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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 8th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. [10] [1] The Hamburg Metropolitan Region ...
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 ] In terms of TEU throughput ...
Coordinates: 53°33′3″N 9°59′37″E. Bombing of Hamburg. Part of strategic bombing during World War II. Aftermath in the Eilbek district of Hamburg. This picture was taken after much of the rubble had been cleared, probably after VE day. Date. 10 September 1939 – 14 April 1945. Location. Hamburg, Germany.
elbphilharmonie.de. The Elbphilharmonie ( German pronunciation: [ˈɛlpfɪlhaʁmoˌniː] ⓘ; "Elbe Philharmonic Hall"), popularly nicknamed Elphi, [ 3][ 4] is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. The new glassy construction resembles a hoisted sail, water wave, iceberg or ...
From 1815 until 1866 Hamburg was an independent and sovereignstate 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 GermanyHamburg was a city-state and a Gaufrom 1934 until 1945.
Three sites are listed in Germany: the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (pictured), Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, and Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park. [41] Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *. Brandenburg, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hesse.
It lies mostly between latitudes 47° and 55° N (the tip of Sylt is just north of 55°), and longitudes 5° and 16° E. The territory covers 357,600 km 2 (138,070 sq mi), consisting of 349,250 km 2 (134,846 sq mi) of land and 8,350 km 2 (3,224 sq mi) of water. It is the seventh largest country by area in Europe and the 63rd largest in the world.
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.