Description Hamburg, Germany

The second largest city in Germany, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is world famous for one of the largest ports in Europe, the simple elegance of the merchants' houses and wide boulevards, beautiful productions of musicals, extravagant shopping malls and, of course, entertainment districts of Sao Paulo. In addition, Hamburg is the greenest of the big cities of Germany.

History of Hamburg started in the 8 th century AD Zaksskoy with a small village lying in the area today segod-nyashnego Hamburg. After integration in Frankenrayh city grew up in was built in 808g. Hammaburg. At 831g. this city became the residence of the bishop (Bischofsitz), with 834-845, he was the residence of the Archbishop (Erzbischof). With 1188g. near the shopping center, the residence Bischof A new town graph Golshteynera. From 1806-1812 Hamburg Hansa was obtained continental ban Napoleon I. In 1810-1815 gg. Hamburg, at that time belonged to France, became a member Germanskoy Federation, and from 1866 - a member Severogermanskoy Federation. Fully owned by the State germanskomu he was only in 1871.

In 1937, in connection with the connection with many of the Prussian cities and 27 communities of land arose the so-called large Hamburg. Federal lands in Germany Hamburg is from 1946

Hamburg sandwiched "between Schleswig-Holstein in the north and Lower Saxony in the south. It is located on both sides of the river Elbe, at a distance of 110 km. from the place where the Elbe flows into the Baltic Sea. It is adjacent to it river Alster and Bille.