page_title: Alsterdorf
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Alsterdorf / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Altes Krematorium in Alsterdorf This is the photograph of an architectural monument. It is part of the list of cultural monuments of Hamburg, no. 623
context_page_description: Alsterdorf is a quarter in the Hamburg-Nord borough of the Hamburg, Germany. The name has its origin after the river Alster which become later the dams Außenalster and Binnenalster in the center of Hamburg. In 2016 the population was 14,428.
context_section_description: In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Alsterdorf has a total area of 3.1 km². The river Alster floating from Northeast to Southwest is the border to the Groß Borstel quarter in the West. In the South Alsterdorf borders to Winterhude quarter. In the East is the Ohlsdorf quarter.
  Parts of the large Ohlsdorf Cemetery (Ohlsdorfer Friedhof (in German)) belongs to the quarter Alsterdorf.
caption: Front of the former crematorium at the Ohlsdorf cemetery.
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