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| Article number | 9783406758140 |
| Price | 24,00 € |
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Hamburg did not gain importance through princes, nor through the clergy. The Hanseatic city grew solely through trade and was long considered the gateway to the world for travelers and emigrants. In the shadow of its huge harbor, Hamburg has become a melting pot of cultures, especially in the past 150 years. Yet its diverse artistic life is often overlooked. Using the city's rail lines as a guide, Jan Bürger explores Hamburg's unique history, from Grindel to Mönckebergstrasse, from the Elbphilharmonie to Blankenese. Knowledgeable and full of surprises, he tells of writers and scholars, musicians and painters, of the founding of the university, innovative museums and glittering artists' festivals.
Hamburg, the city on the Elbe, did not gain importance through princes or the clergy; it does not boast castles and palaces. The port city grew solely through trade and was considered the gateway to the world for travelers and emigrants for half a millennium. Hamburg became a melting pot of lifestyles and cultures earlier than other German cities. Yet the metropolis as we know it today has emerged predominantly in the past 150 years. Nevertheless, in many places we suddenly encounter the older past. Using the network of subways and suburban trains as a guide, Jan Bürger explores Hamburg's streets and neighborhoods and tells the story of its diverse culture and those who created it. From literature and theater, music and museums, graves and scholars, the dash and the harbor, Hirschpark and Övelgönne - from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Aby Warburg, Anita Rée and Hans Henny Jahnn to Wolfgang Borchert, Brigitte Kronauer, the Beatles and the Elbphilharmonie. A voyage of discovery through one of Germany's most exciting cities.
Jan Bürger, born in 1968, studied in Hamburg, published books on Hans Henny Jahnn, Gottfried Benn and Max Frisch, and is a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg. He was an editor in Berlin and a visiting professor in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2002, he has worked at the German Literature Archive in Marbach, where he is in charge of Peter Rühmkorf's estate, among other things.
Hamburg, the city on the Elbe, did not gain importance through princes or the clergy; it does not boast castles and palaces. The port city grew solely through trade and was considered the gateway to the world for travelers and emigrants for half a millennium. Hamburg became a melting pot of lifestyles and cultures earlier than other German cities. Yet the metropolis as we know it today has emerged predominantly in the past 150 years. Nevertheless, in many places we suddenly encounter the older past. Using the network of subways and suburban trains as a guide, Jan Bürger explores Hamburg's streets and neighborhoods and tells the story of its diverse culture and those who created it. From literature and theater, music and museums, graves and scholars, the dash and the harbor, Hirschpark and Övelgönne - from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Aby Warburg, Anita Rée and Hans Henny Jahnn to Wolfgang Borchert, Brigitte Kronauer, the Beatles and the Elbphilharmonie. A voyage of discovery through one of Germany's most exciting cities.
Jan Bürger, born in 1968, studied in Hamburg, published books on Hans Henny Jahnn, Gottfried Benn and Max Frisch, and is a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg. He was an editor in Berlin and a visiting professor in Nashville, Tennessee. Since 2002, he has worked at the German Literature Archive in Marbach, where he is in charge of Peter Rühmkorf's estate, among other things.