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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.
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Nikolaus Storzenbecher, or Klaus Störtebeker (c. 1360 – 20 October 1401{1400}), was a leader and the best known representative of a companionship of privateers known as the Victual Brothers ("Vitalienbrüder" in German). The Victual Brothers were originally hired during a war between Denmark and Sweden to fight the Danish and supply the besieged Swedish capital Stockholm with provisions (Latin "victualia"). After the end of the war, the Victual Brothers continued to capture merchant vessels for their own account and named themselves "Likedeelers" (literally "equal sharers").
A large number of myths and legends surround the few facts known about Klaus Störtebeker's life. Störtebeker is only a nickname, meaning "empty the mug with one gulp" in Old German. The moniker refers to the pirate's supposed ability to empty a four-litre mug of beer in one gulp. At this time, pirates and other fugitives from the law often adopted a colorful nom de guerre.
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The Tangendorf disc brooch is an Iron Age fibula from the 3rd century AD, and part of the permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum Hamburg.
Photo credit: AxelHH
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- January 28: German authorities confirm first case of novel coronavirus in Germany
- October 17: Hundreds arrested for 'dark web' child porn by international task force
- February 12: German migrant rescue charity renames ship after drowned Syrian toddler
- January 23: Germany bans Mahan Air of Iran, citing 'security'
- January 12: State-run bus crashes in Cuba en route to Havana, killing seven
Did you know?
- ... that the city hall Hamburg Rathaus (pictured), constructed from 1886 to 1897, has 647 rooms, six rooms more than Buckingham Palace, and still functions as the seat of the government of Hamburg?
- ... that 80% of the taxis used for transport in Hamburg are driver-owned?
- ... that Hamburg's Wellingsbüttel Manor was the former home of Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and used as a student's resident hall from 1964 till 1996?
- ... that most of the exhibits at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg are from the private collection of Peter Tamm, who started collecting when he was six years old?
- ... that 20th-century composers including Kagel, Ligeti, and Xenakis wrote music for cellist Siegfried Palm?
- ... that the Punch of the Hamburg Police has educated children in road traffic safety since 1948?
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Fischmob, from Hamburg, was a German hip hop band in the 1990s. The band includes DJ Koze Stefan Kozalla, Cosmic DJ (Daniel Sommer) and Der Schreckliche Sven Sven Mikolajewicz and DJ Stachy produced 4 albums including their hit song Susanne Zur Freiheit.
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