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Memorial for the citizens of Hamburg and Barmbeck during the hunger winter of 1814


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During the siege of Hamburg in the hunger Winter of 1814, Napoléons troops under the command of Marshall Davoust expelled the citizens of Hamburg and Barmbeck outside the gates of the city. Without shelter and food, many of those citizens died. The memorial depicted was errected on the burial grounds in a small park in Barmbeck in the year 1817. The number of persons buried here is 50.

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Département des Bouches de l’Elbe
The French occupation of Hamburg, 1806-1814

It was more than an occupation, an entire annexation of large parts of Northern Germany, incorporated into the French Empire under Napoleon.
Hamburg became part of France. In Hamburg more than 30.000 people were driven out of their homes and expelled from the city.
French Law -  the Code Napoléon was in force. This remained after the occupation and formed a part of the basis for the present legislation of today.

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Hamburg during the French occupation, 1811

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The St. Petri Kirche was used by the French as a magazine and stall for horses.

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The area around and to the west of Dammthor was demolished and cleared to increase the field of fire for the case of a siege of the city.

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Demolition of the Hamburger Berg by the French, January 1814

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Map of Hamburg during the French occupation and the siege 1813/1814 Gouvernements-Palast. Haute Direction Generale de Police. Commission de Liquidations. Verwaltung des Wasser- und Forstwesens (XXX Conservation). Commandatur des 32. Militair-Division. Direction des Fortificationswesens. Commandatur der 34. Gens d'armerie-Legion. Bureau der See-Einschreibung. Ordonnateur der 32. Militair-Division. Die Praefectur. Die Mairie. Kaiserlicher Gerichtshof. Tribunal erster Instanz. Handelstribunal. Die Notariatskammer. Aufstellungsort der Guillotine. Bureau des General-Einnehmers. Direction der directen Steuern. Steuer-Perceptur. Administration des Enregistrements und der Domainen. Stempel-Bureau. Bureau des Enregistrements der Civil-Acten. Hypotheken-Bureau. Bureau des Enregistrements der Abgaben von den Erbschaften und Domainen. Bureau der Administration der vereinigten Abgaben. Tabacks-Regie. Entrepôt général des Tabacks. Hotel der Direction der Douanen. General-Bureau derselbst. Bureau derselbst. Prevotal-Gerichtshof. Conciergerie de la cour prévôtale. Bureau der Administration des Dienstes bei den Brücken und Chausseen. 34. Das Postamt. Der Lotterie-Saal. Die Münze. Commandantur des General Hogendorp. Sitz des Recrutirungsrathes. Inspectorat der Buchdruckerei und des Buchhandels. Caserne der Gensd'armen. . Central-Bureau der Octroi. Lombard. Bureau der Patentsteuer. Polizei-Commissariat. Friedensgericht. Militair-Hôpital Caserne. Maison de mendicité. Maison de police. Comité d'expertise. . Correctionshaus. Maison d'arrêt. Depot der widerspenstigen Conscribirten. Citadelle (Reduit de l'Elbe). Citadelle (Reduit de l'Alster). Vier Lünettes. Pfahlwand/palisade in der Alster. Schanzen vor der Linie von St. Georg. Cavalier bei No. I. Retranchement. Retranchement bei Brandshof. Rampe oder Auf- und Abfahrt der Brücke. Plan over the Bridge of Hamburg to the Elbe Islands towards Harburg. The Ferry
(source: wikipedia)

 

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Decree for the abolition of the Senats of Bremen, Lübeck and Hamburg by order of Louis Nicolas Davout, Marshall of France

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Memorial to the 1183 citizens of Hamburg, who were expelled during the French occupation and died from hunger and exposure in the Winter of 1813/14

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Memorial of the occupation period., now situated in the Schmuckgarten near the centre of the city.   4 bronze medallions around the base were stolen in 1986.

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