{"id":17539,"date":"2026-04-15T09:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/?p=17539"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:19:53","slug":"identity-instead-of-image-why-place-marketing-must-think-from-the-inside-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/en\/magazin\/city-marketing-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity beats image: Why place marketing must think from the inside out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1310.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:20px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:20px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">Image vs. identity \u2013 what&#8217;s the difference?<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/en\/strategic-consulting\/place-branding\/city-marketing\/\">place marketing<\/a>, we often talk about image &#8211; the image that a city or neighborhood projects to the outside world. It is quickly told, striking, emotionally charged. <b>Image thrives on contrasts, clear messages and reach. <\/b>But this is precisely where its risk lies: <b>it remains on the surface. <\/b>It is dependent on media staging and the echo of the outside world. Short-lived, vulnerable, susceptible to crises.<\/p>\n<p><b>Identity, on the other hand, is something else. <\/b><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Identity is deep. It is rooted in lived experiences, in shared values, in negotiation processes between people. Identity grows &#8211; and it grows from the inside out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you want to seriously shape the future in place marketing, you have to take the path of identity. <b>Away from glossy brochures and towards a search for clues:<\/b> What holds the people in a neighborhood together? What is their common denominator? What makes a neighborhood resilient when things get difficult?<\/p>\n<p>It is not enough just to list functions: living, working, shopping, leisure. Every city centre fulfills these purposes. <b>But why do people stay?<\/b> Why do they identify with a place &#8211; so much so that they stand up for it, defend it, associate themselves with it?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:5%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:38.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:38.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-right:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-padding-left:50px;--awb-bg-color:hsla(var(--awb-color2-h),var(--awb-color2-s),calc(var(--awb-color2-l) + 2%),var(--awb-color2-a));--awb-bg-color-hover:hsla(var(--awb-color2-h),var(--awb-color2-s),calc(var(--awb-color2-l) + 2%),var(--awb-color2-a));--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-border-left:5px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:90%;--awb-margin-top-large:60px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.1333333333333%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:60px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.1333333333333%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper lazyload fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/dev.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/stadtnetz-hintergrund.png\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/dev.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/stadtnetz-hintergrund.png\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.3;\"><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><p>Julia Staron examines the question of <strong>why communicating an image in place marketing is not (or no longer) enough.<\/strong> She also takes a look at her home district of St. Pauli in Hamburg: What is the strength of this neighborhood, which has to deal with violence and conflict on a daily basis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julia Staron identifies the unifying identity of St. Pauli <\/strong>and shows what place marketing and neighbourhood development can learn from it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">Place marketing: The answer lies in identity &#8211; not image<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Hamburg&#8217;s St. Pauli district is a good example of the <strong>power of identity<\/strong>. Seen from the outside, it is a colorful, contradictory place: red light and religion, clubs and churches, scene and social work, left-wing activism and tourist exploitation logic. A district that has to deal with violence, poverty, noise, gentrification and conflict on a daily basis. <strong>And yet &#8211; or perhaps precisely because of this &#8211; St. Pauli radiates a tremendous strength.<\/strong> This strength is not a myth. It is real, tangible, alive.<\/p>\n<p>As a resident and entrepreneur in St. Pauli, I can say that we asked ourselves where this strength comes from. How can a neighborhood with so many social, cultural and political contrasts function? What is the unifying element?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" alt=\"People at night on Spielbudenplatz in Hamburg\" title=\"nightlife-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-15350\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27750%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201000%20750%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271000%27%20height%3D%27750%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nachtleben-spielbudenplatz-hamburg-stadtmanufaktur.jpeg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p>What unites the people of Hamburg St. Pauli &#8211; despite all the problems, even in the nightlife?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.3;\">The answer was surprisingly clear: freedom.<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Freedom as a core value &#8211; not as a political slogan, but as a practiced attitude. <b>At St. Pauli, freedom means you can be who you want to be. <\/b>You don&#8217;t have to like your neighbor, but you stand up for him when his freedom is threatened. It&#8217;s a silent consensus. Not carved in stone, but anchored in everyday life. And yes, there are disputes &#8211; about the limits of this freedom, about rules and impositions. <b>But there is this common denominator. This shared identity. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials classic awb-speech-bubble-show fusion-testimonials-1\" style=\"--awb-textcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-testimonial-text-font-size:22px;--awb-testimonial-text-line-height:1.2;--awb-testimonial-text-text-transform:none;--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom18);--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-testimonial-border-style:solid;--awb-testimonial-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-navigation-size:12px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--testimonial-border-width-top:0px;--testimonial-border-width-right:0px;--testimonial-border-width-bottom:0px;--testimonial-border-width-left:0px;--awb-testimonial-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-testimonial-text-font-style:normal;--awb-testimonial-text-font-weight:400;--awb-name-company-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-name-company-font-style:normal;--awb-name-company-font-weight:400;\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial alignment-right no-avatar\" style=\"--awb-avatar-size:0px;\"><blockquote><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>&#8220;If you seriously want to shape the future in place marketing, you have to take the path of identity. Away from glossy brochures and towards a search for clues: What holds the people in a neighborhood together? What is their common denominator? What makes a neighborhood resilient when things get difficult?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-triangle\"><\/span><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Julia Staron, project manager at the Stadtmanufaktur<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Glowing hearts in a tree on St. Pauli in Hamburg\" title=\"herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-17586\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/herzen-quartier-st-pauli-hamburg-daniela-sada-l7Ez9pmqxdw-unsplash.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p>What makes a city or a neighborhood strong? Hamburg St. Pauli has found its answer: Freedom as a lived attitude<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">Identity as the foundation of a resilient neighborhood<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>A neighborhood &#8211; in the best sense of the word &#8211; is not just a place, but a feeling. A social space where people meet, respect each other, argue, celebrate and help. And it is precisely here that the difference to a mere image becomes clear. <b>Image is like a mask &#8211; beautiful, but interchangeable. Identity is like a face &#8211; with wrinkles, scars, expression, depth. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials classic awb-speech-bubble-show fusion-testimonials-2\" style=\"--awb-textcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-testimonial-text-font-size:22px;--awb-testimonial-text-line-height:1.2;--awb-testimonial-text-text-transform:none;--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom18);--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-testimonial-border-style:solid;--awb-testimonial-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-navigation-size:12px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--testimonial-border-width-top:0px;--testimonial-border-width-right:0px;--testimonial-border-width-bottom:0px;--testimonial-border-width-left:0px;--awb-testimonial-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-testimonial-text-font-style:normal;--awb-testimonial-text-font-weight:400;--awb-name-company-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-name-company-font-style:normal;--awb-name-company-font-weight:400;\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial alignment-right no-avatar\" style=\"--awb-avatar-size:0px;\"><blockquote><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>&#8220;Image is like a mask &#8211; beautiful, but interchangeable. Identity is like a face &#8211; with wrinkles, scars, expression, depth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-triangle\"><\/span><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Julia Staron, project manager at the Stadtmanufaktur<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Even supposed weaknesses are part of it. Violence in a neighborhood also shows its defensiveness. Economic poverty often produces strong cohesion. A complex, confusing diversity makes real freedoms possible. Much is a question of perspective. <\/span><b style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">The art of place marketing lies in not looking away &#8211; but listening. Not to smooth &#8211; but to understand. And: not to exaggerate &#8211; but to translate. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" alt=\"Graffiti with &quot;Water is a Human Right&quot; on the Millerntor stadium in Hamburg St. Pauli\" title=\"st-pauli-halt-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-17585\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27801%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20801%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27801%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/st-pauli-haltung-millerntor-stadion-david-bayliss-GkpMkJ47esI-unsplash.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;\"><p>The graffiti with &#8220;Water is a Human Right&#8221; at the Millerntor stadium in Hamburg St. Pauli also shows freedom as a lived attitude<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.3;\">A neighborhood that knows its identity can develop strength from it<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>It can communicate credibly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/en\/strategic-consulting\/place-branding\/vision-and-storytelling\/\">develop real narratives<\/a>, have a touristic effect, but also promote social cohesion. It becomes a neighborhood &#8211; a term that means more than just an address. <b>A neighborhood is a place that has meaning. <\/b>For the people who live there. For guests who come back. For children who grow up there.<\/p>\n<p>And quite practically: I can also buy sneakers anywhere &#8211; online, in the outlet, in the pedestrian zone. But I go to a particular store in the neighborhood because there is more to it than the product: the encounter, history, atmosphere, friction. <b>The person becomes part of the experience. And that makes all the difference. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:5%;--awb-margin-top-large:15px;--awb-spacing-right-large:38.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:15px;--awb-spacing-left-large:38.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-right:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-padding-left:50px;--awb-bg-color:hsla(var(--awb-color2-h),var(--awb-color2-s),calc(var(--awb-color2-l) + 2%),var(--awb-color2-a));--awb-bg-color-hover:hsla(var(--awb-color2-h),var(--awb-color2-s),calc(var(--awb-color2-l) + 2%),var(--awb-color2-a));--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-border-left:5px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:90%;--awb-margin-top-large:60px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.1333333333333%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:60px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.1333333333333%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper lazyload fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/dev.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/stadtnetz-hintergrund.png\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/dev.stadtmanufaktur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/stadtnetz-hintergrund.png\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.3;\">Knowledge for future makers<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\"><p>Our newsletter on place branding and urban development \u2013 in your mailbox every 3 months.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stadtmanufaktur.com\/en\/newsletter-registration\/\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Subscribe now<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.3;\">Place marketing must strengthen identity, not manage image<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"--awb-font-size:19px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>We have to design and accompany places in such a way that people say: This is where I want to be. This is the right place for me. This is where I stay. <b>This is not achieved with slogans, but with attitude. Not with advertising campaigns, but with genuine relationship management. <\/b>Not from the outside in &#8211; but always from the inside out.<\/p>\n<p>Because only what is right on the inside can have an effect on the outside. And only those who understand themselves will be understood.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-testimonials classic awb-speech-bubble-show fusion-testimonials-3\" style=\"--awb-textcolor:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-testimonial-text-font-size:22px;--awb-testimonial-text-line-height:1.2;--awb-testimonial-text-text-transform:none;--awb-backgroundcolor:var(--awb-custom18);--awb-margin-top:40px;--awb-margin-bottom:40px;--awb-testimonial-border-style:solid;--awb-testimonial-border-color:var(--awb-color3);--awb-navigation-size:12px;--awb-border-top-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;--testimonial-border-width-top:0px;--testimonial-border-width-right:0px;--testimonial-border-width-bottom:0px;--testimonial-border-width-left:0px;--awb-testimonial-text-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-testimonial-text-font-style:normal;--awb-testimonial-text-font-weight:400;--awb-name-company-font-family:&quot;Lato&quot;;--awb-name-company-font-style:normal;--awb-name-company-font-weight:400;\" data-random=\"0\" data-speed=\"4000\"><div class=\"reviews\"><div class=\"review active-testimonial alignment-right no-avatar\" style=\"--awb-avatar-size:0px;\"><blockquote><div class=\"awb-quote\"><div class=\"awb-quote-content\">\n<p>&#8220;The art of place marketing is not to look away &#8211; but to listen. 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And: not to exaggerate &#8211; but to translate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-triangle\"><\/span><\/blockquote><div class=\"author\"><span class=\"company-name\"><strong>Julia Staron, project manager at the Stadtmanufaktur<\/strong><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><p><span style=\"font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family); font-size: 16px; font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style); letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing); text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment); text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">Image credit: Unsplash<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image vs. identity &#8211; what&#8217;s the difference? 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