Bergedorf is a district from the city Hamburg, in the north of Germany.
I have worked in Bergedorf in a company for ten years. We had an hour lunch break every day and I have spent these time mostly in the big palace garden. It is the only castle on Hamburg's area from the medieval times.
Originally stood here a water-castle which has Albrecht von Orlamuende build in the year 1220. The dukes of Saxony took the castle some years later. The Hanseatic citys Luebeck and Hamburg conquered the castle in 1420.
Hamburg and Luebeck together dominate over Bergedorf for almost 450 years, into the European history a unequaled long time period.
Since the 15th century the castle was rebuilt and enlarged repeatedly. In 1868 bought Hamburg Luebeck's shares for 200,000 Taler and became an alone owner. 
In the photos you only recognizes very few, since the sun was rising at this moment. On the last photo, the moon can be seen in the sky.
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