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| Hamm | ||
| federal state | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
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| Residents | 179.111 (2019,2019) | |
| height | 63 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 2381 23400 http://www.hamm.de/touristik.html | |
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Hamm is a big city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
background
Hamm is on the river lip, on the northeastern edge of the Ruhr area and transition to the Hellwegbörden and Münsterland.
Hamm is a planned town founded in 1226 by the then Count von der Mark. In the following centuries Hamm served as the main town, sometimes also as residence, and seat of the appellate court of the county of Mark. From 1417 Hamm was a Hanseatic city. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Hamm belonged to Prussia and became the seat of the Higher Regional Court for Westphalia.
From the middle of the 19th century, Hamm became a railway junction on the line between Berlin and the Ruhr area and developed into an industrial city. Between 1861 and 1914 the number of inhabitants quadrupled, with workers from the Westphalian wire works mainly settling in the districts of West and South Fieldmark. Hamm was badly damaged in the Second World War.
Due to the incorporation of the municipal area reform of 1975, the number of inhabitants doubled again and Hamm became a major city. From the 1970s, the coal mines were gradually closed. The thorium high-temperature reactor in Hamm-Uentrop, which was planned from 1971 onwards, was due to. its high costs, long construction time, susceptibility to failure and its unsatisfactory, short operation as one of the greatest technical debacles in Germany: two years after it went online, it was shut down again. The population has stagnated or even decreased slightly since the 1990s. The proportion of foreigners is 13.6 percent, 29% have a migration background.
Hamm is an important judicial location to this day; the Higher Regional Court responsible for the north and east of North Rhine-Westphalia (the largest in the Federal Republic of Germany) and the associated public prosecutor's office are located here.
getting there
Airports
- The closest airport is the Dortmund Airport 21
(IATA: DTM) it is in the east of Dortmund (approx. 30 km, 20 minutes by train from Holzwickede) - is another airport Münster / Osnabrück(IATA: FMO) (approx. 70 km, 1 1/2 hours about Muenster)
- and the airport Düsseldorf International(IATA: DUS) (approx. 90 km, 1 1/5 hours)
By train
The 1 Hamm main station
is a central railway junction. There are direct connections here, among other things Berlin (three hours driving time) about Hanover (1½ hours), off Leipzig (4½ hours), Magdeburg (3:10 hours), kassel (1:50 hours), Cologne (1½ hours), Dusseldorf (1:15 hours), Paderborn (40 minutes), Bielefeld (30 minutes) and Muenster (25 minutes).
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By bus
In the street
Hamm is on the autobahn 
(Bremen – Dortmund – Cologne) and 
(Hanover – Dortmund – Oberhausen).
By boat
Hamm is located on the Lippe and the Datteln-Hamm Canal and can be reached by barges and sports boats. Mooring options are to be checked.
mobility
activities
- On your own: tour through the city center of Hammer
- 1 Hamm Zoo, Grünstraße 150, 59063 Hamm. Tel.: (0)2381 53132. Price: Admission adults € 7.50.
- 1 Maximilian Park (Maxipark), Main entrance at Alten Grenzweg 2. Tel.: (0)2381 98210-0 (Headquarters), Email: [email protected]. 22 hectare amusement park on the site of a former coal mine, redesigned as part of the State Horticultural Show in 1984. The park includes, among other things, the 35-meter-high walk-in glass elephant, which is considered to be Hamm's landmark, the largest tropical butterfly house in North Rhine-Westphalia, a “green classroom” and the HMGF steam train.Open: Main ticket office daily 9 am–7pm.Price: Admission adults € 4.50.
- Terraristic Hamm, according to own information World's largest exchange for terrarium animals
- 2 Hamm climbing park, Grünstraße 150, 59063 Hamm. Tel.: 49 171 4561765.
Tourist Attractions
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples
- 2 Pauluskirche, Marketplace. A Protestant church in the Gothic style that can be seen from afar, construction began in 1275. It was badly damaged in the Second World War, but rebuilt in the 1950s.
- 3 Sri Kamadchi Ampal Temple, Siegenbeckstrasse 4-5, 59071 Hamm. Tel.: 49(0)2388 302223. Europe's third largest Hindu temple was built true to the original in the South Indian style from 1997 to 2002. In order to visit the temple, there are certain rules for religious reasons: one must take off one's shoes, do not drink alcohol, do not smoke, do not eat meat, do not enter the shrines of the gods, do not take pets with you and turn off cell phones. Women are not allowed to enter the temple during their period.Open: Daily from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., church services daily at 8:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Buildings
- 4 Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Hesslerstrasse 53. The 15-storey high-rise, which was renovated and expanded between 1999 and 2004, houses the largest OLG in Germany with 34 civil panels, 12 family panels, five criminal panels and over 900 employees (including over 200 judges).
various
- 5 Hamm museum railway (Hamm-Süd depot), Schumannstrasse 35, 59063 Hamm. Tel.: 49 (0)2381 54 00 48, Email: [email protected].
The museum railway shows the entire historical railway operation. In the depot with two-track locomotive shed and workshop there are several steam, diesel and small locomotives. Highlight: a V200.0 diesel locomotive that is visually and technically true to the original. There are also additional wagons that are needed for rail operations and to maintain our route. The association organizes special trips several times a year. The Hamm-Süd depot is not a classic museum with display cases and descriptions, but an active museum railway with viewing options during operating hours.Open: Wed: 19: 00-21: 00; Sa: 12: 00-18: 00.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Cheap
- 1 B&B Hotel, Willy-Brandt-Platz 5, 59065 Hamm. Tel.: (0)2381 95600.
medium
- 2 Hotel Duke, Caldenhofer Weg 22, 59065 Hamm. Tel.: 49 2381 924590.
- 3 Mercure Hotel, Neue Bahnhofstrasse 3, 59065 Hamm. Tel.: (0)2381 91920.
Upscale
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- 4 Good buddy, Kumper Landstrasse 5, 59069 Hamm-Kump. Tel.: 49(0)2385 921260. Hotel in a half-timbered house and mansion from the 19th century in a park.Price: Single from € 99, double from € 124 with breakfast.
Learn
Hamm City Libraries, "240,000 books and other media are kept ready for you in the central library, in the district libraries and in the car library"[1]
Locations: Central Library, Bockum-Hövel district library, Heessen district library, Herringen district library, Rhynern district library, Pelkum service point
Work
security
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- https://www.hamm.de/ - Official website of Hamm
- Hamm in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
