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Hamburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3340 words) |
 | Hamburg (German pronunciation: [ˈhambʊʁk]; Low Saxon: Hamborg, ['haˑmbɔːχ]) is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in the European Union and the largest city of the Union which is not a capital. |
| Hamburg is situated on the southern tip of Jutland Peninsula, geographically centred (a) between Continental Europe and Scandinavia and (b) between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. |
| Hamburg is thus one of the few locations in the world in which both Sinti and Romany are spoken, and it is also one of the major headquarters of international Roma organisations. |
| hamburg - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (1988 words) |
| Hamburg's proximity to the main trade routes of the North and Baltic Seas quickly made it a major port of Northern Europe, and its alliance (1241) with Lbeck on the Baltic is considered the origin of the powerful Hanseatic League of trading cities. |
| Hamburg is connected by four Autobahnen (freeways) and is the most important railway junction on the route to Northern Europe. |
| Hamburg is known for giving the Beatles a start in their musical career in the early 1960s. |
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