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Hamburg (German: [ˈhambʊʁk] ⓘ, locally also [ˈhambʊɪ̯ç] ⓘ; Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhambɔːç] ⓘ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany, after Berlin, and 8th-largest in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million.
- Port of Hamburg
The Port of Hamburg (German: Hamburger Hafen, pronounced...
- Nikolai Memorial
The Church of St. Nicholas (German: St.-Nikolai-Kirche) was...
- Hamburg (Disambiguation)
Hamburg, a short form sometimes used for hamburger; Hamburg...
- Bürgerschaft of Hamburg
The Hamburg Parliament (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft;...
- Hamburger Schule
The Hamburger Schule (German for 'Hamburg School') is a...
- Timeline of Hamburg
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of...
- Great Fire of Hamburg
The Great Fire, 1842 painting by Peter Suhr Nikolaikirche on...
- History of Hamburg
Hamburg was founded in the 9th century as a mission...
- Hanseatic
The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive...
- Hamburg Airport
Hamburg Airport (German: Flughafen Hamburg „Helmut Schmidt”)...
- Port of Hamburg
Hamburg, or in full Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Low German: Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg), is a city in the north of Germany on the banks of the River Elbe, 18 km away from the North Sea. It is also one of the States of Germany.
Hamburg was founded in the 9th century as a mission settlement to convert the Saxons. Since the Middle Ages, it has been an important trading center in Europe. The convenient location of the port and its independence as a city and state for centuries strengthened this position.
Jul 1, 2024 · The Free and Hanseatic City (Freie und Hansestadt) of Hamburg is the second smallest of the 16 Länder of Germany, with a territory of only 292 square miles (755 square km). It is also the most populous city in Germany after Berlin and has one of the largest and busiest ports in Europe.
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as ...
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) is Germany's second-largest city and, at the same time, one of Germany's 16 federal states or Bundesländer. Prior to the formation of the modern German state, Hamburg for centuries enjoyed a status as de facto independent city state and regional power and trade hub in the ...
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Altstadt (German: [ˈalt.ʃtat] ⓘ, literally: "Old town"), more precisely Hamburg-Altstadt – as not to be mistaken with Hamburg-Altona-Altstadt – is one of the inner-city districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany.