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Hamburg was the port for most Germans and Eastern Europeans to leave for the New World and became home to trading communities from all over the world (like a small Chinatown in Altona, Hamburg). In 1903, the world's first organised club for social and family nudism , Freilichtpark (Open-air Park) was opened in Hamburg. [ 33 ]
The Port of Hamburg (German: Hamburger Hafen, pronounced [ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ˈhaːfn̩] ⓘ) is a seaport on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres (68 mi) from its mouth on the North Sea. Known as Germany's "Gateway to the World" ( Tor zur Welt ), [ 4 ] it is the country's largest seaport by volume. [ 5 ]
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847.
Port history (1189–) Constitutional history (1410–) ... 1922 – Museum of Hamburg History opens. 1923 – Labour and Socialist International founded in Hamburg.
As predicted, the new conditions favoured the development of manufactures in Hamburg itself. [39] With the free port, Hamburg became the leading port in continental Europe and the world's fourth largest after New York, London and Liverpool. [56] This continued the increase of trade prior to the accession, which in 1873- 1887 grew by 44.2%. [39]
The Hamburg Maritime Foundation has set itself the task of preserving evidence of the maritime history of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Hamburg metropolitan region. [2] It preserves and restores traditional ships, port railways and port facilities, their equipment and facilities as well as structural facilities that represent ...
The SS Silesia was a late 19th-century Hamburg America Line passenger and cargo ship that ran between the European ports of Hamburg, Germany and Le Havre, France to Castle Garden and later Ellis Island, New York transporting European immigrants, primarily Russian, Prussian, Hungarian, German, Austrian, Italian, and Danish individuals and families.
Washington County was created on December 7, 1836, by the Wisconsin Territory Legislature, with Port Washington designated as the county seat. It was run administratively from Milwaukee County until 1840, when an Act of Organization allowed the county self-governance, and the county seat was moved to Grafton, then called Hamburg.