City Tips Hamburg

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The free Hanseatic town Hamburg was founded in 4th century B.C. Older fix construction of buildings in the main settlement area of Hamburg testify this. The first habitation of this former settlement were people from Saxony.

Hamburg received in 12th century for the first time the harbour right, given by emperor Barbarossa. Count Adolf von Schauenburg and Holstein was responsible and had a hand for the foundation of the today's city of Hamburg as a commercial, merchant and market settlement at that time on the west side of the Alster.

Since the 14th century the city belongs to the merchant alliance of the Hanse. As one of the first members of this association, Hamburg had been developed had been developed to the most important German trans-shipment-centre and storage yart between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Hamburg is since 1510 a free imperial town. In 1558, the first stock exchange of Germany was opened in Hamburg. The 17th and 18th century was authoritative for the advancement and the changes in the town as well as its cultural blossom, e.g. the foundation of the Hamburg national theatre.

Hamburg has the inside Alster and the outside Alster. The influxes to the inside Alster are partly canalised and flow in an artificial lake, establish in the city centre. Hamburg has more than 2500 bridges which make it able to cross the numerous canals, rivulets and canals. Therefore Hamburg has the most bridges in Europe behind Venice and London.

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