Great Fire of Hamburg

When

5 May 1842

Kind

Fire

Coordinates

53.55° N, 9.99° E

Description

1842 fire in the German city-state of Hamburg

Deaths

51

1842 fire in the German city-state of Hamburg

The Great fire of Hamburg began early on 5 May 1842, in Deichstraße and burned until the morning of 8 May, destroying about one third of the buildings in the Altstadt. It killed 51 people and destroyed 1,700 residences and several important public buildings, necessitating major civic rebuilding and prompting infrastructure improvements. The heavy demand on insurance companies led to the establishment of reinsurance.

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• Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Great fire of Hamburg in Germany destroys around one-third of the city centre and kills 51.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Durch den Hamburger Brand, der erst nach vier Tagen unter Kontrolle gebracht werden kann, wird mehr als ein Viertel der Hamburger Altstadt zerstört”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'incendie de Hambourg détruit le tiers du centre historique de la ville”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Великий пожар в Гамбурге”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En la madrugada del 4 al 5, estalla el gran incendio de Hamburgo en la ciudad de Hamburgo, en Alemania, que durará hasta el 8 de mayo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北ドイツの主要貿易港である自由市ハンブルクでハンブルク大火が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page