INFRASTRUCTURE

-the basic structure systems of a country or city of which is

necessary to operate and work effectively in order to support
an economy

• TRANSPORT/ROAD
• PUBLIC TRANSPORT
• UTILITIES
TRANSPORT

• Transport in Hamburg comprises an extensive, highway roads, rail

system, subway system, airports and maritime services for more than
1.8 million inhabitants of the city of Hamburg and 5.3 million people
in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.
AUTOBAHN

• BERLIN 1913 (12 mi)

• COLOGNE 1932
• 1942 (2,500 MILES)
• 2017 (8,075 MILES)
• 27 IN (~0.70 M)
• main autobahns going all across Germany have a single digit number
• connecting two major cities or regions within Germany have a double
digit number (e.g. A 24)
• East-west routes are even-numbered, north-south routes are odd-
numbered
• NO SPEED LIMIT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT - Public transport by rail, bus and
ship is organised by the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV)
(Hamburg transit authority).
• 5 May 1842 (– Bergedorf) • 26 November 1965 (HVV)
• 1846 (- Berlin) - AKN Eisenbahn(1883)
- Hamburger Hochbahn AG (1911)
• 1865 (- Lübeck)
- Deutsche Bundesbahn (1949)
• 1866 (- Altona)  10 October 1946 (Deutsche Reichsbahn
im Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebiet)
• 1872(- Venlo, Hanover)
 25 June 1947 (Südwestdeutsche
• 9 November 1941 Eissenbahn
- VHH (1905)
- KVG Stade (April 1, 1928)
- HADAG (1888)
• U-Bahn – Approx. 41 km of • S-Bahn - type of hybrid urban-
101 km of the U-Bahn is suburban rail serving a
underground. metropolitan region.
• AKN railway connects satellite • Regional trains connects other
towns in Schleswig-Holstein to regions and cities in Germany.
the city.
• COMBINED U-BAHN, S-BAHN, • METRO BUS
AKN AND REGIONAL TRAIN
ROUTES
• FERRIES • AIRPORT
- The international airport at
Hamburg Fuhlsbüttel is the fifth
biggest and oldest airport in
Germany, having been established
in 1912 and located about 8
kilometres from the city centre.
About 60 airlines provide service
to 125 destination airports.
UTILITIES
• ELECTRICITY, OIL AND GAS
-(2015) 42-metres tall anti-aircraft
bunker was turned into an energy
centre. Georgswerder waste dump
has been transformed into
another energy centre that
delivers wind and solar energy to
about 4,000 homes.
• WATER
- Leitungswasser safe to drink.
• TELEPHONE & INTERNET
- Cable television is often
provided along with telephone
and internet.
PROBABLE MONTHLY COST OF
UTILITY:
• Electricity, heating, gas – 115 €
• water, garbage, sewage – 125 €
• telephone & net – 25 €
HEALTH SYSTEMS
• DOCTORS
• HOSPITALS
• PHARMACIES
• SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
• HEALTH INSURANCE FOR STUDENTS
• SOCIAL INSURANCE
5 BRANCHES:
- HEALTH INSURANCE
- LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
- PENSION INSURANCE
- ACCIDENTAL INSURANCE
-UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

FOR SELF-EMPLOYED
- public or private health and long-term care insurance.

NOT EXEMPT FROM THE OBLIGATION OF INSURANCE:

- Craftsmen, homeworkers, teachers, midwives, educators and care workers,
artists and journalists, self-employed persons with a client, sea pilots, coastal
skippers and coastal fishermen.
SAFETY
• EQUIPMENT
- Hamburg Police has 9,748 employees (6,174 uniformed policemen,
1,521 crime investigation officers, 498 officers of the water police and
1,555 in the administration)
- Fitted out with patrol cars, water cannons, helicopters, boats, and
7,176 protection vests, 9,400 riot agent canisters, 8,236 SIG Sauer P 6
pistols, 34 Walther P5 pistols, 575 Heckler & Koch P2000 V2 pistols,
482 Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine guns. Communication is
provided by 5,805 radio units and 1,652 mobile phones.