IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG), a global leader in hospitality, launches new midscale conversion brand, Garner, in Europe with its first hotels opening in Germany
The brand's debut is in partnership with NOVUM Hospitality
one of Europe’s largest private hotel operators
Garner offers travellers quality stays at an affordable price point and is designed to deliver a relaxed
flexible and purposefully different experience for guests who are in love with life
each property will deliver the all-important things guests value most - a convenient location
comfortable spaces and dependable amenities
24/7 bean-to-cup coffee and a refreshing welcome moment on arrival
Guests won’t ever be far from something tasty to keep them going and will be able to purchase satisfying snacks available 24/7 in the Garner Shop
The three hotels join IHG’s global portfolio of over 90 opened open or pipeline Garner hotels since the launch of the brand in 2023 and will offer all the essentials guests want for easy going stays that get you on your way:
The properties, converted from NOVUM Hospitality’s Yggotel, Select Hotels, and Novum Hotels brands, and follow an announcement between IHG and NOVUM Hospitality of a long-term agreement
to bring more than 50 Garner hotels to the country
in addition to over 50 Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration hotels and 12 Candlewood Suites hotels
For further information or to book, visit www.garnerhotels.com or use the new IHG One Rewards mobile app
With more than 150 hotels (including secured pipeline) with over 20,000 rooms in more than 60 locations across Europe
NOVUM Hospitality is one of Europe’s largest privately-run hotel groups
the Hamburg-based company has emerged as a prominent player in the hotel industry
under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer & Owner David Etmenan
NOVUM Hospitality is known for its variety of centrally located accommodation in the midscale and upper midscale segment
The signing of a long-term cooperation agreement with IHG Hotels & Resorts in April 2024 makes NOVUM Hospitality one of IHG’s largest global franchise partners
The cooperation encompasses the launch of the Holiday Inn – the niu co-brand and the conversion of the remaining NOVUM Hospitality brands
Select Hotels and Novum Hotels will be integrated into the brand world of the IHG brand Garner
acora Living the City will convert to the IHG extended-stay brand Candlewood Suites
thereby marking the European debut for both brands in the future
This strategic alliance promises not only enhanced guest experiences but also represents a significant milestone in both companies’ growth trajectories
The renowned Treugast Investment Ranking, an annual assessment of the foremost hotel companies in Germany, awards NOVUM Hospitality with an ‘A’ rating, underscoring their commitment to excellence and industry leadership. www.novum-hospitality.com
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and a further 1,800 in the development pipeline
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Approximately 350,000 people work across IHG's hotels and corporate offices globally
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November 11, 2024 - Categories: Hospitality News, Hotels: News,
IHG Hotels & Resorts has launched Garner
in Europe; with the first set of hotels opening in Germany
IHG partnered with NOVUM Hospitality to open the properties in Germany
The two partners have opened three hotels — Garner Hotel Hamburg Nord
Garner Hotel Elmshorn and Garner Hotel Augsburg — within 10 days
marking the brand’s debut outside the Americas
The hotels have been converted from NOVUM’s Yggotel
These three hotels join IHG’s global portfolio of more than 90 open or pipeline Garner hotels since the brand was launched in 2023
“We are proud to welcome IHG’s first Garner-branded hotels to Europe with three successive openings in Germany
which is one of our key European growth markets
The dedication of our teams and partners at NOVUM Hospitality to sign
convert and open these hotels is a huge achievement and demonstrates the popularity of Garner as an attractive new option in the midscale segment
strong returns and a high-quality guest experience with real affordability,” said Mario Maxeiner
Northern Europe is set to welcome more than 50 more Garner hotels
IHG and NOVUM had inked a long-term agreement in April
enabling IHG to double its footprint in Germany
to more than 200 hotels in about 100 cities
the agreement also debuted Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration and Candlewood Suites in Europe
NOVUM has integrated more than 40 properties through its collaboration with Holiday Inn – the niu
NOVUM will adopt the IHG brands and systems for the entire portfolio to become IHG’s biggest global franchisees
“As one of IHG’s largest global franchise partners
we are incredibly proud to be entrusted with the launch of the first Garner hotels in Europe – starting with not just one
We are confident in our ability to complete the rebranding of all existing hotels to the Garner brand on schedule
with the majority set to be integrated by mid-2025,” said David Etmenan
Aiming to offer stays at an affordable price point
Garner hotels provide the most basic amenities guests look for in hotels — convenient location
breakfast and 24×7 snacks and bean-to-cup coffee
Garner opened its inaugural hotel in Auburn
within three months of the brand’s announcement
At the time of the brand’s launch last year
IHG was aiming to achieve 500 hotels in 10 years and 1,000 properties in the next 20 years in the U.S
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This marks the first time Garner hotels have been opened outside of the Americas
Three Garner hotels were inaugurated within ten days in Germany: Garner Hotel Hamburg Nord
The Garner brand aims to provide quality stays at an affordable price
focusing on the essentials that guests value
offering easy access to shopping districts
is located near a business park 30 minutes from Hamburg
The hotel has 75 rooms suitable for business and leisure travelers
offers 132 rooms and is equipped for business needs
These three hotels join the IHG's global portfolio of over 90 Garner hotels
The brand is touted as an attractive new option in the midscale segment
expressed satisfaction over the successful launch of the first Garner-branded hotels in Europe
He also mentioned the planned expansion of more than 50 Garner hotels in the Northern Europe market
also expressed pride in launching the first Garner hotels in Europe
He confirmed that the aim is to complete the rebranding of all existing hotels to the Garner brand by mid-2025
The newly opened properties were converted from NOVUM Hospitality's Yggotel
This follows a long-term agreement between IHG and NOVUM Hospitality to bring more than 50 Garner hotels to Germany and over 50 Holiday Inn – the niu brand collaboration hotels and 12 Candlewood Suites hotels
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the Edeka Fruchtkontor Nord at Kleiner Grasbrook in Hamburg was officially opened on 29 November
The opening ceremony was attended by Hamburg's First Mayor Dr
who emphasised the significance of the project for the Hanseatic city
With an investment volume of over 60 million euros
Edeka is sending a strong signal in favour of sustainability
an efficient food supply and Hamburg as a business location
Investment worth millions at the gateway to the world: EDEKA opens new Fruchtkontor Nord in the Port of Hamburg
In the picture: Markus Mosa (left) and Dr Peter Tschentscher
The logistics centre is a central import centre for fresh produce from over 90 countries worldwide and offers state-of-the-art technology on around 37,000 square metres
Capacities have been doubled to over 240,000 pallets of fruit and vegetables per year
Around 2.8 million boxes of bananas and tropical fruits such as mangoes and avocados are to be ripened annually in 50 ultra-modern ripening chambers
the focus of the new building is clearly on sustainability: the centre has been equipped with a photovoltaic system
waste heat utilisation and a charging infrastructure for e-mobility
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Sustainable and future-proof food supply "The new fruit and vegetable distribution centre underlines our commitment to a sustainable food supply
Not only are we significantly expanding our capacities
but we are also setting the highest standards in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency," says Markus Mosa
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IHG Hotels & Resorts’ midscale brand Garner has made its European debut with the opening of its first three hotels in Germany
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Garner is being introduced in Europe through a new partnership with German hotel operator NOVUM Hospitality, which was announced earlier this year
and Garner Hotel Augsburg Nord in Augsburg
They become the first Garner properties outside the Americas region
which have a total of 56 open and planned hotels
IHG announced plans to launch Garner last year and the brand currently has 90 hotels either open or in the development pipeline
managing director of Northern Europe at IHG Hotels & Resorts
said: "We are proud to welcome IHG’s first Garner-branded hotels to Europe with three successive openings in Germany
“With more than 50 further Garner hotels to come to the Northern Europe market
we can’t wait to delight guests and drive the success of this new brand.”
NOVUM’s CEO and owner David Etmenan said that most of the remaining Garner conversions will take place by the middle of 2025
but three properties simultaneously,” added Etmenan
“We are confident in our ability to complete the rebranding of all existing hotels to the Garner brand on schedule
with the majority set to be integrated by mid-2025."
The deal between IHG and NOVUM also includes 50 Holiday Inn – the niu “brand collaboration” hotels and 12 properties being rebranded under the Candlewood Suites banner
It will allow IHG to double its portfolio in Germany to more than 200 properties in 100 cities
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Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) and Hamburger Hochbahn have put the 200th HVV switch point into operation with parking spaces for car-sharing vehicles in Bergedorf
The service now comprises more than 1,000 parking spaces and 22 rapid transit stops at 178 spots in the suburbs
50 new HVV-Switch have gone into operation and another 15 will follow by the end of 2024
“We are bringing HVV Switch car sharing into the outskirts
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Age: 39Profession: Lacrosse-CoachCareer: GCU
Grand Canyon University (Founder Lacrosse Program 2009)
2011 – 2014 Coaching in Germany (German Champion 2012
2019 – 2020 Lander University Status: German National Coach (field men) and Interim Coach BHC and Spreewölfe (Box Program)
LAS: Coaching in Germany – how did it come about
Pete de Santis (HTHC Hamburg): I remember sitting in my lacrosse office at SHU just coming to the end of my graduate program
I had been scrolling through the job posting on LaxPower
For younger people: LaxPower used to be a website
I didn’t know that I would be here for 10 years
Adam Marshall (BHC Berlin): I also saw a job posting for Munich Lacrosse on LaxPower
and I think I even saw a German lacrosse player on E-Lacrosse
which is a website that a lot of people did not know existed
But that’s how we learned to be better players in the nineties
Pete de Santis: E-Lacrosse was the weirdest Lacrosse website…
LAS: How was it for you to start as a coach at a German club
But then there is going down to second league teams like Göttingen
and other towns and seeing like guys who were really passionate about lacrosse but really didn’t have any idea what lacrosse is about
Adam Marshall: Coming from a college environment
It was my first time ever to coach grown men
These people definitely do know how to play
Some just don’t know and you do have to bridge that gap to them
But it was a lot of fun to coach someone who you have a real conversation with
you were already German champion with HLC Munich as a coach
and then went back to the States to coach a DII college
It’s awesome to see how much is built
especially on the higher level and on the national team level
Simply how much better this country is at lacrosse
but compared to where it is now to where it was in 2012 is kind of a different world
To see that work that was put in come to fruition for a lot of players
especially the growth of box lacrosse is great to be part of.
you have been in Germany for a long time and have been with the HTHC from the beginning
What do you say about the development of the German lacrosse scene
Pete de Santis: Across the board at all club levels
from the university town club to the small city to the big city clubs like Hamburg
the quality of play in lacrosse has exploded
I have spent time coaching second league clubs and these teams doing stuff that I would not imagine eight years ago
we see players going over to North America and playing box lacrosse in Canada or university lacrosse in the U.S
and the average band of players has gotten unbelievably better
It is mostly driven by young men who just fell in love with this sport
LAS: If you want to rank lacrosse for American readers
Adam Marshall: Some of the best players could definitely compete with high-class DII teams
There is talent that is even good enough for a DI roster
The biggest thing that is lacking here is experience
The only thing that is different is some of the decision making and some of the ideas of the game
because our guys here don’t necessarily play against tough competition every single time they step on the field
And this is the only thing that is kind of a gap to me
Adam Marshall: This team is defensive first
And a team that can have a lot of success down the stretch.
how would you characterize the Hamburg team
We have a core group of players who have been playing together for six
I have been coaching them for that whole time
Our guys know what they do on the field together
The strength of the team lies in the offense at the end of the field.
I have been looking forward to it since I saw who ended up playing for BHC
This team is littered with national team-quality players
This game is like two trains on one track – coming at each other.
Adam Marshall: It is a rivalry game.
Adam Marshall: I believe both teams score more than 10 goals
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Edeka’s Markus Mosa (left) and Hamburg mayor Peter Tschentscher (right) cut the ribbon
Germany’s largest food retailer Edeka says its brand new distribution hub in central Hamburg will enable it to double the volume of fruit and vegetables it distributes via the city’s port
which is located in the city’s Kleinen Grasbrook quarter
will supply fresh fruit and vegetables to the company’s Edeka and Netto stores throughout the country
The new site cost more than €60mn to build
and replaces a previous distribution centre that stood in the same part of Hamburg for several decades
the expansion makes it possible to double its annual turnover of goods
from around 120,000 pallets to more than 240,000 pallets
This corresponds to 8,600 trucks of fruit and vegetables – mainly bananas
citrus and exotic fruits – sourced from all over the world
It also expects the centre to ripen around 2.8mn boxes of ready-to-eat bananas and other tropical fruits such as mangoes and avocados each year
the Edeka Group is investing in a modern import centre to supply 11,000 food markets across Germany with fresh fruit and vegetables every day,” said the city’s mayor Peter Tschentscher at the official opening
The building boasts a solar energy system and is heated using the warmth created by its own refrigerators
which apparently enables it to operate without using any fossil fuels like natural gas
Edeka CEO Markus Mosa said the new facility underlined the company’s commitment to a sustainable food supply
“We are not only significantly expanding our capacities
but at the same time setting the highest standards in terms of sustainability and energy efficiency,” he stated
Edeka Fruchtkontor manages direct procurement of all the group’s fruit and vegetables through eight logistics platforms and offices in Germany
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The trade fair will showcase innovative digital tools and mobile applications that simplify day-to-day work
These include apps with smooth links from the office to the building site
as well as solutions for digital time recording and documentation
Experts will present AI technologies such as intelligent systems for text editing and translation and for handling invoices automatically in the AI Centre@Get Nord
Visitors can attend lectures and workshops on e.g., Building Information Modelling (BIM), energy transition trends and effective energy management in the "Energy@Get Nord Forum"
The emphasis will also be on hiring and retaining skilled labourers
Modern working models and tools for attracting and retaining skilled workers will be presented
The Sanitär Heizung Klempner (SHK) and E-Handwerke associations in northern Germany will present new software solutions and apps for recruiting and training junior staff at their stands.fw/pb
as well as a concert and multifunctional hall for up to 2,200 people
Inspired by the way bees live, work and care for each other, "The Beehive" has been built in HafenCity
Designed by Danish architects WERK and the Halbinsulaner construction consortium
the project won the MIPIM award in the "Best Residential Project" category
The community-enhancing architecture addresses loneliness
The building's design encourages social interaction and inclusion and features a large kitchen for communal dining
who also work in the building's own co-working space or in the handicraft workshop
no longer have to commute which reduces the traffic and benefits the environment
The development of HafenCity was also part of presentations at Hamburg's joint stand in Cannes
Hamburg Invest was on site with 20 companies.
The jury praised the standard of living in the new district and its reinterpretation of historical models with features such as pergolas
lots of greenery and novel ideas for environment-friendly transport.ys/kk/pb
20 companies are presenting themselves at this year's real estate fair
Life Science Nord Management GmbH (LSN) held a lavish party in September 2024 to welcome its new Managing Director Dr Oliver Schacht, 54. The network's 20th anniversary naturally occasioned festivities
Schacht is aiming to offer its approximately 300 members many a reason to celebrate in future as well
"My goal is to make the region one of the best life science regions in all of Europe." The cluster's four research associations
two university hospitals and 14 research institutions including internationally renowned large-scale research facilities such as DESY and the European XFEL form a solid foundation for Schacht's ambitious goal
But how exactly does he intend moving the cluster forward
The scientific institutions are just one pillar of the foundation
"These are complemented by innovative startups
established SMEs and large companies such as Philips
medical technology and digital health sectors," says Schacht
The cluster includes no fewer than 600 stakeholders in the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein and counts among the key innovative and economic factors in the region
Schacht and his 20-strong team are developing a strategy for these stakeholders to raise the profile of the LSN cluster by 2030
but some remain 'hidden' outside of our region
We want to and will change that together!"
"Startup funding has already made progress
but we still need to mobilise more private capital"
Schacht has extensive managerial experience in the life sciences sector in Germany and the US
including three startups that have gone public
AI has the potential to change medicine. The AI Act
imposes strict requirements on AI medical devices and the transition period for the new medical device regulation expired in May
Talks are underway to extend this deadline to avoid jeopardising the availability of medical devices in the EU
This risk has been exacerbated by the ban on certain poly and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)
it is good to protect the environment from large quantities of harmful chemicals that are released into the environment where they do not degrade
The Life Science North (LSN) cluster consists of 600 companies
research facilities and institutions in the medtech
biotech and pharmaceutical industries in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
they employ over 55,000 staff and generated a gross value added of EUR 5.7 billion in 2021
meaning that gross value added is likely to have reached the EUR 6 billion mark by now (December 2024)
a princess from Zanzibar and Germany’s “memorial hygiene”
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“An ibex mounted on the head of the Bismarck monument repurposes the original sculpture — a famous landmark of Hamburg — into a plinth,” writes the Austrian artist group Steinbrener/Dempf & Huber
Writing recently in the Hamburg broadsheet Abendblatt, deputy editor-in-chief Matthias Iken evoked the world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
“Anything that doesn’t conform to currently valid ‘truths’ is to be silenced,” he fumed
Using an English term that has lately entered the German lexicon
he added: “Apparently Hamburg is about to become the capital of this ‘cancel culture.’” Iken’s ire had been raised by a seemingly trivial matter: the district assembly of Hamburg-Nord’s reversal of its decision last year to name a small square in Hamburg after Emily Ruete
who migrated to Germany in the nineteenth century
she was the daughter of Said bin Sultan Al-Said
a Circassian woman who had been abducted by slave traders as a child and bought by the sultan to join his harem
Although her mother was not the sultan’s principal wife
Salama benefited from being part of the island’s ruling family
As one of her father’s thirty-six children
she inherited a plantation and residence upon his death
and a further three plantations when her mother died
the German merchant Rudolph Heinrich Ruete
Conscious that her relatives wouldn’t countenance marriage to an infidel
she fled to Aden aboard HMS Highflyer with the help of the wife of a British consular official
who had followed her under less dramatic circumstances
The couple moved to Rudolf Heinrich’s native Hamburg
where they had three more children (her first child had died in Aden)
Rudolph Heinrich was killed in a tram accident
In 1889 she left Germany and settled in Beirut
she returned to Germany to live with one of her daughters in Jena
“Model immigrant”: Emily Ruete (Sayyida Salme)
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a piece of postcolonial metafiction by acclaimed writer Hans Christoph Buch
the Christian Democrats opposed it — not because they objected to memorialising Ruete
but because they believed the process of naming the square lacked transparency
Later last year, Hamburg-Nord Council advised the district assembly that the square’s name had been gazetted and street signs delivered
The council suggested that an information panel about Ruete’s life be erected and her descendants invited to attend its unveiling
and in February 2020 €4400 (A$7200) was allocated to commissioning a local history workshop to create the panel
Here, the story took its controversial turn. The workshop’s research found that Ruete had not only defended slavery during her lifetime but also made racist remarks in her 1886 memoir. The workshop’s findings drew on an intervention by a member of Hamburg Postkolonial
a network of individuals interested in Hamburg’s colonial legacy
who may well have been the first person to take an interest in the naming of the square and read Ruete’s 1886 book closely
In September this year the Greens and the Social Democrats moved successfully to reverse the assembly’s earlier decision. “In 2020, to name a square after Emily Ruete is not an option,” the minutes of the meeting record a Greens representative saying
“It would be inconsistent with the [two parties’] stance against exclusion and inhumanity.” Rather than naming the square after someone else
the district assembly decided to leave it nameless for the time being
presumably to avoid having Ruete’s name remain in place during the search for a substitute
council workers removed the offending street signs
Matthias Iken and others who criticised the change of heart bemoaned the fact that a nineteenth-century woman was being judged against the standards of the twenty-first century
A representative of the Free Democratic Party
who voted against the unnaming of the square
argued that Ruete’s book was “an authentic non-European source” about the history of East Africa
which had otherwise been told from a “colonial point of view.” Ruete had commented on the Germany of the time from a non-European perspective
and had exposed the hypocrisy of her European contemporaries in Zanzibar
who decried the institution of slavery but were themselves slave owners
slavery had long been formally abolished in Europe and North America: in Britain
in 1834; in France in 1848; and in the United States in 1865
had known Zanzibar only as a place where slavery was largely uncontested
the island had been a hub of the Arab slave trade
with possibly as many as 50,000 slaves passing through its port annually
The political clout of Emily Ruete’s father
was based not least on his prominent involvement in that trade
Slavery was formally abolished in Zanzibar in the 1870s but continued until the early twentieth century
despite the island’s becoming a British protectorate in 1890
The September 2020 backflip was not the first time Hamburg politicians have had second thoughts about streets named after people whose views or deeds are now considered repugnant
Hamburg’s state government has become particularly concerned by the possibility that some streets and public buildings might be named after people who were Nazis
supported the Nazis or advocated anti-Semitic or racist ideas
streets have been renamed; on two occasions their names were retained but the reference changed
was originally named after the Hamburg psychiatrist Wilhelm Weygandt (1870–1939)
who was interested in eugenics and sympathised with the Nazis
Now it is named after somebody with no connection to Hamburg: Friedrich Weygandt
a public official in Mainz who was executed because he had been a vocal critic of the local archbishop during the peasants’ war of 1525
New proposals for street names are now routinely vetted by the Hamburg State Archives
winner of the 1981 Oscar for the best foreign-language film
who was the protégé of Nazi strongman Hermann Göring and played a prominent role in Nazi Germany’s cultural life
has not been deemed sufficiently compromised to warrant a renaming of the street carrying his name
Compromised? Gustav Gründgens as Hamlet in January 1936. Wikimedia
While until very recently the archives’ vetting process focused on links to the Nazi regime or ideology
Nazism is but one of at least two dark chapters in Germany’s past whose legacies endure
Because Hamburg has long been Germany’s most important port
many of the city’s businesses and individuals played a significant role in colonial endeavours
including during the short period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when Germany had colonies in Africa and the Pacific
but demands to rename three Hamburg streets that carry his name — Schimmelmannstraße
Schimmelmannallee and Schimmelmannstieg — have so far been unsuccessful
the government’s decision in 2014 focused on how the city’s colonial past was being represented publicly
and how Hamburg could distance itself symbolically from that past
The decision made no reference to demands for reparations to tackle historic injustices
such demands have focused on Germany’s genocidal 1904–08 war against the Herero and Nama in what was then German South West Africa (today’s Namibia); most recently
Namibia rejected Germany’s offer of a one-off €10 million compensation payment and an unreserved apology as inadequate
But the issue of symbolic and material reparations is not limited to Namibia
and given the extent to which Hamburg has been a beneficiary of colonialism
this issue should not only be a matter for the federal government
Also absent from the state government’s decision were references to present-day injustices
German colonialism did not end when Germany lost its colonies after the first world war
nor when German attempts to colonise Eastern Europe came to a crushing halt in the course of the second world war
Hamburg businesses and Hamburg consumers continue to be implicated in colonial practices — something that is easily forgotten when the focus is on a past that is seemingly over and done with
Hamburg-Nord’s decision to rescind the honouring of Emily Ruete didn’t
reflect a gradually growing awareness of wider historical injustices
it’s possible to pinpoint a specific day on which the wheels were set in motion: 25 May 2020
the day a white police officer killed George Floyd
the dispute over Emily Ruete Square was a small skirmish
a minor historical figure — and there have been more obvious and prominent targets in Hamburg
None has been more prominent than Otto von Bismarck (1815–98)
the preeminent political leader of nineteenth-century Germany
As prime minister of the militarily and politically dominant German state of Prussia
he engineered the unification of Germany in 1871 and served as its first chancellor
he had the support of Prussia’s landed gentry; in turn he ensured that their privileges remained untouched
Bismarck’s time as chancellor was marked by two momentous conflicts
They pitted Bismarck first against the Catholic Church and then against the socialist labour movement
both of which he believed posed threats to the status quo
Having largely lost the Kulturkampf (culture war) against the Catholic Church
he formed an alliance with the party representing Catholics in parliament to take on the socialists
not least by introducing compulsory sickness
making imperial Germany something of a pioneer of welfare capitalism and at the same time reminding the socialists’ prospective supporters that their interests were well served by the government
Making the case for German colonial rule in Africa
Bismarck’s government drew on arguments provided by Christian abolitionists
Germany’s late nineteenth-century colonial ventures thus became precursors of the Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq in 1991
the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and other modern-day humanitarian interventions
But although Bismarck’s government tried to justify German colonialism on humanitarian grounds
it condoned slavery and forced labour in its African colonies
After his resignation in 1890, Bismarck was venerated as unified Germany’s founding father, not only during the remaining twenty-eight years of the monarchy but also, albeit less emphatically, in the Weimar Republic, in Nazi Germany and in the Federal Republic. Throughout Germany, numerous Bismarck statues are testament to the admiration
His memorialisation even went beyond Germany; the capital of the US state of North Dakota
Contested: another of Hamburg’s Bismarck memorials
By far the largest of Hamburg’s Bismarck statues
sits on the edge of the red light district of St Pauli and overlooks the river Elbe
it is more than thirty-four metres high and weighs more than 600 tonnes
Unveiled in 1906 after three years’ construction
it depicts Bismarck as a medieval knight holding a sword
It was listed on the cultural heritage register in 1960
When the Black Lives Matter movement took hold in Germany
Bismarck memorials were among its first targets
a week after Colston’s statue was dumped in Bristol Harbour
activists daubed one of the smaller Bismarck statues in Hamburg with red paint
The larger statue was spared the same fate only because it was concealed behind fences and scaffolding
the federal government budgeted €6.5 million to restore the crumbling memorial
with the proviso that the state government match that amount to rebuild the surrounding park
the overall amount budgeted for memorial and park was increased to €15.4 million
It was ironic that work on the monument began shortly before the repercussions of George Floyd’s killing reached Germany
Are the unnaming of Emily Ruete Square and demands for the removal of Bismarck statues evidence that Germany is heading towards an Orwellian dystopia where anything not deemed politically correct will be suppressed
No — if only because the “cancel culture” has been accompanied by loud protests (such as Iken’s) and authorities haven’t rushed to get rid of street names honouring the slave trader Schimmelmann or the opportunist Gründgens
Prominent in the debate about what to do with the hundreds of Bismarck memorials in Germany is opposition to any form of Black Lives Matter–inspired iconoclasm
the defenders of the monuments have spoken out against iconoclasm as such
rather than in defence of Bismarck as a historical figure
But that is likely to reflect strategic choices rather than any kind of censorship
During the district assembly committee’s debate
Free Democrat Lars Jessen said he was “astonished” by the proposal to unname Emily Ruete Square because it was “incomprehensible” that Ruete’s views had only now become known
But the issue is not so much that the Greens and Social Democrats belatedly discovered Ruete’s racism; it’s that they didn’t care to engage with her life before suggesting a square be named after her
Ruete’s 1886 memoir was reissued in 1989, accompanied by an editorial essay that contextualises her text, and republished by different publishers in 1998, 2007 and 2013. It is still in print and is available in several Hamburg libraries
I suspect the fact that Ruete was a woman of colour in nineteenth-century Germany was considered sufficient grounds for honouring her — in the same way that
her comments about slavery were sufficient grounds to withdraw the honour
The complexity that makes Ruete such an intriguing historical figure has been in plain view
but was recognised only briefly during the discussions about the square
This complexity has not yet received the attention it warrants
Once the history workshop had produced evidence of her views about slavery and Black Africans
other aspects of her persona no longer mattered
But she was also an astute observer of the hypocritical stance of European humanitarians in Zanzibar
She had only contempt for the British anti-slavery campaigners who took no interest in the welfare of people who had been freed: at best
European humanitarians were knitting woollen socks for the former slaves
Complications: the Monument to Slaves in Stone Town, Zanzibar. Wikimedia
That it is possible to engage with Ruete while criticising her views on slavery and her role as a slave owner was demonstrated in 2009, when the Hamburg-based artist HM Jokinen created the performance “An Maria Ernestina,” an artistic intervention designed to disrupt the exhibition about Ruete at the Hamburg town hall
“I welcome the exhibition about Sayyida Salme
daughter of a slave,” the artist wrote at the time
“But I reject the honouring of a princess who accepted as normal the services of slaves and who profited from them.”
Ruete was also a perceptive observer of racism in Germany and the colonial gaze to which she herself was subjected: “At social events
I had the feeling that I was constantly being looked at — something that I found most annoying,” she recalled in her second book
Not only did they stare at us when they went past; but
I noticed the two ladies kneeling on the back seat in order to be able to observe us more closely.”
It is telling that the first German edition of Briefe nach der Heimat
in which Ruete writes about the first years of her life in Germany
Doesn’t the unnaming of Emily Ruete Square also perpetuate the silencing of Ruete’s critical views about Hamburg society
I too have misgivings about the readiness with which Emily Ruete Square was unnamed
but mine are different from those articulated by Matthias Iken and aren’t specific to memorials tainted by Hamburg’s colonial past
Germany is still a country of perpetrators
Memorialising the lives of the victims of Nazi Germany (or of German colonialism
for that matter) while removing from public view any references to the lives of perpetrators
accomplices and bystanders risks obscuring that fact
Over the past twenty-eight years, the artist Gunter Demnig has laid more than 75,000 Stolpersteine (“stumbling stones”): concrete cubes with brass plates inscribed with the name of a victim of Nazi persecution
The overwhelming majority of Stolpersteine are in Germany
This is undoubtedly an effective means of helping Germans to remember the Holocaust and honour the many ordinary people who became its victims
but shouldn’t Germans also be compelled to stumble across the names of perpetrators and accomplices
lest the complicity of ordinary Germans is forgotten
Or, as I proposed some twenty years ago, might it not be appropriate for Hamburg residents to perform a public reading not only of the names of the thousands of Hamburg Jews who were killed in the Holocaust but also of the names in the 1943 Adressbuch
the last directory of all the heads of all households registered in Hamburg
which was published during the second world war
Bismarck is in good company. Other historical figures — Immanuel Kant among them — have been exposed as apologists for colonialism or as racists
Postcolonial and anti-racist iconoclasts would be very busy indeed if we decided to no longer commemorate the lives of individuals who used the “n” word
denigrated people of colour or were implicated in German colonial ventures
Which is not to say that Kant’s writings about “races,” for example
don’t deserve more critical attention than they have received thus far
Nor are the demands to raze controversial memorials unprecedented
East Germans were often only too ready to expunge all traces of the German Democratic Republic by renaming streets and schools and removing memorials
Sometimes the desire to draw a line under the past even led to the targeting of people like Karl Marx
Rosa Luxemburg and the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
who happened to be communists but who could not be held responsible for Stalinist repression
it is obvious that attempts to expunge all references to East Germany’s communist regime have been counterproductive and ill-conceived
But when it comes to German debates about memorials today
Complementing a restored and cleaned-up Bismarck monument with an exhibition about Hamburg’s colonial past and with a counter-memorial
could encourage Hamburg residents to wash their hands of the legacies of colonialism
Rather than letting the past intrude into the present
a counter-memorial on its own might put the past to rest
But the thirty-four-metre high Bismarck monument would stand in the way of such memorial hygiene
whose message was meant to be neutralised by Hrdlicka’s counter-memorial
the granite Bismarck should remain a beacon for protests and a canvas for graffiti and other ephemeral art
notwithstanding any adjacent counter-memorial
Let’s hope that the authorities don’t take the view that a counter-memorial is a substitute for anti-memorial graffiti and that the statue therefore needs to be kept spotlessly clean
Bismarck has been a controversial historical figure not only because of his role in German colonialism but also because he was an anti-democrat
because he tried to repress the organised labour movement and because of his anti-Semitism
He was also the founder of Germany as a political entity
Critically engaging with his memory could prompt a reassessment not just of the kind of aggressive nineteenth-century nationalism that informed the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian war
but also of the idea of the nation that suffuses today’s understanding of what it means to be German
I hope the Bismarck colossus overlooking the river Elbe will stick around to catalyse discussions that go beyond a distancing from recognisably dark pasts and instead engage with seemingly unproblematic presents
I also hope that closer attention to the experiences of Emily Ruete will facilitate a public conversation about everyday racism and the lives of people of colour in Hamburg
be it in the late nineteenth or in the early twenty-first century
Some weeks ago, the state archives created a new position to investigate the colonial dimensions of street names in Hamburg
Obviously the authorities are hoping to avoid in future the kind of embarrassment that was caused by the naming of Emily Ruete Square
But what might actually be needed to get people in Hamburg to engage with the complexity that made Ruete such an intriguing historical figure is a (non-official) effort to rename that square in Hamburg-Nord
Klaus Neumann works for the Hamburg Foundation for the Advancement of Research and Culture. He is an Honorary Professor at Deakin University and a Visiting Researcher at the Hannah Arendt Institute in Dresden. With fellow Inside Story contributor Janna Thompson he is the editor of Historical Justice and Memory (2015)
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Discover which are the best cities in Germany to move to
By Christian Lapper
Germany boasts one of the highest qualities of life in the world. According to the 2023 Mercer Quality of Life Survey
six German cities make it into the global top 30
Germany also shines in infrastructure, scoring high for public transportation, traffic flow, and airport efficiency, and has an affordable cost of living to boot
this article will help you find the best cities in Germany to call home:
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Laid-back Berlin is ranked 18th on the Mercer Quality of Life Survey
Much of the city was destroyed in the Second World War
and it underwent extensive rebuilding after the reunification of East and West Germany
and rivers covering an amazing third of the city
Ranked 10th in the world for quality of life, Düsseldorf is a beautiful cosmopolitan city straddling the Rhine River. It is home to banks, industry, media companies, multi-national HQs, museums, restaurants, markets, and great international schools
There are 50 stadtteile (districts) across the city:
Germany’s financial capital looks a little like Manhattan
Frankfurt is ranked 6th in the world for quality of life and is surrounded by suburbs that house almost 500,000 commuters
Newly built homes can be found in Reidberg, the West and East Harbour, Rebstockpark, and Friedberger Warte. Older mansions (and consulates) fill leafy Westend, Holzhausen Quarter, Poets’ Quarter (Dichterviertel), and the Diplomatenvierte. Singles enjoy the restaurants and bars in Sachsenhausen and parts of Nordend
the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg – is one of 16 federal states and ranked 25th best for quality of life
it is the second-largest city in Germany
people have more living space than all the other major cities in the world
which is more than Venice and Amsterdam combined
Munich may rank high in the Quality of Life Survey at 7th place, but you do pay for it; it is the fourth most expensive city in Germany and the 37th most expensive city in Europe
Nürnberg (or Nuremberg in English) is situated near the Pegnitz river and Rhine-Main-Danube canal
This beautiful city in the state of Bavaria has a reputation for being urban yet tranquil
with a high percentage of foreign residents
It is ranked 31st in the world for quality of life
The city has many apartments in stunning art nouveau buildings and converted factory loft spaces
Among the most desirable areas are Moegeldorf
Finally, Stuttgart ranks 26th in the world for quality of life
the city features homes on steep hillsides with awesome views
Accommodation in the very heart of the city is certainly at a premium
there are plenty of other districts to choose from:
Christian is well-versed in expanding his comfort zone
and Spain – before moving to the Netherlands
A freelance writer with a background in digital marketing
Christian worked for Expatica as a senior editor from 2019 to 2022
The sale of German state bank HSH Nordbank to a consortium of private equity companies, announced in February
Centaurus Capital LP and BAWAG now have a 100% stake in the bank between them
and it will soon operate under the name Hamburg Commercial Bank
commented: “This successful switch from public-sector to exclusively private-sector shareholders is genuinely new territory in the German banking sector and marks the beginning of a new era for our Bank
the federal states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
who have at all times been professional and focused in driving this sale forward
this successful privatisation is both affirmation and motivation
and we shall now focus all our energy on the new era
Hamburg-based commercial bank for Germany with a pronounced client orientation and we are ready to make a new start.”
Juan Rodriguez Inciarte has been appointed chairman of the board
and the bank says it aspires by the end of 2021 to produce a pre-tax return on equity of at least 8%
It will do this by continuing to operate its core business areas
but with a sharper focus and more selective and efficient use of its resources
It has also signalled an intention to expand in the renewable energy financing business
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In Hamburg Langenhorn, a new city district has been built on an 80-hectare site that was once home to the psychiatric women's clinic of the Ochsenzoll hospital.
In this special place, old listed hospital buildings complement chic new buildings. The facilities are surrounded by quiet, spacious park-like grounds. A beautiful aged tree population generously provides oxygen, peace and shade.
In the midst of this idyll on the outskirts of Hamburg stands an octagonal building, a former porter's lodge. When the part of the hospital on which the octagon stands was still in use, gatekeepers kept watch here over who entered and left the grounds of the Ochsenzoll Clinic.
Today, the stone octagon is home to Café Eight Corners. And Claudia, the operator of this gem, lovingly watches over the guests' well-being. Open, present and friendly, she is there for her customers.
With her café, she has created a place where people from the most diverse backgrounds can meet and get to know each other. So it's hardly surprising that the neighbourhood likes to come in here frequently and is happy to share the space and the food with people passing by or cycling.
The interior design of the restaurant is very well done. High windows let a lot of light into the café. Small bistro tables and benches screwed into the walls are the right choice to avoid cluttering up the rather small dining room.
Claudia chose classics from Tolix as bar stools and stools in front of the counter. Simple, practical and beautiful. On the tables, small flower vases and candles create an atmosphere. Industrial lamps hang from the supporting steel girder construction and provide pleasant lighting in the evening hours. The view from the café falls on the sky and the surrounding trees.
It's easy to feel welcome and comfortable here right away. At Eight Corners, you can spend a relaxing time over coffee, lunch, a drink or a snack. Whether in the beautiful, airy dining room or on the terrace under the shady trees.
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Rexrodt has been run by Katja and Niels Ove Nielsen since 1999. 25 years of quality and dedication to make this beautiful restaurant blossom in Hamburg Uhlenhorst, not far from the Alster. Rexrodt has been around since 1983, when Wolfgang Tuschmann opened his restaurant on the premises of a former butcher's shop in Papenhuder Straße. The shop was built in 1896 by the Rexrodt family, who were master butchers. Today, customers are offered the finest bistro cuisine in the listed rooms.
Almost everything else has remained. To our great delight. The white-covered, compact tables stand on a floor of patterned stone tiles. Green and white Art Nouveau tiles gleam on the walls. The glass ceiling is decorated with paintings. From up there, baroque-style painted angels look down on the clientele and watch over their well-being. Niels Ove Nielsen looks after the worldly well-being of his clients.
Over time, the shop has grown together with beautiful Uhlenhorst. A district which, despite its proximity to the city and the Alster, is a pleasantly unagitated place. Many of the neighbours come regularly to make themselves comfortable on the terrace or in the premises.
A small adjoining room of the barroom can be rented for weddings, birthdays or other festivities. By the way: If you would like to say "I do" in this special place surrounded by art nouveau interiors, the Hamburg Nord registry office registrars will come directly to the location.
Back to the essentials. To the table. We start with a summery salad. The leaves are crisp, the grilled summer peach is refreshing, and the buffalo mozzarella is wonderfully aromatic. Accompanied by a bit of pomegranate and acacia syrup. A good start.
In the next round, we opt for the pike-perch fillet wrapped in potato with lemon velouté, dill pickles and mustard seeds. The fish is the star here, officially portioned, juicy and cooked to perfection, accompanied by fine velouté and delicious braised cucumber and mustard seed.
Dessert rounds off the evening and makes us happy. We enjoy a caramelised lime tart with raspberry-wasabi sorbet and fresh berries. Contrasting textures and finely balanced flavours refresh the mind and palate. A short stroll along the banks of the Alster brings this lovely evening to a close. The good life can be so simple.
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Eating brunch in Hamburg is fun if you know where to go
smoothie bowls and eggs in Germany’s second biggest city
None are in hotels and most serve great coffee
We get that you could eat breakfast at your Hamburg hotel and that it might even be included with your room
We also get that you could start your day by eating a Franzbrötchen
Hamburg’s buttery take on France’s equally buttery Croissant
the better option is to join Hamburg’s cool kids of all ages and eat a memorable brunch at a local cafe
And, if you go to the right cafe and order wisely, eating brunch in Hamburg will fill your belly and stoke your creativity. Plus, it will give you the fuel to explore Hamburg’s best sites
While it’s easy to find traditional German food in Deutschland
finding a good brunch spot is not so easy in many German cities
But Hamburg is a German city that gets brunch. We rank it up there with Amsterdam and Paris, other European cities that gets the brunch concept, and higher than Lisbon where we live
Hamburg is also a city where locals know to arrive early or make advance brunch reservations
The third alternative involves waiting in long queues and possibly missing out on starting the day with a good meal
After we discovered that Hamburg has great restaurants and coffee shops
it wasn’t a stretch to expand our culinary exploration to include brunch
we quickly found a number of fun spots contending for the title of best brunch in Hamburg
Some of these worthy brunch spots specialize in the mid-day meal while others also focus on roasting single origin coffee beans
Nora Ramm put her heart into opening Mit Herz und Zucker in 2016 and sprinkled sugar on top for good measure
Mit Herz und Zucker literally translates to With Heart and Sugar
Her oncoming efforts have spread to a second location that’s just as popular as the original
Mit Herz und Zucker champions sustainability by sourcing its milk and grains from local farms and its coffee beans from Playground
one of Hamburg’s best coffee roasters
The quality of these ingredients directly impacts the quality of the food that comes out of the kitchen
Mit Herz und Zucker serves a tight brunch seven days each week and doesn’t take reservations
its breakfast menu includes dishes like blueberry Bircher muesli
we ordered pancakes and scrambled eggs plus coffee to wash it all down
the pancake stack was the winner of our meal thanks to elements like homemade strawberry jam
While the sugar was impossible to miss on our pancakes
we couldn’t physically see the dish’s heartfelt love
But we could taste it and that’s what really matters
Pro TipArrive early if you plan to order a freshly baked croissant
Mit Herz und Zucker has two Hamburg locations
We ate brunch at the original cafe located at Lübecker Straße 29
Some of Hamburg’s best brunch spots are located in residential neighborhoods
it’s located in Hamburg’s central Altstadt (i.e
old town) district near Nord Coast Coffee Roasters (see below) and just around the corner from two of our favorite Hamburg restaurants – o-ren ishi and Mami Si
Now that we’ve clarified where Marshall Street Coffee is located
let’s clarify that it’s not located on Marshall Street
That street is actually in Sydney where the cafe’s owner
After moving to Hamburg, Garrett honed his coffee skills at cafes like Public Coffee Roasters and the now closed Tōrnqvist before opening Marshall Street Coffee in February of 2020
Once we tasted his flat whites crafted with naturally roasted Ethiopian beans
it was obvious that his coffee skills are world class
Marshall Street Coffee’s brunch menu is full-on with options that include avocado toast with eggs, brioche french toast
since our Marshall Street Coffee brunch wasn’t our only mid-day meal of the day
we opted to share three buttermilk pancakes served with a rainbow of seasonal fruit
homemade apple/raspberry/nectarine jam and a side of maple syrup
That plate of pancakes was wonderful with a melange of fresh fruit that included berries
Not only did the fruit taste great but it also negated the pancakes’ calories
Pro TipAlthough you may get lucky if you wander into Marshall Street Coffee on a whim
you’ll have guaranteed success if you make an advance reservation at the popular brunch spot
Marshall Street Coffee is located at Schopenstehl 30
** Important Update – Balz and Balz lost its lease and has permanently closed
Balz und Balz is a modern yet cozy Hamburg cafe that combines great food with great coffee
executing both feats simultaneously can be a challenge
siblings Christoph and Kathrin Balz nail it
Located in non-touristic Hoheluft district
Balz und Balz has a friendly neighborhood vibe
But don’t think that Balz und Balz is just about locally sourced food
This cafe is equally focused on its specialty coffee program
drinking a flat white is a great way to kill time while waiting for a table
After seeing us wolf down a generous smorgasbord of cured meats, cheese, pickles and yogurt (see photo above), co-owner Kathrin Balz insisted that we also try the cafe’s signature cinnamon buns
Who were we to disagree with a like-minded soul whose love for coffee and food rivals our own
Pro TipDon’t skip Balz und Balz’s cinnamon buns
They’re sprinkled with powdered sugar and taste divine
Balz und Balz was located at Lehmweg 6
the original Nord Coast Coffee Roasters cafe occupies a two-story space near Hamburg’s Speicherstadt warehouse district
Although it seems like an odd spot for a cafe
the location doesn’t keep people away
crowds arrive each morning with two goals – drinking specialty coffee and eating brunch
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we didn’t love the flat whites during our most recent visit
Skipping healthy-sounding bowls designed for vegans
Our waffles were topped with lime mascarpone cream and fresh fruit while the creamy scrambled eggs had ingredients like porcini butter
curcuma chili cream and grated parmesan cheese
Both dishes were great but the waffles were just a little bit better
Pro TipVisit Miniatur Wunderland after you eat brunch at Nord’s Deichstraße location
It’s just a six-minute walk to the unique museum
Nord Coast Coffee Roasters has multiple Hamburg locations
We ate brung at the original cafe located at Deichstraße 9
we didn’t eat anything melted at Café Melt
a Hamburg brunch spot located near the Landsbrucken docks
Perhaps that’s a good thing considering that our desserts included Spaghetti Eis
Germany’s odd ice cream dish that resembles spaghetti
Discover the best German desserts including both Spaghetti Eis and Bienenstich Kuchen
we shared a Frühstühstückplatte (i.e
While the dish didn’t knock our socks off
it gave us a pleasant protein burst that set us up for dessert
Pro TipSkip the coffee at Café Melt if you’re a specialty coffee drinker
You’ll be happier drinking a flat white or pour over at one of Hamburg’s great artisan coffee shops
Café Melt is located at Johannisbollwerk 19
Brunch has become one of the most popular things to do in Hamburg
Typical brunches in Hamburg run the gamut from brunch classics like pancakes and waffles to traditional German food and even global cuisine
Brunch is available every day of the week in Hamburg
Weekends tend to be busier which could be a good or bad thing based on your brunch goals
the best place to eat brunch is likely the one closest to where you’re living or staying
Most locals pair brunch with specialty coffee
Expect to spend less than 20€ when you eat brunch in Hamburg
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