GHS

Ahrens, J.C., altst. Neustr. 29
Albers, G.F.H., gr. Neumarkt 14
Alexander, L., "Amerikanisches Coffee-Haus", 2te Elbestr. 1
Allers, J.W., Eichholz 11
Bahr, M., Dovenfleet 60
Becke, G.F.A., Schaarsteinweg 13
Beyer, J.C.D., "Stadt Galveston", Bleichergang 26
Blohm, H.B., Schaarsteinweg 25
Böcker, altst. Fuhlentwiete 21
Dannenbaum, A., Mühlenstr. 9
Dickhuth, J.H.W., Herrlichkeit 61
Diener jun., J.F. "St. Louis", Johannisbollwerk 29
Diener sen., H.M., "Stadt Charleston", Johannisbollwerk 18
Ellinger, J.G., Schaarmarkt 36
Fischer, C.A.H., Teilfeld 25
Flügge, A.H., Kornträgergang 13
Fries, Louis, "Allgemeines Auswanderer-Haus", 1ste Neumannstr. 22
Gehrk, N.F., "Zum weissen Schwan", alter Steinweg 57
Gersternberg, A., "Stadt Göttingen", Binnenkajen 41
Golde Wwe, neuer Steinweg Platz 45
Gottschalk, M., Peterstr. 76
Haase, G.C., Schaarmarkt 6
Hefty, J., "Zum Hafenhaus", Steinhöft 16
Hepstein, L.M., "Stadt Posen", 2te Elbestr. 26
Heydorn, J.J.F., "Stadt Breslau", Schaarmarkt 3
Hibbing, J.G.F., 2te Vorsetzen 40
Hoffmann, J.G.F., Deichstr. 5
Honnef, J., "Stadt Stade", Nicolaistr. 20
Lambrecht, H.F., "Stadt Detroit", Pampen 13
Löke, C., Lieschengang 8
Lübberstedt, H.H., "Norddeutsches Haus", Johannisbollwerk 28
Lüttgens, J.F.H., "Stadt Cassel", Herrengraben 39
Meisser, P.C., "Stadt Lübeck", Schweinemarkt 9
Meyer, H., Eichholz 100
Meyer et Co., "Zum grossen Auswanderer-Hause", Steinstr. 92
Meyer, V.L., "Auswanderer-Einkehr", St. Pauli, beim Jonas 1
Ohlendorff, J.H.F.A. Lieschengang 22
Petzky, P.J.C., "Stadt New Orleans", Venusberg 36
Piening, J.F.A. Teilfeld 3
Pilatus, M.J., "Stadt Breslau", Thielbeck 6
Poppenhagen, H.F., Schaarmarkt 10
Reiche, F.E., "Stadt Buffalo", Schaarmarkt 35
Reimers, C.A., "Stadt Dresden", Eichholz 39
Riesenberg, J.H., "Zum schwarzen Adler", Schaarmarkt 18
Scharffenberg, J.C.W., "Zum wilden Mann", Pferdemarkt 25
Schloman, H., Peterstr. 18
Sebczen, L.H., "Im Bayrischen Hof", engl. Planke 8
Stegen Wwe, Steinstr. 55
Steinhardt's Nachfolger, "Neues Auswanderer-Haus", Langerelbe 17 und 18
Thiele, G., "Stadt London", 1ste Neumannstr. 4
Thorbeck, L., "Stadt New York", Johannisbollwerk 6
Unland, T.C., Betzer's Nachf., "Hôtel de Hannover", Johannisbollwerk, Platz 11
Unkelhäuser, P.J., Johannisbollwerk 24
Westphal, J., Steinhöft 2

By 1855 there were 54 licensed emigration hostels in Hamburg, where the emigrants waited until the departure of their ships. While subjected to state regulation, these were private inns and hotels, and not run by either the shipping companies or the city government. The majority of the hostels were in the vicinity of the harbor (for example, the six on Johannisbollwerk or the half-dozen around the Schaarmarkt).
The largest hostel was operated by Meyer & Co. and had just been opened in 1855. It had first, second and third-class accomodations, and included a common room and a bar. It could hold up to a thousand emigrants, Meyer & Co. also sold items that the emigrants needed (pots, pans, bedding, etc.); a number of the innkeepers in fact made their living as ticket agents for the shipping companies. In the 1860s, Meyer & Co. moved to new, even larger accomodations in Theerhof.

The increasing number of immigrants from Eastern Europe led to new problems in lodging them. In 1892 the Hapag Line was obliged to erect barracks for them in the harbor, on the Amerikakai. These were fully inadequate, and after an outbreak of cholera emigration from the Russian Empire was temporarily halted. In 1901 the Hapag opened its emigration settlement on the Veddel (where a museum is now planned), on the outskirts of the city. Steerage passengers were brought there directly by train and held in quarantane. At first 1000 persons could be accomodated, after 1906 up to 5000, and this continued up to the outbreak of the First World War. First- and second-class cabin passengers continued to use private hotels and hostels.

Hamburg Emigration Hostels in 1855