Country Germany Time zone CET (UTC+1) | Largest Cities Hamburg Team FC Teutonia Ottensen | |
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States Hamburg
Lower Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Points of interest Alster, Miniatur Wunderland, St Michael's Church, Tierpark Hagenbeck, Elbphilharmonie Colleges and Universities University of Hamburg, Hamburg University of Applie, Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg University of Techno, Hochschule für Musik und Thea | ||
Stade walking tour hamburg metropolitan region germany
The Metropolregion Hamburg (German for Hamburg Metropolitan Region) is the compilation of eight districts in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts in Schleswig-Holstein, two districts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the city-state of Hamburg in northern Germany. It covers an area of ca 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi), and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.
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- Stade walking tour hamburg metropolitan region germany
- Map of Hamburg Germany
- History
- Geography
- Larger Urban Zones
- References
Map of Hamburg, Germany
History
On 1 January 2006, the office of the Hamburg metropolitan region opened, as agreed in a state treaty of cooperation (Staatsvertrag über Zusammenarbeit) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.
Geography
In 2005, the Hamburg metropolitan region consisted of the city-state Hamburg, rural districts of Lower Saxony, and districts of Schleswig-Holstein, with more than 800 cities, towns or municipalities. The region covered an area of 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi). It was later extended with an area of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district and the Nordwestmecklenburg district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
* Districts and District free cities (German: Kreisfreie Städte).
† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010
Larger Urban Zones
The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km² and in 2004 contained 3,134,620 inhabitants (pop. density 429/km²). The Larger Urban Zone covers the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg and only the directly bordering districts: The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). only in these areas, the population density is 150 inhabitants/km2 or higher.
* Districts and District free cities (German: Kreisfreie Städte).
† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region