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Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and sixth-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Population
1,973,896 1
Area (sq km)
755.09 1
Founding Year
808 1
808 is when Emperor Charlemagne ordered the construction of the Hammaburg castle, the city's traditional founding date.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Latitude
53.55 degrees north 1
Longitude
10 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
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headquartered in Hamburg, Germany

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Hamburg, Germany Paris, France

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A year after their marriage, the couple moved in with Glückel's parents in Hamburg, where Hayyim began dealing in gold and became an affluent businessman.

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is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany.

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HERA (German: Hadron-Elektron-Ringanlage, English: Hadron–Electron Ring Accelerator) was a particle accelerator at DESY in Hamburg.

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DESY in Hamburg, Germany
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1. Hamburg (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,973,896
  • Infobox, Population year
    Population (2024)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    755.09
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    53.550 N 10.000 E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    53.550 N 10.000 E
  • Infobox, Founded
    808
  • Associated With: Germany, Infobox, Country
    Germany
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Hamburg - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2911298
    53.55073 9.99302 P PPLA DE 04 00 02000 02000000 1973896 9 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 9 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, 10.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, 10.25
53.75 10.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Hamburg
Wikidata Q1055, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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