Moorweide

Moorweide is a public park in Hamburg’s Rotherbaum district, north of Dammtor railway station. Its open lawns mark a changing urban landscape.

Once a cattle pasture, the ground later served the city’s fortifications and citizen militia. Exhibition history also belongs to this green space.

A glass-and-iron hall with a dome once stood on the western area before fire destroyed it. Edmund Siemers later funded a lecture building.

That building became the University of Hamburg’s main building, connecting Moorweide with the city’s academic history. Political gatherings have also marked the park.

During the Nazi regime, the Moorweide became a deportation point for Jews, and a memorial now honours the victims. The former northwest corner carries that memory.

Public speech, cultural projects and major exhibitions have also shaped the park’s recorded history. Luna Luna and the Terracotta Army appeared here as notable cultural projects.

Today, leisure activities and events share the lawns with hot-air-balloon launches across Hamburg and its surroundings. Parts of Moorweide are integrated into the University of Hamburg.