Official name in german is Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg(Free

and Hanseatic City of Hamburg )

By Kyle Cich

location

• It is in northern Germany along the river Elbe

• Its is one of the three city-states in germany

location

• Located in north central

climate

• Oceanic or Maritime climate

climate map

waterways

• The river Elbe flows though the Port of Humburg

Michaeliskirche

Famous church

Hamburger Hof

• shopping center and commercial office

Ruine St. Nikolai

• Old church

Speicherstadt

• worlds oldest warehouse centre

St. Johannis Harvestehude

• Famous Church

Köhlbrandbrücke( Köhlbrand Bridge)

• A bridge across the river Elbe in the port of hamburg

Hamburger Rathaus

• The town hall of hamburg

Chilehaus

• Office bulding the

Front looks like a ships

bow

St. Catherine's Church

Port of Hamburg

• 73.99 km² but only 64.80 km² usable

• 2nd busiest port in Europe

autobahn

• No speed limit

• several pass though hamburg

buses

• More than 100 bus lines

• In ’07 435 lines departed each week to 27 countries

Alternative propulsion of buses

• Hamburg has six hydrogen fuel buses to asses the long term practically of them

• In 2011 they will replace them will 10 plug in hybrid buses

ferry

• The HADAG (Hafen-Dampfschifffahrt AG) runs 26 public ferries on 6 lines

Rapid transit and commuter rail

• Rapid transit is operated by hamburg U-bahn and hamburg S-bahn

• In ’06 the system is made up of 881 km of rail with 281 staitions

taxis

• There are 2168 companies operating 3,675 vehicles

railways

• in ’07 the port railway hauled 39.7 million tons of freight

• Hamburg is served by the major German long distance rail company Deutsche Bahn AG

Works cited

• Wikiapedia

• Google images

• http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/mf/?id=100560

• http://www.hamburg.world-guides.com/hamburg_landmarks.html