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Hamburg is located on the southern tip of the
Jutland Peninsula, directly between
Continental Europe to the south, northern
Scandinavia, the
North Sea to its west and the
Baltic Sea to the east. Hamburg is placed in the position where the
River Elbe merges with the rivers
Alster and Bille.
The city center is situated around artificial lakes Binnenalster (Alster interior) and the Außenalster (outer Alster), originating both from the Alster river, but have remained as lakes.
The island of
Neuwerk and two other islands in the North Sea are also part of Hamburg, located in the
National Park Wadden Sea.
Hamburg is among the states of Schleswig-Holstein (northern) and
Lower Saxony (south) on the banks of the
Elbe River, which flows into the North Sea about
100 km away. From its mouth to Hamburg the river is navigable even by large ships, which became the city and for centuries an important port, is now the second busiest in the
European Union (EU), only surpassed by that of
Rotterdam in the
Netherlands.
The city of Hamburg is one of 16
German states, so the mayor is more suited to the role of a minister-president than to a conventional mayor. In Hamburg, the
German government as a state government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions and public safety as well as libraries, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply and welfare services.
The most important economic unit of Hamburg is the
Port of Hamburg, which ranks 2nd in
Europe. Hamburg (along with
Seattle and
Toulouse ) is an important place of the civil aerospace industry. Airbus, which has an assembly plant in Finkenwerder district of Hamburg, employs more than 13,000 people. Hamburg offers more than 40 theaters, 60 museums and
100 music venues and clubs. In
2005, more than 18 million people visited concerts, exhibitions, theaters, cinemas, museums and other cultural performances.
The many parks of Hamburg are distributed throughout the city, which makes Hamburg a very green city. The biggest parks are the Stadtpark, the Ohlsdorf cemetery and un Blomen. The Stadtpark, the "
Central Park" of Hamburg, has a great lawn and a huge water tower, and houses one of the largest planetariums in Europe.
Hamburg offers many attractions for visitors. The aforementioned lake in the center of the city is unique in its kind. It is surrounded by three avenues with elegant buildings, including two of the most traditional hotels. From this place several towers of the churches of Hamburg, whose top is covered with copper sheets that have acquired a green color is sighted. A short drive away is the
Town Hall, a building constructed in the
Nordic style, also with copper roof. The, larger in size, exterior lake is surrounded by houses with gardens.
Hamburg also has a botanical garden designed as a park, where you can spend hours admiring the vegetation. A well-known neighborhood in Hamburg is
the Sternschanze, in the center of Hamburg, an alternative neighborhood. Hamburg currently has 79 museums. Among the most famous and popular figure the Kunsthalle art museum with works by
German painters of the nineteenth century.
Among other things,
Der Spiegel, Stern and
Time in Hamburg produced. Many publishers, including the major publishers
Axel Springer AG ( image ) and
Gruner + Jahr and
Bauer Publishing Group, the publishing group
Milky Way (now part of the Burda Verlag) and the seasons-Verlag, have their seat. Overall, just over half of all is regional
Press Products produced in
Germany in Hamburg. Two major gravure printers are in the Hamburg area. These are "Gruner pressure," Itzehoe, and the "
Axel Springer Tiefdruckerei", Ahrensburg that the prinovis belong. In addition, has
German Press Agency (dpa) based in Hamburg.
Hamburg is the most important banking center in northern Germany. One of nine
Regional Offices of the
Deutsche Bundesbank is the Willy-Brandt-Strasse (formerly
East-West Road) in Hamburg. It is responsible for the states of Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. In addition, is the oldest German mint, Hamburg
Mint with mint mark "J" located in Hamburg.
Because of the wet weather in Hamburg a network of shopping centers has been established. They lead from the shopping mall at Mönckebergbrunnen for
Europa Passage, the merchant's house, to Hanseviertel to Gänsemarktpassage. The passers-by power often leads to more not mentioned here passages.
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- published: 03 Jan 2015
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