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  Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany and as a continuation of the war by other means.
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies into four military occupation zones – French in the south-west, British in the north-west, United States in the south, and Soviet in the east.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea in the north-west and the Baltic Sea in the north-east.
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 Hamburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamburg was designated the seat of a bishopric (834), whose first bishop, Ansgar, became known as the Apostle of the North.
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 Lübeck on the Baltic is considered the origin of the powerful Hanseatic League of trading cities.
Hamburg is connected by four Autobahnen (motorways) and is the most important railway junction on the route to Northern Europe.
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 AllRefer.com - Hamburg, city, Germany, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Hamburg originated (early 9th cent.) in the Carolingian castle of Hammaburg, probably built by Charlemagne as a defense against the Slavs.
Hamburg today is an elegant, modern city and a cultural center, widely known for its opera, theaters, magazine and book-publishing houses, radio and television broadcasting centers, and film studios.
Hamburg is the seat of a university (founded 1919), several museums, and medical and technical institutes.
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 Hamburg -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hamburg is (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany's second largest city (after (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin) and its principal port.
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 (Click link for more info and facts about Lübeck) Lübeck on the Baltic is considered the origin of the powerful Hanseatic League of trading cities.
Hamburg is known for giving (Click link for more info and facts about the Beatles) the Beatles a start in their musical career in the early 1960s.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hamburg.htm   (2803 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hamburg, Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The largest economic factor for Hamburg in the past centuries has been (and still is) its harbour [1] (http://www.hafen-hamburg.de), which ranks at #2 in Europe and #9 worldwide with transshipments of 7 million standard container units (TEU) and 115 million tons of goods in 2004.
Among other events, Hamburg regularily hosts a marathon, a triathlon and a bike race, all of them world cup events attended by professional athletes and at the same time open to amateurs.
Hamburg is best visited for a few days in spring or summer – and with a plan of things to do.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hamburg,-Germany   (1904 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Hamburg Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The official name Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg recalls its membership in the mediaeval Hanseatic League and the fact that Hamburg is a city state and one of Germany's sixteen Bundesländer.
Annexed briefly by France (1810-14), Hamburg suffered severely during Napoleon I's last campaign in Germany, but experienced its fastest growth during the second half of the 19th century, when its population more than quadrupled to 800,000 as the growth of the city's Atlantic trade helped make it Europe's third-largest post.
Original Hamburg dishes are "Bohnen, Birnen and Speck" (green runner beans cooked with pears and bacon), "Aalsuppe" (eel soup), "Bratkartoffeln", "Finkenwerder Scholle" (fried plaice), Pannfisch (fried fish), Rote Grütze (something similar to summer pudding consisting mainly of red berries) and "Labskaus".
www.ipedia.com /hamburg.html   (881 words)

  
 AllTravel Hamburg Germany travel and tourism
Germany’s second largest city, Hamburg is a city influenced by water.
Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe and despite being an important industrial centre, two-thirds of the city is made up of parks, lakes and tree-lined canals.
Strolling around the stunning Inner and Outer Alster lakes in the city centre is an intrinsic part of the Hamburg experience.
www.alltravelgermany.com /Germany/Destination_Guides/Cities/Hamburg.htm   (305 words)

  
 Hamburg germany 1889 Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Hamburg was one of the main ports of debarkation in Europe.
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 Asia Times: The Hamburg, Germany connection
It is now clear that at least three of the terrorists with suspected Osama bin Laden connections who participated in the September 11 attacks on the US lived "normal" student lives in the Hamburg area before their departure for America earlier this year.
As the testimony of fellow students and teachers indicates, all four key Hamburg cell members were quiet, earnest students and never tried to impose their views on others; they were certainly no wide-eyed prosyletizers - the classic "sleepers" of intelligence parlance.
Ulrike Meinhof, the leader of the late 1960s/mid-70s "Baader-Meinhof Gang", self-described as the "Red Army Faction", was a Hamburg journalist for the left-radical magazine "konkret" before she engaged in her terrorist pursuits.
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 hamburg.de - English | English
The inhabitants of Hamburg are proud to have a lake right in the heart of their city and at only a short distance from the Opera, the Kunsthalle Art Museum, the City Hall and the Stock Exchange.
Hamburg's geographical location is so favourable, that it has always been within easy reach for the rest of the world.
The Speicherstadt, an ancient brick-built warehouse complex, is the historical center of the port of Hamburg.
www.international.hamburg.de /index/1,2709,JGdlbz0zJG9rPTE4MzM4JHVrPSQ_,00.html   (195 words)

  
 Hamburg Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
Germany's second largest city has a magnificent harbour right in its centre and, so the locals like to say, has more in common with canal cities like Amsterdam or Venice.
Indeed, Hamburgers will proudly point out that their city has even more bridges than Venice.
But, unlike its maritime counterparts, Hamburg remains a hard-working port that is among Europe's busiest.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/germany/hamburg   (220 words)

  
 German Scientology News in Hamburg, Germany
From Caberta's viewpoint "the millions in aid" from the USA for the Hamburg Scientologists is "a declaration of hostility." Ever since Hamburg has been dealing directly withe their U.S. headquarters, she said, the organization has been making a more aggressive showing in the Hanseatic City.
At the moment, she said, Scientology was not doing well in Germany, but that did not mean that the fight against this new form of political extremism was going to cease.
From the USA to Germany, the cadre department of the Scientology secret service has readily given statements and granted publication license, an act unheard of by those in the know as well as by minor radio journalists of the SWR who are ill-versed in the theme.
www.lermanet.com /cisar/survey/hb.htm?FACTNet   (1138 words)

  
 Hamburg (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The city flag was first shown at the end of the 16th century.
Ships from Hamburg which did not use them had to pay a fine of three Marks in silver; likewise those foreign ships, who illegally used that sign.
Hamburg's livery colours (Landesfarben) are white-red (Article 5 of the Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg of 6th June 1952, first defined by the Senate Decision of 6th June 1834).
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 Hamburg hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Germany, by All-Hotels(tm)
The Renaissance Hamburg Hotel is a local landmark known as the restored historic facade of the Broscheck-Haus.
The 4* NH Hamburg Altona is in a wonderful location in the area of Neue Flora which is well known for it's theatre's and the AOL...
The NH Hamburg Altona Hotel is a new, modern stylish one, with 232 standard rooms.
www.all-hotels.com /europe/germany/hamburg_e1.htm   (474 words)

  
 hamburg germany information resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Situated in the north of Germany approximately one hour's drive from the Danish border, Hamburg is Germany's second largest city and home to 1.6 million people.
EADS plant in Hamburg (Germany) Project Description The future hangars in which Airbus will put the finishing touches to its A380 will be built opposite the Hamburg port, by filling a part of the...
Welcome in the Port of Hamburg The Port of Hamburg presents itself at the transport logistic 2005 with a large community stand in Hall B 5 (Stand No. 213/316).
www.topofgermany.com /hamburggermany   (1442 words)

  
 City: HAMBURG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The "Free and Hanseatic City" of Hamburg is Germany's second-largest metropolis with one of Europe's biggest ports.
Hamburg is also Germany's greenest city, with many spacious lawns and lovely parks.
Germany's oldest fruit and vegetable growing area on the opposite side of the Elbe river is an absolute "must".
www.germany-tourism.de /e/dest_cities_hamburg_e.html   (539 words)

  
 Hamburg Hotels : Park Hyatt Hamburg : Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Today, as in the past, the busy shipping port of Hamburg, where the River Elbe meets the North Sea, hosts successful and colourful international travellers and the 252-room Park Hyatt Hamburg is poised to indulge them in an atmosphere of warmth and elegance.
Located on Hamburg's famous Mönckebergstraße in the historic Levantehaus, the hotel combines old-world charm and maritime tradition with state-of-the-art conveniences and 21st-century interior design.
Park Hyatt Hamburg's nine meeting rooms, with a capacity for 10 to 200 persons, provide event planners with a choice of flexible venues for business meetings, seminars or social gatherings in Hamburg.
hamburg.park.hyatt.com   (246 words)

  
 Hamburg Germany - Hotels - compare prices, reviews and buy at NexTag - Price - Review
The InterCityHotel Hamburg Main Station is located in a central position, immediately adjacent to the ICE/IC Main Station in Hamburg.
The Ibis Hotel Hamburg Wandsbek is located in the east of Hamburg, 5 km from the city centre and 8 km...
The Mercure Hamburg an der Messe is located opposite theTelevision Tower and the Planten und Bloomen park.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945.
Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy - the fifth largest in the world - has become one of the slowest growing economies in the euro zone.
Germany's aging population, combined with high unemployment, has pushed social security outlays to a level exceeding contributions from workers.
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 InterContinental Hamburg Hotels - InterContinental Hotel Reservations Hamburg, Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Founded by Charlemagne in the ninth century, Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe.
Hamburg is surprisingly pastoral for an industrial center, offering numerous retreat opportunities to parks and lakes in the area.
Hamburg has always been a city-state, free to trade as it wished.
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 Admiralty Flag (Hamburg, Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the newer regulations (1949 and 1951) the use of this flag is decreed: the admiralty flag is used as state flag on state buildings serving shipping, and as a jack on Hamburg state vessels.
Boats and ships of Hamburg authorities use this flag as jack, frequently in the form of a metal plate rather than in the form of a cloth flag.
The jack is used by the police, fire brigade, harbour doctor, customs, pilots, and also towboats chartered by the Hamburg authorities.
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 The EMBL Hamburg Outstation
The EMBL Hamburg Outstation is part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory with its main laboratory in Heidelberg, Outstations in Grenoble, Hinxton Hall and Hamburg, and a research programme in Monterotondo.
EMBL Hamburg is situated on the campus of the German Synchrotron Research Centre (DESY)
EMBL Hamburg is coordinating the BIOXHIT project bringing together scientists from all across Europe
www.embl-hamburg.de   (205 words)

  
 Hotels in Hamburg Germany - realtime secure Hamburg Hotel booking
Life in Hamburg is characterised by water, Fleete, Alster or Elbe river, water is omnipresent.
Hamburg has a lot to offer for everyone: 20 museums, exhibitions of renown, harbour and Alster cruises short and long, theatres of all kinds, endless shopping opportunities plus an evening stroll over the Reeperbahn.
The pride of this privately-owned hotel in the heart of the city is its 2100 sqm sports and leisure centre.
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 Hamburg, city, Germany. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
), officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop.
The city quickly grew to commercial importance and in 1241 formed an alliance with Lübeck, which later became the basis of the Hanseatic League.
In 1842 a fire destroyed much of the city.
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 ltyr.hamburg.de - The internet database "Link to your Roots"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Hamburg State archive can now offer a database with Emigration Lists of Hamburg (click on "Search Now").
The database will continue to grow, until the data of all emigrants are available, initially of the years 1890 to 1914, and finally of all years between 1850 and 1934.
This page also offers information about Hamburgs Port of Emigration and the project "Link to your Roots".
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 Germany Hotel - Hotel Berlin Hamburg Germany
The Hotel Berlin - Hamburg is a deluxe hotel locate just south of the city's center, and convenient to major motorways and subway stations.
The hotel has modern decor that is pleasing to the eye, yet still maintains a comfortable atmosphere.
Germany Hotels, Munich Hotels, Berlin Hotels, Hamburg Hotels, Cologne Hotels, Frankfurt Hotels and more...
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 Consulate Hamburg, Germany
U.S. author Todd Strasser popularly known in Germany by his pen name, Morton Rhue, took questions and comments from students and teachers on the impact of his books and their powerful themes during a live Internet chat to celebrate the Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday, October 20, at 1500 CET.
Public Affairs Hamburg arranged a media event and visit to the Consulate for a group of local bakers who raised relief funds for victims of the hurricanes through a bake sale.
By highlighting emigration to the U.S., the museum serves to remind visitors of the important historical ties between the United States and Germany.
hamburg.usconsulate.gov   (367 words)

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