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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 ...
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.
A physical map of Germany. Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe. [4] It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea.
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 ...
General map of Germany. This is a complete list of the 2,056 cities and towns in Germany (as of 1 January 2024). [1] [2] There is no distinction between town and city in Germany; a Stadt is an independent municipality (see Municipalities of Germany) that has been given the right to use that title.
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.
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.
Hamburg has a total area of 755 km 2 (292 sq mi). Hamburg was an independent and sovereign state of the German Confederation (1815–66), a city-state the North German Confederation (1866–71), the German Empire (1871–1918) and during the period of the Weimar Republic (1919–33). In Nazi Germany Hamburg was a Gau from 1934 until 1945.