Der Patriot, Kommentarband.

Between Home and the City: Receiving and Controlling Strangers in Altona, 1740–1765

“…36 In Altona, the opportunities for receiving guests in imposing indoor facilities were on the rise after the major merchant houses had created the Gesellschaft der Commercirenden (the Merchant Society) in 1760. 37 Their houses were gathered in a specific quarter of the city between Elbstraße, with its market squares, and Königstraße, with its many public buildings. By the turn of the nineteenth century, the Danish architect C. F. Hansen (1756-1845) was recruited to add flavor and prestige to these structures.…”

“…The city space contained public sites of worships for Lutherans, Catholics, French and German Reformed, as well as German and Portuguese Jews. 1 The openness of Altona was also tangible in terms of its boundaries. The city lacked walls, fortifications, and, until 1744, even border stones, all of which normally entailed mechanisms of social inclusion and exclusion as well as the practical function of controlling This research has been conducted at the Centre for Privacy Studies, funded by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF 138).…”

Das jüdische Altenhaus am Grindel

“…Der Straßenname geht zurück auf den Vornamen der Ehefrau des Gründers des so genannten Schröderstiftes. Ihr Ehemann, Freiherr Johann Heinrich von Schröder, ließ 1851 Wohnungen für unbemittelte Frauen gebildeter Stände gegenüber der Sternschanze und somit in direkter Nachbarschaft des später entstehenden Altenhauses errichten 473. Zum ersten Mal wird die Louisenstraße um 1862 erwähnt; zu diesem Zeitpunkt beschrieb sie einen Weg um den Schröderstift, der 1863 bis zur Grindelallee weitergeführt wurde474 und sie mit der Schröderstiftstraße verband 475.…”