The Hanseatic City Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany after Berlin with about 1.8 million inhabitants. The city is a conurbation with more than 2.7 million inhabitants and is the center of the more than five million inhabitants of the metropolitan area of ​​Hamburg. In 2015, the Speicherstadt and the adjacent Kontorhaus District were included in the World Heritage List as a world heritage site. The port of Hamburg is the largest seaport in Germany and one of the largest in Europe.

The earliest documented settlement of the region of today’s Hamburg is dated to the 4th century BC. In the 14th century, Hamburg became one of the first members of the Hanseatic Confederation and the most important German transhipment and stacking station between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Even after the decline of the Hanseatic League and during the Enlightenment and Industrialization, the city remained beside Berlin the most important economic center in Northern Germany.

St. Katharinen Kirche & Mahnmal St. Nikolai – St. Katharinen Church &

St. Katharinen Kirche – St. Katharinen Church, Deutschland/Germany

Schiffsperspektive – Ship perspective, Deutschland/Germany

Moderne in der HafenCity – Trendy HafenCity, Deutschland/Germany

Wie eine Miniatur – Like a miniature, Deutschland/Germany

St. Michaelis Kirche – St. Michaelis Church, Deutschland/Germany

An der Hafenpromenade – At the harbor promenade, Deutschland/Germany

Ordnung muss sein – Order must be, Deutschland/Germany

Fischauktionshalle – Fish auction hall, Deutschland/Germany

In der Großen Elbstraße – In the Great Elbstraße, Deutschland/Germany

St. Trinitatis Kirche – St. Trinitatis Church, Deutschland/Germany

Jüdischer Friedhof Altona – Jewish cemetery Altona, Deutschland/Germany

Im Grün versteckt – Hidden in the greenery, Deutschland/Germany

An der Binnenalster – At the Binnenalster, Deutschland/Germany

Wenn Licht bricht – When light breaks, Deutschland/Germany

Zwischen Binnen- und Außenalster – Between Binnen and Outer Alster, Deutschland/Germany

Stilvoll flanieren.. und was andere davon halten, Deutschland/Germany

Im Kontorviertel – In the Kontor District, Deutschland/Germany