Altona is the westernmost district of the city of Hamburg in Germany, on the right bank of the Elbe. Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... The Elbe River (Czech Labe   listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian Łobjo, Polish Łaba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. ...

It was founded in 1535 as a village of fishermen. In 1664 it received city rights from Danish King Frederick III. Until 1864 Altona was one of the Danish monarchy's most important harbour towns. Denmark's first railroad from Altona to Kiel, the Christian VIII Baltic Sea Rail Line (Christian VIII. Østersø Jernbane), was opened in 1844. Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... King Frederick III Frederick III (March 28, 1609 – February 19, 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Statistics State: Schleswig-Holstein District: Independent city Area: 113. ... Christian VIII Christian VIII (September 18, 1786–January 20, 1848), king of Denmark 1839-48 and of Norway 1814-14, the eldest son of the hereditary prince Frederick of Denmark and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...

In 1867 it became part of Prussia. Jump to: navigation, search 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and...

In 1938 the Greater Hamburg Act merged it and several surrounding cities with Hamburg. Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Today Altona is the location of a major train station, connecting the Hamburg S-Bahn with the regional rail. Jump to: navigation, search Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... The Hamburg S-Bahn is the suburban railway network serving the city of Hamburg. ...

Politically, the following districts are subject to the borough Altona:

1. Hamburg-Altona (Nord)
2. Hamburg-Bahrenfeld
3. Hamburg-Ottensen
4. Hamburg-Othmarschen (including parts of Klein Flottbek)
5. Hamburg-Groß Flottbek (including parts of Klein Flottbek)
6. Hamburg-Osdorf
7. Hamburg-Lurup
8. Hamburg-Nienstedten
9. Hamburg-Blankenese
10. Hamburg-Sülldorf (including Hamburg-Iserbrook)
11. Hamburg-Rissen

Altona train station Rissen is a district in the west of Hamburg (Germany). ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2160x1440, 335 KB) de: Bahnhof Hamburg-Altona (im Vordergrund: Gleis 6) en: station Hamburg-Altona (in the foreground: track 6) Description: station Hamburg Date: 13th September 2005 photographer: MartinDieter Licensing File links The following pages link to...

Allee theatre in Altona Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (937x810, 377 KB) Hamburg, Germany: Alleetheater (Hamburger Kammeroper) / Theater für Kinder, Max-Brauer-Allee, Altona Source: Photographed by Andreas Praefcke, May 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Altona, Hamburg ...

Today Altona's harbour is mostly used as museum ("Schiffsanleger Neumühlen" Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (819x614, 259 KB) Schiffsanleger Neumühlen an der Elbe mit Schiffen des Museumshafens, Hamburg 20. ...