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The Binnenalster at night
The Binnenalster at night
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Introduction

Location of Hamburg

Hamburg, in German officially called Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), is a city-state in northern Germany and the country's second largest city. The port city is located on the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, directly between continental Central Europe to her south, Scandinavia to her north, the North Sea to her west, and the Baltic Sea to her east. Hamburg borders the German states of Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south.

The Elbe river flows through the Port of Hamburg, which is the third-largest port in Europe. With a population of approximately 1.8 million people, it is the second-largest city in Germany and eighth largest city in the European Union. Hamburg has a total area of 755 km2 (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. After the Second World War, Hamburg was in the British Zone of Occupation and became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. (Full article)

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The Landungsbrücken in autumn of 2006 (land side) Water level tower (left), old Elbe tunnel (right).

The St. Pauli Landungsbrücken (St. Pauli Landing Bridges), part of the Hamburg Harbour, are in the quarter St. Pauli, between the lower harbor and the Fischmarkt (Fish Market) directly on the Elbe River. The Landungsbrücken today are a major tourist attraction and a central transportation hub, with S-Bahn, U-Bahn and boat connections. There is an entrance to the Old Elbe tunnel directly at the western end of the Landungsbrücken. The eastern end of the building complex is marked by the Pegelturm (water level tower). Halfway up the tower, there is a water level indicator built into the wall, which gives the current condition of the tides.

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The following are images from various Hamburg-related articles on Wikipedia.

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5 police officers in green combat gear with white helmets, partly confining a person on the ground.

An arrest by Hamburg Police during the demonstration at the Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) 2007. The police officers wear combat gear with Hamburg patches.

Photo credit: Vanis

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Architecture: Castles | Churches: Hauptkirchen: St. Catherine | St. James | St. Michael | St. Nicholas | St. Peter | other churches | Bridges and tunnels: Köhlbrand Bridge | Lombardsbrücke | other bridges | Old Elbe Tunnel | New Elbe Tunnel | Other Building: City Hall | Chilehaus | Elbphilharmonie | Heinrich Hertz Tower | Laeiszhalle | Speicherstadt | Architects: Martin Haller | Christian Frederik Hansen | Fritz Höger | Werner Kallmorgen | Cäsar Pinnau | Fritz Schumacher | Gottfried Semper | Ernst Georg Sonnin | Hadi Teherani | Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Culture: Museums | theatres (list) | Composers: Georg Philipp Telemann | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | Johannes Brahms | Writers: Wolfgang Borchert | Gorch Fock | Hans Henny Jahnn | Hans Leip | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | Siegfried Lenz | Arno Schmidt
Education: Higher Education: University of Hamburg | Hamburg University of Technology | HafenCity University Hamburg | Helmut Schmidt University (University of the German Armed Forces) | Hamburg University of Applied Sciences | Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg | University of Fine Arts of Hamburg | Public schools: Christianeum Hamburg | Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums | others: Military Academy of the German Armed Forces
Geography: Areas: Altes Land | Harburg Hills | Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park | Rivers: Alster | Bille | Elbe | Lakes: Binnenalster | Außenalster | Öjendorfer See | Timmermoor | Streets: Hafenstraße | Landungsbrücken | Reeperbahn | Subdivisions
History: Old Saxony | Hanseatic League | Lower Saxon Circle | Bouches-de-l'Elbe | Accession to the German Customs Union (Zollverein) | Gau Hamburg
Economy: Companies: Airbus | Aurubis | Beiersdorf | Berenberg Bank | Blohm + Voss | Carl Kühne | DEA AG | Donner & Reuschel | Edeka | Eppendorf AG | Evotec | Fielmann | Hamburger Sparkasse | Hamburg Messe und Congress | Hamburg Süd | HanseMerkur | Hapag-Lloyd | HHLA | Holsten Brewery | J.J. Sietas | Jungheinrich | Körber | Lufthansa Technik | M.M.Warburg & CO | Montblanc | Nordex | Reemtsma | Senvion | Signal Iduna | Steinway & Sons | Still | Tchibo | Techniker Krankenkasse | VTG | XING | Persons: Albert Ballin | Guenther Fielmann | Michael and Wolfgang Herz | Klaus-Michael Kühne | Michael Otto
Media: Carlsen Verlag | Der Spiegel | Die Zeit | Gruner + Jahr | Hamburger Abendblatt | Hoffmann und Campe | Norddeutscher Rundfunk | Rowohlt Verlag | Stern | Persons: Rudolf Augstein | Gerd Bucerius | Marion Dönhoff | Ernst Rowohlt | Axel Springer
Politics: Elections in Hamburg | Government: Coat of arms | Constitution | Flag | Police | Persons: Max Brauer | Simon of Utrecht | Olaf Scholz | Karl Schiller | Helmut Schmidt | Herbert Wehner
Religion: Lutheran | Portuguese Jews | Roman Catholic | Persons: Ansgar | Johann Melchior Goeze | Maria Jepsen | Johann Gerhard Oncken
Sister Cities: Chicago | Daressalam | Dresden | León | Marseille | Osaka | Prag | Sankt Petersburg | Shanghai
Sport: Events: Deutsches Derby | Fährhofer Stutenpreis | Hamburg Marathon | Hamburger Stutenpreis | International German Open | Vattenfall Cyclassics
Venues: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | Am Rothenbaum | Color Line Arena | EVendi Arena | Volksparkstadion | Horner Rennbahn | Millerntor-Stadion | Sportplatz at Rothenbaum | Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
Clubs: Altonaer FC von 1893 | ASV Bergedorf 85 | Der Hamburger und Germania Ruder Club | Eimsbütteler TV | Hamburg Blue Angels | Hamburg Blue Devils | Hamburg Freezers | Hamburg SV | Hamburg Sea Devils | Hamburger Segel-Club | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | HSV Handball | FC Association 1893 Hamburg | FC Eintracht Altona | FC St. Georg | Norddeutscher Regatta Verein | FC Teutonia Ottensen  FC St. Pauli | SC Concordia | SC Victoria Hamburg | SV Lurup | ...
Transport: Port of Hamburg | Hamburg Airport | Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport | Hamburg Hauptbahnhof | S-Bahn | U-Bahn | Hamburger Verkehrsverbund | Companies: AKN Eisenbahn | DB Regio | Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser | Hamburger Hochbahn | Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft

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