Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

The Free and Hanseatic City of 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 North Sea.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hamburger Kunsthalle and Hamburg Hauptbahnhof.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
The is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of , Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. It consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869, 1921 and 1997, located in the district between the and the two lakes.

Railway station
, or Hamburg Central Railway Station in English, is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace four separate terminal stations, today is operated by DB InfraGO AG.

The is a ten-story office building in , in the Kontorhaus District. It is an example of the 1920s Brick Expressionism style of architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altona-St. Pauli and Neustadt-Altstadt.

Altona and St. Pauli are west of central . Altona used to be an independent city and emerged as fisherman's village in the 16th century. It existed under Danish rule west of Hamburg, competing with it in trade and militarily.

The city centre of is formed by the districts of Altstadt and Neustadt, as well as the new district of Hafencity immediately south of Altstadt.

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Latitude
53.5833° or 53° 35′ north
Longitude
10° east
Population
1,910,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Abbreviation
“HH”
Abbreviation
“H+H”
Open location code
9F5GH2M2+82
Geo­Names ID
2911297
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Hamburg
  • Akan: Hamburg
  • Albanian: Hamburgu
  • Amharic: ሃምቡርግ
  • Arabic: هامبورغ
  • Aragonese: Hamburgo
  • Armenian: Համբուրգ
  • Arpitan: Hamburg
  • Asturian: Hamburgu
  • Aymara: Hamburg suyu
  • Azerbaijani: Hamburq
  • Balinese: Hamburg
  • Bashkir: Гамбург
  • Basque: Hanburgo
  • Bavarian: Hamburg
  • Belarusian: Во́льны і ганзе́йскі го́рад Га́мбург
  • Belarusian: Гамбург
  • Bengali: হামবুর্গ
  • Bhojpuri: हैम्बर्ग
  • Bosnian: Hamburg
  • Breton: Hamburg
  • Bulgarian: Хамбург
  • Burmese: ဟမ်းဗတ်မြို့
  • Catalan: Estat d’Hamburg
  • Cebuano: Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • Central Kurdish: هامبورگ
  • Chamorro: Hamburg
  • Chechen: Гамбург
  • Chinese: 汉堡
  • Chuvash: Гамбург
  • Cornish: Hamburg
  • Corsican: Hamburg
  • Crimean Tatar: Hamburg
  • Croatian: Hamburg
  • Croatian: Slobodni i hanzeatski grad Hamburg
  • Czech: Hamburk
  • Czech: Svobodné a hanzovní město Hamburk
  • Dagbani: Hamburg
  • Danish: Hamborg
  • Dimli (individual language): Hamburg
  • Dutch: Stadstaat Hamburg
  • Eastern Mari: Гамбург
  • Egyptian Arabic: هامبورج
  • Erzya: Гамбург ош
  • Esperanto: Hamburgo
  • Esperanto: Libera hansa urbo Hamburgo
  • Estonian: Hamburg
  • Extremaduran: Amburgu
  • Faroese: Hamburg
  • Fijian: Hamburg
  • Finnish: Hampuri
  • French: Ville-État de Hambourg
  • Friulian: Amburc
  • Fulah: Hamburg
  • Galician: Hamburgo
  • Georgian: ჰამბურგი
  • German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
  • German: Hamburg
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃
  • Greek: Αμβούργο
  • Guarani: Hamburgo
  • Gujarati: હેમ્બર્ગ
  • Hakka Chinese: Hamburg
  • Hausa: Hamburg
  • Hawaiian: Hamepuka
  • Hebrew: המבורג
  • Hindi: हैम्बर्ग
  • Hungarian: Hamburg
  • Icelandic: Hamborg
  • Ido: Hamburg
  • Iloko: Hamburg
  • Indonesian: Hamburg
  • Ingush: Ӏамбий
  • Interlingua: Hamburgo
  • Interlingue: Hamburg
  • Irish: Hamburg
  • Italian: Città-Stato di Amburgo
  • Japanese: ハンブルク
  • Javanese: Hamburg
  • Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಂಬರ್ಗ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Gamburg
  • Kashubian: Hambùrg
  • Kazakh: Гамбург
  • Kirghiz: Гамбург
  • Kölsch: Hamburg
  • Kongo: Hamburg
  • Korean: 자유 한자 도시 함부르크
  • Kurdish: Hamburg
  • Ladin: Hamburg
  • Ladino: Amburgo
  • Latin: Gambrivium
  • Latvian: Hamburga
  • Lezghian: Гьамбург
  • Ligurian: Ambûrgo
  • Limburgan: Hamburg
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Hamburg
  • Literary Chinese: 漢堡
  • Lithuanian: Hamburgas
  • Lombard: Città stato di Amburgo
  • Low German: Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg
  • Low German: Hamborg
  • Lower Sorbian: Hamburg
  • Luxembourgish: Hamburg
  • Macedonian: Хамбург
  • Malagasy: Hamburg
  • Malay: Hamburg
  • Malayalam: ഹാംബർഗ്
  • Maltese: Amburgu
  • Manx: Hamburg
  • Maori: Hamupēke
  • Marathi: हांबुर्ग
  • Mazanderani: هامبورگ
  • Min Dong Chinese: Hamburg
  • Min Nan Chinese: Hamburg
  • Minangkabau: Hamburg
  • Mingrelian: ჰამბურგი
  • Moksha: Гамбург
  • Mongolian: Хамбург
  • Narom: Hamburg
  • Nauru: Hamburg
  • Neapolitan: Hamburg
  • Nepali: ह्याम्बर्ग
  • Newari: ह्याम्बर्ग
  • Northern Frisian: Hambörj
  • Northern Sami: Hamborg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hamburg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hamburg
  • Novial: Hamburg
  • Occitan (post 1500): Amborg
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܪܡܝܐ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Hamburg
  • Oromo: Hamburg
  • Ossetian: Гамбург
  • Pampanga: Hamburg
  • Panjabi: ਹਾਮਬੁਰਗ
  • Papiamento: Hamburg
  • Pennsylvania German: Hamburg
  • Persian: هامبورگ
  • Pfaelzisch: Hamburch
  • Picard: Hambourq
  • Piemontese: Amborgh
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Hamburg
  • Polish: Hamburg
  • Polish: Wolne i Hanzeatyckie Miasto Hamburg
  • Portuguese: Hamburgo
  • Pushto: هامبورگ
  • Quechua: Hamburg
  • Romanian: Hamburg
  • Romansh: Hamburg
  • Russia Buriat: Һамбург
  • Russian: Гамбург
  • Rusyn: Гамбург
  • Samogitian: Hamburgs
  • Sardinian: Amburgo
  • Saterfriesisch: Hambuurich
  • Scots: Hamburgh
  • Scottish Gaelic: Hamburg
  • Serbian: Хамбург
  • Sicilian: Amburgu
  • Silesian: Hamburg
  • Sindhi: ھئمبرگ
  • Sinhala: හැම්බර්ග්
  • Slovak: Hamburg
  • Slovenian: Hamburg
  • Somali: Hamburg
  • South Azerbaijani: هامبورگ
  • Spanish: Ciudad-estado de Hamburgo
  • Spanish: Hamburgo
  • Sundanese: Hamburg
  • Swahili: Hamburg
  • Swedish: Hamburg
  • Swiss German: Hamburg
  • Tagalog: Hamburg
  • Tajik: Ҳамбург
  • Talysh: Hamburq
  • Tamil: ஹாம்பெர்க்
  • Tatar: Һамбург
  • Telugu: హ్యాంబర్గ్
  • Thai: ฮัมบวร์ค
  • Tumbuka: Hamburg
  • Turkish: Hamburg
  • Turkmen: Gamburg
  • Twi: Hamburg
  • Uighur: Hamburg
  • Ukrainian: Гамбург
  • Upper Sorbian: Hamburg
  • Urdu: ہامبرگ
  • Uzbek: Gamburg
  • Venetian: Anburgo
  • Veps: Gamburg
  • Vietnamese: Hamburg
  • Vlaams: Hamburg
  • Vlax Romani: Hamburg
  • Volapük: Hamburg
  • Walloon: Hamburg
  • Waray (Philippines): Hamburg
  • Welsh: Hamburg
  • Western Armenian: Համպուրկ
  • Western Frisian: Hamboarch
  • Western Mari: Гамбург
  • Western Panjabi: ہامبرگ
  • Wolof: Hamburg
  • Wu Chinese: 汉堡
  • Xhosa: Hamburg
  • Yiddish: האמבורג
  • Yoruba: Hamburg
  • Yue Chinese: 漢堡
  • Zulu: Hamburg

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