fischbekⓘ [ˈfɪʃbeːk] is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, belongs to the borough Harburg. The quarter consists of the old settlements Neugraben and Fischbek, and the more recently constructed area Neuwiedenthal.
History
Memorial stone for the foundation of Fischbek 1544
History of Fischbek
Fischbek was first mentioned in 1544 as Vischbecke. In 1937 the independent village Fischbek was merged into Hamburg.[2]
In 1937 the independent village of Neugraben was merged into Hamburg.[2]
Subcamp Neugraben
In Neugraben was a subcamp of the Nazi concentration campNeuengamme.[3] On September 13, 1944 the women subcamp was opened in Falkenbergweg. 500 Czech-Jewish women coming from the Ghetto Theresienstadt were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The SS in Auschwitz selected the women for labour in Hamburg. In the Neugraben camp the work was building auxiliary homes, also laying supply pipes and building streets in the neighbourhood Falkenbergsiedlung. During the last months of World War II, some of the women had to do clearing up work in Harburg's oil industry and to dig antitank obstacles in Hamburg-Hausbruch. In February 1945, the SS transferred the women to the camp Hamburg-Tiefstack and later from there to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[4]
Geography
Neugraben-Fischbek is southeast of the quarter Neuenfelde, in the northeast is Francop, in the east is the quarter Hausbruch. In the south is the district Harburg of the German state Lower Saxony. A large part of the quarter is the nature reserveHarburger Berge (Hills of Harburg) in the south. Neugraben-Fischbek it a mixed rural and suburban area of 22.5 km2.
In Neugraben-Fischbek is the highest rise of Hamburg, the Hasselbrack, which reaches 116.2 metres AMSL[5]
Demographics
In 2006 in the Neugraben-Fischbek quarter were living 27,103 people. The population density was 1,204/km2 (3,118/sq mi). 19% were children under the age of 18, and 21.4% were 65 years of age or older. Resident aliens were 10.1% of the population. 1,644 people were registered as unemployed.[6]
In 1999 there were 12,170 households, out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31.[7]
