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21-526: The name of the quarter originates from a sconce (German: Schanze ) formed like a star which has been built in the area in 1682 in front of the Hamburg Wallring . From the 1930s to the 1970s the quarter was home for a large number of working-class people. Since the 1970s, families and students have started to move into the area. It is nearly, but not fully, congruent with the entertainment district of Schanzenviertel with its many bars and clubs, which

42-606: A redan — and a place to put powder and ammunition. For four days, from Saturday to Thursday, there were smaller clashes with Ottoman scouts; the main engagement happened on Wednesday morning. The fighting began on Mišar Hill, with an opening charge of the Ottoman sipahi cavalry followed by a charge of their infantry units led by the Bosnian captain Mehmed-beg Kulenović of Zvornik . The Serbian rebels made

63-845: A mound as a defensive work for artillery. It was used primarily in Northern Europe from the late Middle Ages until the 19th century. This type of fortification was common during the English Civil War , and the remains of one such structure can be seen on Fort Royal Hill in Worcester , England. During the Eighty Years' War for Dutch independence, the sconces ( schans in Dutch) were often used to defend strategic places, but were used also during sieges and in circumvallations . Several more or less intact sconces remain in

84-422: A reserve, were situated close to the ditch near the village of Žabar. The Serbian sharpshooters were divided into two lines on the sconce parapet, and beside them were two lines of men who loaded the muskets in the trench beside the parapet. The Serbian shooters and gunners mowed down the first line of cavalry and panic struck the Ottoman lines when the horsemen retreated into the infantry led by Kulenović. However,

105-472: A sconce in the form of a square, which measured 300 x 280 m. The rebel leader Karađorđe remained in the fortifications to keep the morale of the men. The fortification had trenches around it. The plan consisted of Karađorđe and the infantry remaining in the fortification, while the Serbian cavalry led by Luka Lazarević and Miloš Obrenović would wait for the moment to attack. The Serbian rebel cavalry, intended as

126-574: A word of many meanings, mostly signifying a covering or protection, or, by extension, that which is covered or protected. The word is closely related to the medieval Dutch schans and the German word Schanze , as used for example in the name of Hitler 's military headquarters, the Wolfsschanze . Battle of Mi%C5%A1ar [REDACTED]   Ottoman Empire Second Serbian Uprising : The Battle of Mišar ( Serbian : бој на Мишару )

147-472: Is dubbed "Schanze" by its inhabitants. In the local slang, residents here live "in the sconce" ("in der Schanze"). The former concert house/theater building Rote Flora (built in 1888 as Flora concert hall) is also located here, at the street of Schulterblatt . It was squatted by leftist groups in 1989, after there were plans since 1987/88 to rebuild it as a new musical theater. These plans were later realized near Holstenstraße station as Neue Flora . Since

168-525: Is serviced by Hamburg S-Bahn (lines S11, S21, S31) and U-Bahn trains ( U3 line ), Feldstraße - which is officially located in neighbouring St. Pauli quarter - by the underground line U3 only. Schlump station is located on the north eastern boundaries of the Sternschanze quarter and served by underground lines U2 and U3. Sconce (fortification) A sconce is a small protective fortification , such as an earthwork , often placed on

189-706: The Netherlands. The Zaanse Schans , one of the top tourist locations in the Netherlands, derived its name from its original function as a sconce. Sconces played a major part in the Serbian Revolution , countering the numerical superiority of the Turkish army. Most notable cases are the battles at Mišar , Deligrad and Čegar . The etymology of sconce is from the Latin absconsus , via the French esconce :

210-462: The Ottomans soon regrouped and engaged the Serbian infantry. At one point Serbian soldiers panicked and retreated to the sconce fortress, but Karađorđe took his sabre and ordered them to get back to their posts. Then he signaled for the charge of the Serbian cavalry from the opposite ends with two simultaneous cannon shots. Kulenović and the remaining Ottoman troops continued asymmetric efforts against

231-444: The advancements of the Serbian rebels. Then Luka Lazarević charged with the cavalry, broke the Ottoman line, and the cavalry divided into two parts. One part charged boldly on Ottoman artillery. The first rank was killed, but the rest killed all the artillerymen, and arrived at the Ottoman headquarters, where chief-in-command Sulejman Pasha Skopljak was celebrating too soon. The fights at Mišar lasted several days with mutual losses, but

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252-558: The area of Schanzenviertel, which formerly was cut into three parts by the boundaries of Hamburg-Mitte , Eimsbüttel , and Altona, was merged into the new quarter of Sternschanze, which since then has belonged only to the Altona borough. These are the results of Sternschanze in the Hamburg state election : Sternschanze is located between the quarters of St. Pauli , Altona-Altstadt , Eimsbüttel , and Rotherbaum . Sternschanze station

273-427: The battle itself ended with the collapse of the Ottoman center and the exposure of the right and left columns. Kulenović and his Bosnian troops were killed on the battlefield. Some Serbian sources say that Kulenović was slain in a duel with Luka Lazarević, in which Luka was wounded. Other sources say that Kulenović was killed by riflemen who ambushed him after the duel. The remaining Ottoman Bosnian army fled in panic from

294-468: The battlefield. Some crossed Drina, some were killed, and some crossed Sava. During the battle, numerous Bosnian leaders, including beys and aghas , fell to the Serbian forces. The victory bolstered the morale of the lower class Christian population, within the Ottoman’s Eyelet of Bosnia , stoking their sense of identity and resistance. A monument was erected in the village of Mišar commemorating

315-471: The beginning of the occupation, Rote Flora was used for cultural events by the squatting groups. In 2000, the building was acquired by real-estate agent Klausmartin Kretschmer, under a contract where the city of Hamburg prohibited him to make any alterations. Because he planned to make alterations anyway, conflicts arose with residents. In 2014, Hamburg city re-bought the building to avoid further conflicts;

336-407: The building was renovated in 2015 by volunteers. Since the beginning of the new millennium, Sternschanze is en vogue and subject to gentrification . Nevertheless, political demonstrations, mostly by leftist groups, take place here and sometimes lead to clashes with the police, frequently on 1 May ( German Labour Day ). Graffiti paintings can be found on many walls throughout the quarter. In 2008,

357-631: The epic poem Boj na Mišaru , and the Russian painter Afanasy Ivanovich Sheloumov , with a monumental composition of oil on canvas with the same name. The battle itself is indescribable in a few lines. From topography to strategy and number of celebrities. It is interesting that Serbian soldiers were recognized by their long hair tied in braids, while the Turks shaved their heads. Šafarik , Pop Luka Lazarević , Prota Mateja Nenadović , Lazar Mutap , Miloš Stojčević Pocerac , Cincar Janko Popović ... are some of

378-411: The hill, between the river Sava , the wood and the villages Zabar, Jelenča and Mišar . The sconce was placed in a north-south direction with cannons placed at two of its corners. The fortress was made from earth in shape of a square with the northern side a little curved from the middle up to the gun position. It had a palisade as protection, and it had trenches around it. It had four cannons — one in

399-405: The third day, the Serbian cavalry attacked and defeated the Ottomans, the insurgents then conquered the citadels of Šabac and Belgrade. The Ottoman army made its way towards occupied Belgrade. Karađorđe came to Mišar, and made his plans with the rest of the Serbian commanders. Karađorđe calculated the strategic position and decided that the sconce should be on top of Mišar Hill, on the field on

420-558: The victory. Mehmed-beg Kulenović is the central figure in Filip Višnjić 's epic poem Boj na Mišaru ("Battle of Mišar"), in which Mehmed-beg's wife waits for news to be brought to her from the battlefield by two ravens . From 13 to 15 August 1806, a battle was fought between the Serbian insurgent army, led by Karađorđe , and the Turkish army, on the Mišar hill near Šabac . The victory was immortalized by Serbian guslar Filip Višnjić , with

441-533: Was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an Ottoman army, it took place from 13 to 15 August 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising . After repulsing an Ottoman force at Ivanovac , the year before, the Serbian insurgents under Karađorđe took strong position, entrenched in sconces on the field of Mišar Hill, near Šabac west of Belgrade . For two consecutive days they faced costly assault by an Ottoman Army and its Bosnian allies . On

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