Continued
Downtown
On Friday, after dinner, we walked along
Jungfernstieg Street to the Concert Hall, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court
building (Hamburg), Planten un Blomen parks, and Television Tower. And
Jungfernstieg Street, the other side is Central Station.
Brahms
Concert Hall
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Germany is a country music, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms
is the three giants, and they support its classical music hall. As hometown,
Brahms is the pride of Hamburg, so this concert hall is also called
"Brahms Concert Hall," named for the square in front of the Concert
Hall • Johannes Brahms Square, and for his legislation so a special statue. Inside
there is a Brahms memorial, 1909 by Max Klinger, and a Laeisz memorial.
Address: Johannes-Brahms-Platz, 20355 Hamburg,
Germany
Planten un Blomen
Park
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Planten un Blomen is a park with a size of 47
hectares in the center of Hamburg. The name is Low German for plants and
flowers.
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It is composed of five parks, Alter Elbpark, Grosse
Wallanlagen, Kleine Wallanlagen, Alter Botanischer Garten, Alster Park. The
five parks from south to north, from the Elbe River all the way to the Alster
Lake. From the map, the largest green belt is located on the west side of the
city center, such as a piece of emerald necklace throughout downtown。
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This is Bismarck statue, which is located in the
alter elbepark park. In fact, it is a green field. Bulge in the middle of a
green hill, top of the hill stands a statue of Bismarck. In 1892, after
he served as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Prussia, has conducted a
war against Denmark, Austria and France. His victory. He realized the
unification of Germany.
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Many historical product of Hamburg. The park even
has a few decades of history. When we
went to Hamburg, is just the beginning of
spring. All the trees and flowers just beginning to germinate. I think it
must have been floating light in the summer.
Address: St.Petersburger Straße 28, 20355 Hamburg,
Germany
Hanseatic Higher
Regional Court building (Hamburg)
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| Photo by Bo. W |
Planten un Blomen, the five parks together. There
are several small square between them. It’s surrounding the distribution of
many beautiful buildings. Court is the most characteristic buildings. Three European
classical architecture was "concave" font distributed on a gentle
slope, centered of
Hanseatic Higher Regional Court building,
which was built in 1907 to 1913.
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The main entrance of the building on the civil court
established four pillars of the statue, they are important legal persons in the
history of Hamburg.
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Both sides are criminal courts building and civil
courts building. Built in 1898-1903, they are a century building.
William
I Memorial Statue
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In the civil court building near grass, there is a
group of statues. It is Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial statue. William I was a famous
king in German history. He was enthroned as King of Prussia in 1861. He
appointed Bismarck as prime minister. He waged several wars, especially the
Franco-Prussian War defeat of Napoleon in 1868, cleared the way for the
reunification of Germany. In January 18, 1871, he became the first German
emperor in Versailles in Paris.
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In William I
Memorial Statue also scattered around several statues of smaller sculptures. It
is an adult with two children. This should be the two children of William I of children.
William I have a son and a daughter. His son Frederick III, he accepted the
position of emperor later.
Russische
Kirche von Hamburg (LA)
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In the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court building
behind, there is Russische Kirche von Hamburg (LA), it is being repaired.
Church buildings in Hamburg, which is particularly short.
Television
Tower
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TV Tower, which is high in Hamburg, we can see from
a distance. On the tower, we can eat, but also to look at the scenery.
Summary: Hamburg has a lot of historical sites. We
need to take the time to understand it. If you just skim the surface, we would
miss its historical significance.
