Hamburg

Basic data:

Universities:

Hamburg: Hamburg Bucerius Law School
HafenCity Universität Hamburg - University of Architecture and Spatial Development
Helmut Schmidt University - University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg
University of Hamburg

Geography:

Hamburg is located at the confluence of the Alster and Bille in the Lower Elbe, 110 km above their confluence with the North Sea. The islands of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehern in the North Sea as well as the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park also belong to the Hamburg city area.

The state has a share in three natural areas: on the edge of the South Holstein Geest, which drops steeply to the Elbe between Blankenese and Bergedorf, on the glacial valley of the Lower Elbe, which is mainly filled with river marshes, and in the south with the Harburg Mountains on the end moraine area of ​​the Black Mountains.

The harbour, an open tidal harbour, stretches the full width of the river. The largest rivers are the Alster, Bille, Elbe and Este.

The highest peak at 115.1 m is in the Harburg Mountains.

Climate:

Hamburg\'s climate is characterized by maritime influences. Typically, fog banks descend over the city about 52 days a year. In the winter months it can be very stormy. July is the warmest month with an average of 17.4 °C, the coldest January with 1.3 °C. The climate is humid all year round. An average of 774 mm of precipitation falls over the course of a year.

history:

The Franconian fort \"Hammaburg\" was built at the beginning of the 9th century to secure the border against the Slavs and Danes. This was devastated by Slavs. In his place, Count Adolf III. von Schauenburg and Holstein in the 12th century a trading and market settlement. The settlement developed and gained membership in the Hanseatic League during its economic heyday in the 14th century. At the end of the 15th century, serious setbacks followed due to the claims to power of the Danish kings, who had owned Holstein as an imperial fief since 1460. From 1510 Hamburg was considered an imperial city.

Due to a renewed economic upturn, Hamburg was finally able to secure its independence in 1768 by means of a financial settlement of the Danish kings\' claims to power. During the occupation and annexation by France, Hamburg was the capital of the Department of the Elbe Estuary (\"Département des Bouches de l\'Elbe\") in the French Empire.

At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Hamburg was declared the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and joined the German Confederation. In 1860 Hamburg adopted a new constitution and seven years later joined the North German Confederation. In 1871 the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg joined the German Empire.

The parliamentary-democratic constitution was introduced in Hamburg in 1921. During the National Socialist era, the citizenship of Hamburg was dissolved in 1933. Four years later, the integration of Altona with Blankenese, Harburg-Wilhelmsburg and Wandsbek as well as 28 rural communities formed the formation of Greater Hamburg. In the process, Cuxhaven and Geesthacht were spun off.

After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Hamburg was part of the British occupation zone. In 1949 the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg became a federal state of the newly founded Federal Republic of Germany. In June 1952, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg adopted a constitution.

Economy:

As a trade, transport and service center, Hamburg is of national importance and is one of the most important industrial locations in Germany.Significant branches of the economy are the consumer goods industry, the aviation industry, chemicals, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and shipbuilding, the petroleum industry, banks and the media.

The sea fish market, flower, vegetable and fruit wholesale markets are important. There are numerous horticultural and fruit-growing businesses in the Vier- und Marschlanden.