{"id":961,"date":"2019-04-11T10:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T08:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballinhof.de\/?page_id=961"},"modified":"2019-04-11T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T09:24:14","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballinhof.de\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The office boulevard of Hamburg\u2019s merchants<\/h1>\n

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The Ballindamm owes its foundations to two disasters and its name to a seafaring visionary. Nowadays, the promenade on lake Alster is turning into an increasingly attractive and creative part of Hamburg\u2019s city centre – for businesses and visitors alike.<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”color” padding_top_multiplier=”4x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”2x” columns_gap=”40″ tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide” bg_color=”#003a34″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Today\u2019s Ballindamm is one of the most prestigious and central streets in the heart of Hamburg: the bridge between the exclusive shopping mile Jungfernstieg, the Europa Passage shopping arcade, and Glockengie\u00dferwall, where the art gallery and the main train station are located.<\/p>\n

It is hence all the more astonishing, that this elegant promenade with its magnificent office palaces along the Inner Alster was built on rubble: In olden days, this is where the water of the Alster flowed along the city walls, flanked by a prison with an impressive gabled fa\u00e7ade. Until the Great fire of Hamburg in 1842, which left behind nothing but rubble.\u00a0 Rubble that served as the foundation for the first street on the eastern bank of the Alster – named \u201cAlsterdamm\u201d by the people of Hamburg. A charming boulevard, which Hamburg\u2019s merchants discovered for themselves around 1900 in order to establish their office buildings here.[\/vc_column_text]

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The original fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof seen from the former Alsterdamm – today\u2019s Ballindamm. The Neo-Gothic building was designed by Lundt & Kallmorgen back in1905.<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The years following the turn of the century also saw the construction of today’s Ballinhof (1901-1902) and the Hapag-Lloyd headquarters with the prominent sandstone fa\u00e7ade – two buildings which, with a few exceptions, survived the destruction of the Second World War almost unscathed. After the Second World War, the Alsterdamm was widened – once again with rubble – and named after Hapag Director General Albert Ballin in 1947.[\/vc_column_text]

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The office boulevard of Hamburg\u2019s merchants<\/h1>\n

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The Ballindamm owes its foundations to two disasters and its name to a seafaring visionary. Nowadays, the promenade on lake Alster is turning into an increasingly attractive and creative part of Hamburg\u2019s city centre – for businesses and visitors alike.<\/h5>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]Today\u2019s Ballindamm is one of the most prestigious and central streets in the heart of Hamburg: the bridge between the exclusive shopping mile Jungfernstieg, the Europa Passage shopping arcade, and Glockengie\u00dferwall, where the art gallery and the main train station are located.<\/p>\n

It is hence all the more astonishing, that this elegant promenade with its magnificent office palaces along the Inner Alster was built on rubble: In olden days, this is where the water of the Alster flowed along the city walls, flanked by a prison with an impressive gabled fa\u00e7ade. Until the Great fire of Hamburg in 1842, which left behind nothing but rubble.\u00a0 Rubble that served as the foundation for the first street on the eastern bank of the Alster – named \u201cAlsterdamm\u201d by the people of Hamburg. A charming boulevard, which Hamburg\u2019s merchants discovered for themselves around 1900 in order to establish their office buildings here.[\/vc_column_text]

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The original fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof seen from the former Alsterdamm – today\u2019s Ballindamm. The Neo-Gothic building was designed by Lundt & Kallmorgen back in 1905.<\/h6>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]The years following the turn of the century also saw the construction of today’s Ballinhof (1901-1902) and the Hapag-Lloyd headquarters with the prominent sandstone fa\u00e7ade – two buildings which, with a few exceptions, survived the destruction of the Second World War almost unscathed. After the Second World War, the Alsterdamm was widened – once again with rubble – and named after Hapag Director General Albert Ballin in 1947.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”4x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”2x” tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text animation=”grve-fade-in” animation_delay=”100″]<\/p>\n

A prominent office building embedded in a shipping tradition<\/h1>\n

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The sandstone fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof features a group of figures that is still intact today and a sculpture of a ship\u2019s stern – a living witness to the eventful history of the house.<\/h5>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”2x” columns_gap=”40″ tablet_sm_visibility=”hide” mobile_visibility=”hide”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]It was the family of ship owners A.C. de Freitas who commissioned the office building that was designed by the renowned architects Lundt & Kallmorgen from 1901 to 1902. Augusto Constantino de Freitas came to the Hanseatic city as a political emigrant and established a flourishing shipping company in a matter of years. Even back then, the building was to serve prestigious ambitions: with reliefs, friezes, capitals, and the flanking towers.<\/p>\n

Two further building sections were completed in 1905 and 1921: In 1905, the architects enlarged the building on the side of Gertrudenstra\u00dfe. In 1918, it was sold to the company Westf\u00e4lische Kohlen-Kontor GmbH. In 1921, the architect Richard Ku\u00f6hl designed the recessed penthouse for the new owner, embellishing it with an impressive group of figures that measure four metres in height and represent \u201cmining, trade, and industry\u201d. The sculptures at the corner of Ballindamm\/ Gertrudenstra\u00dfe are a direct reference to the contractor and represent miners.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]It is a miracle and a stroke of luck that the Ballinhof was not destroyed during the Second World War. Its marvellous features, including the ceramic fa\u00e7ade with its Gothic-style elements on Ferdinandstra\u00dfe (see picture on the left), have been preserved. They form a beautiful contrast to the front fa\u00e7ade, which was made of sandstone.<\/p>\n

Further historical elements have been preserved: the sculpture of the stern of a ship, which appears to be sailing into the building, as well as the railing of the staircase, which depicts scenes from the mining trade. It is no coincidence that the Ballinhof is under heritage protection and that it features on the list of Hamburg\u2019s historic office buildings that are worth a visit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top_multiplier=”4x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”2x” desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide”][vc_column][vc_column_text animation=”grve-fade-in” animation_delay=”100″]<\/p>\n

A prominent office building embedded in a shipping tradition<\/h1>\n

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The sandstone fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof features a group of figures that is still intact today and a sculpture of a ship\u2019s stern – a living witness to the eventful history of the house.<\/h5>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]It was the family of ship owners A.C. de Freitas who commissioned the office building that was designed by the renowned architects Lundt & Kallmorgen from 1901 to 1902. Augusto Constantino de Freitas came to the Hanseatic city as a political emigrant and established a flourishing shipping company in a matter of years. Even back then, the building was to serve prestigious ambitions: with reliefs, friezes, capitals, and the flanking towers.<\/p>\n

Two further building sections were completed in 1905 and 1921: In 1905, the architects enlarged the building on the side of Gertrudenstra\u00dfe. In 1918, it was sold to the company Westf\u00e4lische Kohlen-Kontor GmbH. In 1921, the architect Richard Ku\u00f6hl designed the recessed penthouse for the new owner, embellishing it with an impressive group of figures that measure four metres in height and represent \u201cmining, trade, and industry\u201d. The sculptures at the corner of Ballindamm\/ Gertrudenstra\u00dfe are a direct reference to the contractor and represent miners.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row section_type=”fullwidth” padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”2x” columns_gap=”none” desktop_visibility=”hide” tablet_visibility=”hide” tablet_sm_visibility=”hide”][vc_column]

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The sculptured fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof with its tracery-like ornaments and reliefs reflects Romanesque, Byzantine, and Gothic architecture.\u00a0 The group of figures representing \u201cmining, trade, and industry\u201d at the corner of Ballindamm\/Gertrudenstra\u00dfe and the association with the shipping company below the bay window on the side facing Ballindamm are particularly impressive.<\/h4>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]It is a miracle and a stroke of luck that the Ballinhof was not destroyed during the Second World War. Its marvellous features, including the ceramic fa\u00e7ade with its Gothic-style elements on Ferdinandstra\u00dfe (see picture on the left), have been preserved. They form a beautiful contrast to the front fa\u00e7ade, which was made of sandstone.<\/p>\n

Further historical elements have been preserved: the sculpture of the stern of a ship, which appears to be sailing into the building, as well as the railing of the staircase, which depicts scenes from the mining trade. It is no coincidence that the Ballinhof is under heritage protection and that it features on the list of Hamburg\u2019s historic office buildings that are worth a visit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” bg_image=”455″ padding_top_multiplier=”2x” padding_bottom_multiplier=”6x” columns_gap=”40″ mobile_visibility=”hide”][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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The sculptured fa\u00e7ade of the Ballinhof with its tracery-like ornaments and reliefs reflects Romanesque, Byzantine, and Gothic architecture.\u00a0 The group of figures representing \u201cmining, trade, and industry\u201d at the corner of Ballindamm\/Gertrudenstra\u00dfe and the association with the shipping company below the bay window on the side facing Ballindamm are particularly impressive.<\/h4>\n

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