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12-442: The street was named in 1610 after the fact that Count Ernest of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg had granted religious freedom to non-Lutherans such as Mennonites and Roman Catholics to practise their faith here and commercial freedom for handcrafters not enrolled in the else compelling guilds. At that time this district was part of the city of Altona within the county of Holstein-Pinneberg , and did not yet belong to Hamburg. When

24-525: A Lutheran region since his father Otto IV of Schaumburg had been won over to Martin Luther 's teachings. After Ernst's death, a Catholic Count, Jobst Hermann, received a portion of Schauenburg but he also died without children, and Otto V, who was a Calvinist , succeeded Ernst. Prince Ernst built the Stadthagen Mausoleum for himself and his family. Today, this building is estimated as

36-620: A Princely Mausoleum in the St.-Martini Church in Stadthagen . Their marriage remained childless. Hedwig received the city and district of Stadthagen as her wittum . She possessed a Hessian bond of 100 000 thaler without interest. She gave her nephew William V an annual pension and later bequeathed her bond and all her dower rights to the county of Schaumburg to his widow, Landgravine Amalie Elisabeth , whom she also appointed executrix of her last will and testament. Hedwig died in 1644 and

48-489: A Countess of Schaumburg . Hedwig was a daughter of Landgrave William IV of Hesse-Kassel (1532–1592) from his marriage to Sabine (1549–1581), a daughter of Duke Christopher of Württemberg . She married on 11 September 1597 at Wilhelmsburg Castle in Schmalkalden with Count Ernst of Schaumburg (1569–1622). When Hedwig was engaged in 1593, Hedwig's brother Maurice had made it a condition that Ernst would share

60-555: A cultural monument of European rank. On 11 September 1597 he married Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel at Wilhelmsburg Castle in Schmalkalden . The marriage remained childless. This article about a German count is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel (born 30 June 1569 in Kassel ; died: 7 July 1644 in Hagen ) was a princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and by marriage

72-630: Is a picture of the street at night, while the back cover is the same view but at day time. In 2008, the Beatles-Platz square was built. In the same year, Hamburg's oldest brothel, the Hotel Luxor , which had operated on the street for 60 years, closed. There is only one hotel on the street, the St. Joseph Hotel Hamburg , which opened 2005 and named after the church of the same name, St. Joseph. The popular 1944 movie Große Freiheit Nr. 7 tells

84-693: The Greater Hamburg Act , the street became part of Hamburg. In 1944, the German movie Große Freiheit Nr. 7 with Hans Albers was named after the road. In the 1960s, The Beatles performed at clubs in the street , e.g. in Große Freiheit 36 ( Kaiserkeller ), Große Freiheit 64 (today Indra-Musikclub), and in Große Freiheit 39 (the Star-Club , 1962–1969). The street still hosts music clubs like Große Freiheit 36 and Grünspan . In

96-568: The 1970s, several sex theatres ( Salambo , Regina , Colibri , Safari ) showed live sex acts on stage . As of 2007, until its closure in 2013, the Safari was the only live sex theatre left in Germany. The popular table dance club Dollhouse now takes the place of the Salambo . In 1975, the German rock band Randy Pie used two views of Grosse Freiheit for their album Kitsch : the front cover

108-598: The Duchy of Holstein-Glückstadt annexed Holstein-Pinneberg in 1640 the comital freedoms were confirmed. Non-Lutherans were forbidden to publicly practise their religions in Lutheran Hamburg proper. The street has still a Catholic church (St. Joseph), situated among rather unholy businesses. The Mennonite church, established in 1611, moved into another neighbourhood in 1915. In 1938, when the Nazis changed borders with

120-545: The government of Schaumburg with his half-brother Adolph . In 1559, Schaumburg was divided by the Treaty of Minden, and Ernst received Lower Schaumburg, consisting of the districts Sachsenhagen , Hagenburg and Bokeloh . Hedwig and Ernst initially lived at the available castle in Sachsenhagen, and extended it to a palace; Ernst later moved his seat of government to Bückeburg . Ernst died in 1627. Hedwig constructed

132-420: The story of a singer (played by Hans Albers ) who works in a Reeperbahn club and falls in love with a girl played by Ilse Werner . Kleine Freiheit (international title: A Little Bit of Freedom) is a 2003 film by Kurdish director Yüksel Yavuz about the friendship (and later relationship) between two teenage boys who are illegal immigrants in Germany, is set on the street and the title is a play on words about

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144-402: The street. 53°33′2.0″N 9°57′27.0″E  /  53.550556°N 9.957500°E  / 53.550556; 9.957500 Ernst of Schaumburg Ernst of Schaumburg (September 24, 1569 – January 17, 1622) was the first Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg to earn the title of Prince in 1619. However, he died in 1622 without an heir. Schauenburg-Pinneberg had been

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