Rahlstedt

Rahlstedt is a quarter (Stadtteil) in the Wandsbek borough (Bezirk) of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020, the population was 92,511. History The quarter was first mentioned in 1248 with the name of "Radoluestede".The name refers to a foundation as a Saxon settlement by a man named Radolf, the suffix -stede denotes a location on safe ground. Rahlstedt was located on the eastern edge of the city of Hamburg, belonged to the Duchy of Holstein under the Danish crown and fell with it to Prussia in 1864. In 1927, the villages of Altrahlstedt, Neurahlstedt, Meiendorf and Oldenfelde as well as parts of Tonndorf-Lohe and Jenfeld were merged to form the Prussian municipality of Rahlstedt and became part of Hamburg under the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937. Geography The quarter, situated in the north-eastern side of Hamburg, is the largest of its boroughs and one of the most extensive in the city. It borders Hamburg's quarters of Volksdorf, Farmsen-Berne, Tonndorf and Jenfeld; and with the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein.