St. Pauli Piers
St. Pauli Landungsbrücken St. Pauli Landing Bridges | |||||||
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The piers' waterfront seen towards St. Michaelis | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Bei den St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken 20359 Hamburg, Germany | ||||||
| Coordinates | 53°32′46″N 09°58′00″E / 53.54611°N 9.96667°E | ||||||
| Operated by | HADAG Fährdienst AG | ||||||
| Line(s) | 61 62 68 72 73 75 | ||||||
| Platforms | 10 bridges (20 berths) | ||||||
| Connections | Landungsbrücken (100 m) Landungsbrücken (100 m) | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | 10 floating piers (pontoons) | ||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||
| Architect | Raabe & Wöhlecke | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1839 | ||||||
| Rebuilt | 1907–1909 | ||||||
| Key dates | |||||||
| May | Hafengeburtstag (since 1977) | ||||||
| July–August | Hamburg Cruise Days and Blue Port (both since 2008) | ||||||
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The St. Pauli Piers (German: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, often only referred to as Landungsbrücken; German pronunciation: [ˈlandʊŋsˌbʁʏkŋ̍]), is the largest landing site in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, and also one of Hamburg's major tourist attractions. Other English language translations include St. Pauli Landing Stages or St. Pauli Landing Bridges.
The piers are located in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, between the lower harbour and the Fischmarkt (Fish Market), on the banks of the Elbe river. The Landungsbrücken today form a central transportation hub, with S-Bahn, U-Bahn and ferry stations, and are also a major tourist magnet with numerous restaurants and departure points for harbour pleasure boats. There is an entrance to the Old Elbe tunnel at the western end of the Landungsbrücken. The eastern end of the building complex is marked by the Pegelturm (water level tower). Halfway up the tower, there is a water level indicator built into the wall, which indicates the current stage of the tides.