Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Low German Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg, country code HH), is a city-state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
The official name refers to the history of Hamburg as a free imperial city and as a leading member of the Hanseatic League of Commerce.
With around 1.85 million inhabitants, Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the third largest in the German-speaking area.
With around 755 square kilometers, Hamburg is the second largest municipality in Germany.
The urban area is divided into seven districts and 104 districts, including the district of Neuwerk, an archipelago in the North Sea.
The Port of Hamburg is one of the largest transshipment ports in the world and, together with the international airport, makes Hamburg an important logistics location. Economically and scientifically, the metropolis is particularly important in the fields of aerospace technology, life sciences and information technology as well as for the consumer goods industry and as a media location.
Since 1996, Hamburg has also been the seat of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ISGH).
Hamburg is experiencing strong growth in international city tourism.
In the annual ranking of cities with the highest quality of life in the world by the consulting firm EIU, Hamburg fell from 13th to 47th place in 2021.
The Speicherstadt and the neighboring Kontorhaus district have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 2015.
Other well-known cultural monuments and landmarks are the Hamburg City Hall and the five main churches.
Many clinker brick facades and the proximity to the water with numerous rivers, canals and canals are typical of the cityscape.
The St. Pauli entertainment district with the Reeperbahn and the Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which opened in 2017, are also internationally known.
(Source: Wikipedia)