Heiligengeistfeld is an area of Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 in the St. Pauli

St. Pauli

St. Pauli , located in the Hamburg-Mitte borough, is one of the 105 quarters of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the Landungsbrücken are a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world famous red light district around the street Reeperbahn...

 quarter. Since 1893 the funfair

Funfair

A funfair or simply "fair" is a small to medium sized travelling show primarily composed of stalls and other amusements. Larger fairs such as the permanent fairs of cities and seaside resorts might be called a fairground, although technically this should refer to the land where a fair is...

 Hamburger DOM

Hamburger DOM

The Hamburger Dom is a large funfair held in Hamburg, at Heiligengeistfeld fair ground, in Northern Germany. With three fairs per year it is the biggest and the longest fair throughout Germany. It attracts approximately ten million visitors annually. This Volksfest is a funfair...

is held here. In times where this area is not used for exhibitions, circuses or the DOM it is a car park. A building from German Telekom, a swimming complex, Millerntor Stadium, a school, a patrol station, a bomb shelter (Flakturm IV) and a supermarket are fixed structures on the field.

History

The area was named after the homonymous hospital in 1497, forming a kind of green

Village green

A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...

 as part of the hospital's endowment to make up for its maintenance. The area is used for exhibitions since 1863. With the intensifying Allied

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

 bombing of Hamburg

Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous strategic bombing missions and diversion/nuisance raids. As a large port and industrial center, Hamburg's shipyards, U-boat pens, and the Hamburg-Harburg area oil refineries were attacked throughout the war...

 the Flakturm IV, a combined anti-aircraft gun tower and air raid shelter, was erected on Heiligengeistfeld starting in 1942. The massive structure is still standing.