Top 1 Natural Monuments around Außenalster

The architect and urban planner Bernhard Hermkes (1903 to 1995) is considered a pioneer in the use of concrete in shell construction and folding structures. In addition to the Kennedy Bridge, he planned, among other things, the university's Audimax and the wholesale market hall in Hamburg (the focus of his buildings alongside Berlin).

The American and later Hamburg resident John Fontenay acquired an extensive portfolio of real estate and land in the city over the course of his life. He owned 84,000 square meters of land on the southwestern bank of the Outer Alster alone. This area in the Rotherbaum district is now known as “Fontenay”. Three streets - Fontenay, Klein Fontenay and Fontenay-Allee - bear the name of the shipowner and ship broker.

The war memorial created by Johannes Schilling was opened on October 18, 1877 in honor of the Infantry Regiment (2nd Hanseatic) No. 76 in the Esplanade at Stephansplatz was inaugurated. It is intended to commemorate the regiment's fallen soldiers in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. In 1926 the sculpture was moved to the corner of Fontenay and Alsterufer. In the center is a group of bronze figures: a collapsed horse with a dying rider, an angel who kisses the rider's forehead and holds a laurel wreath over him, and two other lifeless soldiers. The names of the fallen are listed on bronze plaques, with the names and dates of the battle locations in between on the narrow sides.

A monument by Johannes Schilling commemorates the fallen soldiers of Infantry Regiment No. 76 from the German-French War of 1870/71. Originally inaugurated in 1877 on the Esplanade at Stephansplatz, about fifty years later, in 1926, it was relocated to its current site in the Alsterpark at Fontenay. On a reddish-brown marble base stands a bronze group of figures, which in a plastic all-around view shows a harrowing scene after the battle. A group of dying warriors lies together with the also collapsed horse in the throes of death and is accompanied by an angel who kisses the forehead of one of the soldiers. For the other two men, the angel holds a palm leaf and a laurel wreath in its hands. Plaques and inscriptions on the base name the locations of the battles and the names of the fallen. Data on the work: Johannes Schilling: War memorial 1870/71 (1877, bronze) Fontenay / Alsterufer, 20354 Hamburg (Rotherbaum) Coordinates: 53.56488, 9.99905 https://sh-kunst.de/johannes-schilling-kriegerdenkmal-1870-71/

From the Kennedy Bridge you have a great view in both directions: Inner and Outer Alster. Unfortunately the traffic floods around you and you can't really enjoy it.

The bronze sculpture Three Men in a Boat was created by Edwin Scharff in 1953 and is located on the Outer Alster in Hohenfelde.

As a memorial to the many dead, such memorials or war memorials are very important to this day. "Now you, lord, let your servant part in peace, as you said ..." it says in the so-called "hymn of praise of Simeon" (Luke Gospel chapter 2, verse 29). The people who are commemorated here, however, are not divorced in peace, but have become victims of war and tyranny. Many places that one encounters along the way bear witness to the horrors of war and tyranny, which are still important today. They all have two main functions: -1- Remember the victims and remember them -2- Admonish the keeping of the peace

Because the old Lombard bridge could no longer cope with the increased traffic alone, the New Lombard Bridge was added in 1953 to the north of the old construction. The bridge, which was built according to a design by Bernhard Hermkes and has a main span of 94 m, was renamed the Kennedy Bridge in honor of the murdered John F. Kennedy in 1963 after the assassination attempt in Dallas. The golden scissors from cutting the ribbon to the traffic handover are still hanging in the entrance hall of the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte. On the Kennedybrücke, the 10 ° meridian running here is marked on the north sidewalk on the east bank national road and rail traffic is of great importance. In 2013, the Lombard Bridge was used by an average of 67,000 vehicles per working day, the Kennedy Bridge by 50,000 vehicles, both of which were 4 percent heavy traffic. [1]