Eißendorf is beautifully located near an extensive forest and was populated with the growing industrialization in the late 19th century. It is nowadays a popular residential area in the South of Hamburg. The historical village center has some ancient wooden-framed and reet-covered farm houses to offer.
Among the Southern districts Eißendorf is one of the nicest. It is very green but still densely populated in contrast to the sometimes really rural neighbors. Many families live here and shoping facilities are existant.
Eißendorf is a nice residential area dominated by single and two-family houses. Its Southern tail is covered by the Eißendorfer forest, also covering the Southern part North of the motorway A7. That the suburb has some rural rootes which remains can be comprehended around Eißendorfer Straße. Characteristical three-storey apartment blocks built in the 1920ies are located on Adolf-von-Elm-Hof as well on Eißendorfer Straße 115-133. With its neat garden estates, gently undulating mounts it is a district being very attractive to families.
There are three apartment block areas, one around the Lühmannstraße, being white 3 storey homogenious blocks with a public school inbetween and gearing into the mentioned blocks from the early 20th century between Mehringweg and Femerlingstraße as well as Eißendorfer Straße and Hoppenstedtstraße.
South of the latter is a huge garden house area and more to the West of the same the big cemetery, deviding the very popular family area close to the Außenmühlenteich from the rest of Eißendorf. In this area closed in by Bremer Straße, Heino-Marx-Weg and Marmstorfer Weg well-kept single and two family houses with gardens benefit from the neighborhood to one of the biggest recreational area with forest, pond, sport club and garden.
