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Wentorf bei Hamburg is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Bille, approx. 10 km northwest of the town of Geesthacht, and adjoining the town of Reinbek. It is situated on the city limits to the city of Hamburg and 20 km east of the centre of the city.

Bergedorf (German: [ˈbɛʁɡədɔʁf] (listen)) is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the borough (Bezirk) of Bergedorf in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020, the population was 36,160.

Reinbek (German: [ˈʁaɪnbeːk] (listen); probably from "Rainbek" = brook at the field margin; Northern Low Saxon: Reinbeek) is a town located in Stormarn district in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein within the metropolitan region of Hamburg. It is accessed by the A1 and the A24 autobahn and federal highway 5. Reinbek was first mentioned in 1226, the city rights were given in 1952. The town is located at the river Bille which was dammed up here to form a mill pond.

Reinbek Castle (German: Schloss Reinbek), located in Reinbek in southern Schleswig-Holstein, was built in the 16th century as a secondary residence for the ducal house of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf. It is one of the oldest buildings from the reign of Duke Adolf I and is regarded as the best example of the Renaissance style in Schleswig-Holstein. The castle was restored from 1977 to 1987 and now serves as an art and cultural center for the town of Reinbek.

Reinbek is a station on the Berlin-Hamburg railway line and served by the trains of Hamburg S-Bahn line S21. The station was originally opened in 1846 and is located in the town of Reinbek, near Hamburg, Germany.

Bergedorf (German: [ˈbɛʁɡədɔʁf] (listen)) is the largest of the seven boroughs of Hamburg, Germany, named after Bergedorf quarter within this borough. In 2020 the population of the borough was 130,994.

Curslack (German pronunciation ) is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Bergedorf. It is located in the eastern part of the borough, which lies in the southeast of Hamburg.

Hamburg-Bergedorf station is a station in the municipality of same name in the German city of Hamburg. It is located between the districts of Bergedorf and Lohbrügge near the Bergedorf inner city and the City-Center Bergedorf shopping mall. The station is served by Hamburg S-Bahn lines S21 and S2 and regional services to Schwerin and Rostock as well as of individual long-distance services from or to Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The associated central bus station is the busiest in southeastern Hamburg and serves inter alia bus routes connecting Vierlande, Geesthacht and the immediate surrounding region with the Hamburg S-Bahn network.

Börnsen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Lüchow is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The Warsaw Uprising Memorial in memory of the deportees of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising stands in the park of the memorial to the victims of the Neuengamme Nazi concentration camp at Hamburg. It was unveiled on 1 September 1999 among others by Hamburg culture senator Christina Weiss and in the presence of novelist Andrzej Szczypiorski. On a polished surface made up of 36 elements, two of which with German and Polish texts on opposite sides, and to be walked on, are positioned in three rows 30 rough-hewn granite blocks. A gravel path is leading to the front side of the sculpture with which it forms a small valley. The stone used is exclusively Polish Strzegom granite. The memorial is dedicated to the 6000 Poles deported from the 1944 Warsaw Uprising to the Nazi concentration camp in Neuengamme and was initiated by the Polish community in Hamburg commemorating at the same time the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Polish sculptor Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański created the monument pro bono.

"Nettelnburg" (Low German: "Nettelnborg") is a district of Hamburg-Bergedorf, bordering Allermöhe and Neuallermöhe, situated in the western marshes along the Elbe River. Nettelnburg is not an independent district but a part of the Bergedorf quarter. In the 1920s, Old-Nettelnburg was built under the supervision of architect Fritz Winterfeldt.