Hamburg
City and state in the North of Germany
Also known as Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg · Hamburg, Germany · Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
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- , Holy Roman Empire(until 1806)
- , Hamburg(1806–1811)
- +8 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Germany(since 1990)
- , Bouches-de-l'Elbe(1811–1814)
- , German Empire(1871–1918)
- +6 more
- Population
- 1,869,473(December 31, 2025)
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- , 1,862,565(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 1,910,160(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +35 more
- 1,869,473(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 755.09 km²(December 31, 2017)
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Sources- 1.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- 755.09 km²(December 31, 2017)
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Head of government
- Peter Tschentscher(since 2018)
- , Carl Vincent Krogmann(1933–1945)
- , Rudolf Petersen(1945–1946)
- +13 more
- Postal code
- 20095–21149(since 1993)
- , 22041–22769(since 1993)
- , 27499
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
419 statements · 16% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Highest point
- Hasselbrack elevation: 116.2 m · reason for preferred rank: most precise value
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Sources- 1.hamburg.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/7324156/harburger-berge/Retrieved 2023-05-11
- Hasselbrack elevation: 116 m
- Hasselbrack elevation: 116.2 m · reason for preferred rank: most precise value
- Significant event
- Bombing of Hamburg in World War II(1939)
- Siege of Hamburg(1813)
- Siege of Hamburg(1686)
- Boerse Hamburg - Regulierter Markt(1558)
- Protestant Reformation(1528)
- staple right(May 7, 1189)
- Located in or next to body of water
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- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 53.9482°N, 8.4242°E(since 1989)
- 53.9617°N, 8.4414°E(1969–1937)
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- 53.5577°N, 9.7301°E(1937–1969)
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- Short name
- HH
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- FHH
- FuHH
- HH
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
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- Q1803004(1864–1926)
- Landkreis Hamburg(1937–1938)
- Landherrenschaft Bergedorf(1867–1926)
- Q62572079(1926–1938)
- Landherrenschaft der Marschlande(until 1926)
- Landherrenschaft der Geestlande(until 1926)
- Native label
- Hamburg ipa transcription: ˈhambʊʁk · pronunciation audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Ionenlaser-Hamburg.wav, De-Hamburg2.ogg
- Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
- Member of
- Common Library Network
- Wendish cities
- Climate Alliance(since 1993)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2009)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- IT Planning Council
- Hanseatic League
- World Tourism Cities Federation
- Union of the Baltic Cities
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- Twinned administrative body
- Saint Petersburg(since 1957)
- Marseille(since 1958)
- Shanghai(since 1986)
- Dresden(since 1987)
- Osaka(since 1989)
- León(since 1990)
- Prague(since 1990)
- Chicago(since 1994)
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- Dar es Salaam(since 2010)
- Varna
- Auckland(since 2007)
- Valdivia
- Kaliningrad(since 2005)
- São Paulo
- Kyiv(since 2022)
- Capital of
- Bouches-de-l'Elbe(1811–1814)
- Local dialing code
- 040
- 04721 applies to part: Neuwerk
- Demonym
- Hamburger
- Hamburger applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Hamburgerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Hamburgerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- Hamburgano
- Hambourgeoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Hambourgeois applies to part: masculine singular
- amburghesi applies to part: masculine plural
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Hamburg.map
- Patron saint
- Mary
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Sources- 1.“Die Schutzheiligen der Hansestadt”welt.de/print-welt/article360558/Die-Schutzheiligen-der-Hansestadt.htmlRetrieved 2023-05-11
- Mary
- Awards
- European City of the Trees(2025)
- Führerstadt(1937)
- Official name
- Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
- Land Hamburg
On other databases
156 identifiers linking Hamburg across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:708
- Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID74766
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier5479603828152416535
- ArchINFORM location ID308
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinehamburgas
- BabelNet ID00042718n
- BAnQ authority ID0000140412
- BBC News topic IDczv6r8n7xyyt
- BBC Things IDf1503fee-4f9b-4ef9-a1c0-7bf67e486154
- BHCL UUIDeb6e054a-0770-4dcd-8013-cfbfa2a24460
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11864269d
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDhamburg-20
- C-SPAN organization ID34309
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10186917
- CANTIC ID981060745849506706
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID07121b
- Comic Vine ID4020-57360
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Hamburg/
- Data Commons IDnuts/DE6
- De Agostini IDAmburgo
- Der Spiegel topic IDhamburg
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--43515
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID8fd413e7-3c9a-4abf-806f-369d9e9869c2
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0006791
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Hamburg-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDhambourg
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)2wYQca
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526865
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ4393
- EU Participant Identification Code998928602
- EU VAT numberDE118509725
- EuroVoc ID1230
- Facebook location ID114829128532877
- Facebook usernamehamburg
- FactGrid item IDQ10376
- Fandom article IDgermany:Hamburg
- FAST ID1214588
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)GM04
- Freebase ID/m/03hrz
- GACS ID30607
- GADM IDDEU.6_1
- GeoNames ID2911297
- German district key02000
- German municipality key02000000
- German regional key020000000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7003673
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Hamburg
- GitHub topichamburg
- GND ID4023118-5
- Golden ID (archived)Hamburg-DA6G
- Google Maps Customer ID298994536935733920
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRE5vY25vU0FtUmxLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDhamburg-5
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0032063
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDHamburg
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDgamburg-f5ba00
- Grove Art Online IDT036359
- Gynopedia IDHamburg
- Harper's taghamburg
- HASCDE.HH
- Hikr waypoint ID58882
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDadm_369020
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)568827
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (old)197464
- IATE entry ID1049950
- IBNR ID8096009
- IdRef ID026385074
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1055
- IMDb keywordhamburg-germany
- INaturalist place ID12874
- Instagram location ID429591157903063
- Instagram usernamehamburg_de
- Interlingual Index IDi82980
- ISNI0000000403911264
- ISO 3166-2 codeDE-HH
- J9U entity ID987007550522805171
- Japan Search name IDハンブルク
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID7131
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)11044
- Joconde location IDT84-631
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4023118-5
- Klexikon article IDHamburg
- Klimadashboard.de region ID32c7ebab-ba0e-4d5c-8e1e-602f644d74fa
- KSW place ID78034
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6374
- Larousse IDville/wd/123059
- Latin Place Names IDh/hamburgi
- Le Figaro tag IDHambourg
- Lemmy community IDhamburg@feddit.org
- Lex IDHamborg
