Demarcation
On March 1, 2008, HafenCity was declared to be a separate district through the Law Concerning the Spatial Division of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) - RäumGlG. It is composed of the former harbor of Großen Grasbrooks as well as the warehouse district on the islands of Kehrwieder and Wandrahm. Together, this borders the districts of Altstadt, Rothenburgsort, and the former district of Klostertor. The exact border path of both parts of the new district were declared on February 20, 2007 through a decree of the Senate. Five years before, on January 1, 2003, the area was removed from the duty-free zone of Hamburg to allow construction of housing and associated infrastructure.
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