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{{Infobox German location
|name          = Altengamme
|name_local    = 
|image_photo    = AltengammerElbdeich04.jpg
|image_caption  = Some houses at the old dike at Altengamme
|type           = Quarter
|City        = Hamburg
|image_coa      = 
|coordinates    = {{coord|53|25|29|N|10|15|45|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|state         = Hamburg
|district  = 
|borough       = Bergedorf
|divisions   = 
|Bürgermeistertitel    = 
|mayor = 
|area           = 15.6
|pop_ref          = <ref>{{Population Germany|key=02|datref=QUELLE}}</ref>
|population       = {{Metadata Population DE-HH|Altengamme}}
|population_as_of = {{Population Germany|key=02|datref=STAND}}
|postal_code    = 
|area_code      = 040
|licence  = HH
|year         = 
|plantext = Location of Altengamme in the city of Hamburg
|image_plan     = HH-Altengamme-quarter.jpg
}}
[[File:Varendorf(68)Vierlande Winsen.jpg|thumb|Altengamme about 1790 (Historical map of Gustav Adolf von Varendorf)]]

'''Altengamme''' ({{audio|De-Altengamme.ogg|German pronunciation}}) located in the [[Bergedorf]] borough of the [[Hamburg|Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg]] in northern [[Germany]], is a rural quarter on the right bank of the [[Elbe]] river. ''Altengamme'' is the most eastern part of Hamburg. In 2023 the population was 2,345.
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==Geography==
The quarter has a total area of 15.6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The quarter consists of the settlements ''Altengamme'' and ''Borghorst'' and the surrounding farm land. The western border is to the quarters Curslack and [[Neuengamme, Hamburg|Neuengamme]], with the river ''Dove Elbe'' as its border. In the East and North is the state [[Schleswig-Holstein]] with the district of [[Lauenburg (district)|Lauenburg]]. In the South the river [[Elbe]] is the border to [[Lower Saxony]] with the district [[Harburg (district)|Harburg]]. It is a part of the [[Vierlande]] area.

==Demographics==
The population density was {{convert|141|PD/sqkm|0|abbr=on}}. 19.3% were children under the age of 18, and 19.7% were 65 years of age or older. 1.9% were immigrants. 43 people were registered as unemployed and 753 were employees subject to [[social insurance]] contributions.<ref name="fact 2006">Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)</ref> 
[[File:StNicolai Altengamme.jpg|thumb|right|Church St. Nicolai]]

In 1999 there were 854 households, out of which 30% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.5.<ref>Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)</ref>

In 2006 there were 52 criminal offences (24 crimes per 1000 people).<ref>State Investigation Bureaux ([[Landeskriminalamt]]), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)</ref>

===Population by year===
The population is counted by the residential registration office for 31 December each year.<ref name="fact 2006"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| 1987 || 1988 || 1989 || 1990 || 1991 || 1992 || 1993 || 1994 || 1995 || 1996 
|-
| 1,997 || 1,984 || 1,969 || 1,994 || 2,012 || 2,034 || 2,040 || 2,049 || 2,055 || 2,070 
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| 1997 || 1998 || 1999 || 2000 || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 
|-
| 2,083 || 2,096 || 2,097 || 2,107 || 2,123 || 2,132 || 2,140 || 2,135 || 2,198 || 2,198 
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011
|-
| 2,220 || 2,194 ||2,192 || 2,171 || 2,204
|}

==Education==
There was one elementary school and no secondary school in  Altengamme.<ref name="stats 2006"/>

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==Politics==
These are the results of Altengamme in the [[Hamburg Parliament|Hamburg state election]]:

{| class="wikitable zebra" style="text-align:center"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! style="text-align:left"| Year
! [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
! [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]]
! [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
! [[The Left (Germany)|Left]]
! [[Alternative for Germany|AfD]]
! [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
! Others
|-
|2020
|'''37,6 %'''
|19,3 %
|16,7 %
|{{0}}7,5 %
|{{0}}5,8 %
|{{0}}5,1 %
|{{0}}8,0 %
|-
|2015
|'''45,3 %'''
|12,5 %
|21,1 %
|{{0}}4,1 %
|{{0}}5,2 %
|{{0}}7,5 %
|{{0}}4,3 %
|-
|2011
|'''49,4 %'''
|{{0}}9,7 %
|28,4 %
|{{0}}3,4 %
| –
|{{0}}5,7 %
|{{0}}3,4 %
|-
|2008
|31,0 %
|{{0}}9,5 %
|'''49,1 %'''
|{{0}}3,2 %
| –
|{{0}}4,8 %
|{{0}}2,5 %
|-
|2004
|26,3 %
|{{0}}8,7 %
|'''55,5 %'''
| –
| –
|{{0}}4,3 %
|{{0}}5,2 %
|-
|2001
|35,0 %
|{{0}}7,1 %
|'''35,8 %'''
|{{0}}0,2 %
| –
|{{0}}4,6 %
|17,4 %
|-
|1997
|32,4 %
|12,4 %
|'''39,2 %'''
|{{0}}0,0 %
| –
|{{0}}3,8 %
|12,2 %
|-
|1993
|'''40,8 %'''
|{{0}}9,7 %
|34,0 %
| –
| –
|{{0}}4,2 %
|11,3 %
|}

==Infrastructure==

===Health systems===
In Altengamme are one day care center for children, three physicians in private practice and no pharmacy.<ref name="stats 2006"/>

===Transportation===
Altengamme is not serviced by the [[rapid transit]] system of the [[Hamburg S-Bahn|city train]] or the [[Hamburg U-Bahn|underground railway]]. Public transport is provided by buses.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 1,185 private cars registered (539 cars/1000 people).<ref name="stats 2006">Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)</ref> There were 5 traffic accidents total, all 5 traffic accidents with damage to persons.<ref>Traffic accident statistic, statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)</ref>

==Notes==
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===References===
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080617222809/http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/regional/regional.php Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein] Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website {{in lang|de}}
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==Further reading==
* Hans-Karl Lange: ''Altengamme im Wechsel und Wandel von acht Jahrhunderten.'' In: [[Lichtwark-Heft|Lichtwark]]. 51. Publisher: Lichtwark-Auschuß, Bergedorf, 1987. See now: Publisher: HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. {{ISSN|1862-3549}}
* HARRI (Pseudonym for Harald Richert):  ''Die älteren Kirchenglocken des ehemaligen Amtes Bergedorf ''. In: [[Lichtwark-Heft]] Nr. 69. Publisher: HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf. {{ISSN|1862-3549}}

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