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Hamburg's official name is the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg ). [ 4 ] It reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League , as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire , and also to the fact that Hamburg is a city-state

The history of Hamburg begins with its foundation in the ninth century as a mission settlement to convert the Saxons. Since the Middle Ages Hamburg was an important trading centre in Europe. The convenient location of the port and its independence as a city and state for centuries strengthened

Since the Middle Ages, as a hanseatic city one part of Hamburg's transport was the economic trade with other cities or regions. In 2008, the port of Hamburg was the 2nd largest port in Europe. Hamburg is connected to four motorways and in Hamburg proper are two airports. The Hamburg traffic

The Hamburg S-Bahn is a railway network for public rapid mass transit in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . Together the S-Bahn , the Hamburg U-Bahn , the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area. The network has

The city of Hamburg in Germany is made up of 7 boroughs (German: Bezirke , also known as districts or administrative districts ) and subdiveded into 105 quarters (German: Stadtteile ). Most of the quarters were former independent settlements. As of 2008 the areal organisation is regulated

In 1642 , George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg acquired three islets in the river Elbe and connected them by means of dams. The resultant island was named Wilhelmsburg in his honour. In 1705 , the Principality of Lüneburg passed on to the Electorate of Hanover , and Wilhelmsburg

On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost a part of its area to form the quarter Sternschanze in the borough Altona . [ 1 ] [ edit ] Geography In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the borough Eimsbüttel has a total area of 50.1 km². The borough Eimsbütte

Blankenese has a long history as a fishing village along the Elbe River. In 1060, Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen built a provost's residence at the site of an older settlement at the hill Süllberg . Later the counts of Holstein built a castle. Both were destroyed through Hamburg. [ 1 ]

Until 1937 Harburg belonged to the Prussian Province of Hanover , where it was the capital of the district of Harburg . In 1927 it was merged with the nearby city of Wilhelmsburg to form the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg . Following the Greater Hamburg Act Harburg, together with other cities