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Hamburg (German: [ˈhambʊʁk] ⓘ, [7] locally also [ˈhambʊɪ̯ç] ⓘ; Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhambɔːç] ⓘ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, [8][9] is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and 6th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. [10][1] The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a ...
From 1815 until 1866 Hamburg was an independent and sovereign state of the German Confederation, then the North German Confederation (1866–71), the German Empire (1871–1918) and during the period of the Weimar Republic (1918–33). In Nazi Germany Hamburg was a city-state and a Gau from 1934 until 1945.
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 ]
miniatur-wunderland.com. The Miniatur Wunderland (German for: " Miniature Wonderland ") is, according to Guinness World Records, the largest model railway system in the world. [2] It is located at the historic Speicherstadt in Hamburg and is one of the most popular and most visited sights in Germany. [3][4] The exhibition includes around 1,120 ...
St. Nicholas Church, Hamburg. Ruined; only tower, spire and crypt survive. The Church of St. Nicholas (German: St.-Nikolai-Kirche) was a Gothic Revival cathedral that was formerly one of the five Lutheran Hauptkirchen (main churches) in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The original chapel, a wooden building, was completed in 1195.
1410 – Constitution of Hamburg established. 1412 – 1412 Unterelbe flood [de]. 1418 – St. Peter's Church rebuilt (approximate date). 1479 – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg [de] (public library) established in the Town Hall. 1491 – Printing press in operation. [5] 1500 – City expands its borders.
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Landkreise) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (Kreise) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself.
St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; German: [ˌzaŋkt ˈpaʊli] ⓘ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world-famous red-light district around the iconic ...