Hamburg, Germany Information And Events

Population of Hamburg was 1,698,615 in the year 1976-12-31.

After World War II, Hamburg formed part of the British Zone of Occupation; it became a state of the then Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

Hamburg is in the Central European Time Zone.

The Alter Botanischer Garten Hamburg is a historic botanical garden, located in the Planten un Blomen park, which now consists primarily of greenhouses.

Hamburg's license plate prefix was "HH" (Hansestadt Hamburg; English: Hanseatic City of Hamburg) between 1906 and 1945 and from 1956, rather than the single letter normally used for large cities since the federal registration reform in 1956, such as B for Berlin or M for Munich.

Sample list of people who were the mayor of Hamburg:

• Olaf Scholz ( Current Mayor, from 07 Mar 2011 )

The Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg opened in the HafenCity quarter in 2008.

From 2001 until 2010, the mayor of Hamburg was Ole von Beust, who governed in Germany's first state-wide "black-green" coalition, consisting of the conservative CDU and the alternative GAL, which are Hamburg's regional wing of the Alliance '90/The Greens party.

Sample list of newspapers published in Hamburg:

• Die Zeit
• Welt am Sonntag
• La Gazette de Berlin
• Hamburger Abendblatt
• Hamburger Morgenpost

The city of Hamburg is one of 16 German states, therefore the Mayor of Hamburg's office corresponds more to the role of a minister-president than to the one of a city mayor.

The Botanischer Garten Hamburg is a modern botanical garden maintained by the University of Hamburg.

You can get to Hamburg by air, train and/or bus:

• You can take a plane and go to:
  • Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport
  • Hamburg Airport
  • Lübeck Airport
  • Hamburg-Uetersen Airport
• You can take a train and go to:
  • Hamburg Dammtor Railway Station
  • Hamburg Bergedorf Railway Station
  • Hamburg-Harburg Railway Station
  • Hamburg-Altona station
  • Hamburg Central Station
• You can take a bus and go to:
  • Hamburg Central Bus Station

Sample list of famous people who were born in Hamburg:

• Dirk Niebel ( Politician )
• Helmut Schmidt ( Politician, Economist and Pianist )
• Arno Schmidt ( Writer and Novelist )
• James Franck ( Physicist and Scientist )
• Gustav Ludwig Hertz ( Physicist )
• Julia Dahmen ( Actor )
• Christiane Krüger ( Actor )
• Bernd Herzsprung ( Actor )
• Eva Habermann ( Actor )
• Nina Bott ( Actor )
• Margret Suckale ( Businessperson )
• Heinrich Hertz ( Physicist, Philosopher and Inventor )
• H. A. Rey ( Writer )
• Dagmar Krause ( Singer and Musician )
• Sig Ruman ( Actor )
• Angela Merkel ( Politician, Scientist and Physicist )
• Werner Bruhns ( Actor and Screenwriter )
• Henry Trefflich
• Emil von Sauer ( Pianist, Composer and Music pedagogue )
• Alan Brahmst
• Kuno Meyer
• Peter Behrens ( Graphic Designer, Industrial designer and Architect )
• John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley
• Holger Hieronymus
• Andreas Brehme
• Uli Stein
• Otto Addo
• Patrick Owomoyela ( Football player )
• Stefan Effenberg
• Johannes Brahms ( Composer and Pianist )
• Anastasia Kelesidou
• Eva Hesse ( Artist )
• Hieronymus Albrecht Hass
• Christian Zell
• Johann Adolph Hass
• Hans Jauch ( Military Leader )
• Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge ( Chemist )
• Hans Meerwein ( Chemist )
• Douglas Sirk ( Film Director and Screenwriter )
• Heinz-Wilhelm Eck
• Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
• Carl Emmermann
• Tommy Haas ( Tennis player )
• Thomas G. Rosenmeyer
• Harald Bode ( Engineer )
• Christian Rahn ( Football player )
• Michael Lorkowski
• Umut Koçin
• Bernhard Woldenga
• Zlatan Bajramović

Sample list of films shot in Hamburg:

• Slave Workshop Hamburg
• Mädchen in Uniform ( starring Romy Schneider as Manuela von Meinhardis, Lilli Palmer as Fraeulein Elisabeth von Bernburg, Therese Giehse as Prudence )
• Drowned Out ( starring Jillian Barreca as Jennifer, Tim Haber as H.R., Julia Schmidt as Hannah )
• I, Anna ( starring Hayley Atwell as Emmy, Honor Blackman as Joan, Gabriel Byrne as D.C.I. Bernie Reid )
• Mutterglück ( starring Viktoria Malektorovych as Ana Stefanovic, Jürgen Vogel as Joachim 'Achim' Tietze, Kristo Ferkic as Nikolas 'Niko' Stefanovic )
• Return of the Tüdelband

Hamburg is located in Germany.

There were 856,132 men and 898,050 women in Hamburg.

Hamburg is about 755.00 square kilometers with a population of 1,698,615 in the year 1976-12-31.

Upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Free Imperial City of Hamburg was not incorporated into a larger administrative area while retaining special privileges (mediatised), but became a sovereign state with the official title of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Hamburg is noted for several festivals and regular events.

A Most Wanted Man is a book about Hamburg

Hamburg is made up of seven boroughs (German: Bezirke) and subdivided into 104 quarters (German: Stadtteile).

Hamburg's geo-coordinates are 53.5653° N, 10.0014° E.

Hamburg is a major transportation hub, connected to four Autobahnen (motorways) and the most important railway junction on the route to Scandinavia.

Hamburg's official website is http://www.hamburg.de/

List of sports teams from Hamburg:

• Hamburger SV ( Football )
• Hamburger SV ( Handball )
• SV St. Georg Hamburg ( Handball )
• HSV Hamburg ( Handball )

Sample list of famous events happened in Hamburg:

• Siege of Hamburg
• Live Earth
• Men's European Volleyball Championship
• Chess Olympiad
• Hamburg International Short Film Festival
• Battle of Hamburg
• Hamburg Film Festival
• Filmfest Hamburg

On the river Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe (after the Port of Rotterdam) and tenth largest worldwide.

Two years later, Hamburg was united with Bremen as the bishopric of Hamburg-Bremen.

Hamburg was destroyed and occupied several times.

Hamburg is a major transport hub and is one of the most affluent cities in Europe.

List of airports near Hamburg:

• Hamburg Airport
• Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport

Here are average temperatures and rainfall of Hamburg by month ( based on last 5 years ) :

Sample list of tourist attractions in Hamburg:

• Hamburg Dungeon
• Miniatur Wunderland
• Soviet submarine B-515
• Planten un Blomen
• Tierpark Hagenbeck
• Reeperbahn
• Deichtorhallen
• Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Chilehaus
• Heide Park Resort