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Hamburg, in German officially called Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), is a city-state in northern Germany and the country's second largest city. The port city is located on the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, directly between continental Central Europe to her south, Scandinavia to her north, the North Sea to her west, and the Baltic Sea to her east. Hamburg borders the German states of Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south.

The Elbe river flows through the Port of Hamburg, which is the third-largest port in Europe. With a population of approximately 1.8 million people, it is the second-largest city in Germany and eighth largest city in the European Union. Hamburg has a total area of 755 km² (292 sq mi).

Hamburg was an independent and sovereign state of the German Confederation (1815–66), a city-state the North German Confederation (1866–71), the German Empire (1871–1918) and during the period of the Weimar Republic (1919–33). In Nazi Germany Hamburg was a Gau from 1934 until 1945. After the Second World War, Hamburg was in the British Zone of Occupation and became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. (Full article)

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The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg is the first video release by Depeche Mode, featuring almost an entire concert from their 1984 Some Great Reward Tour, in Hamburg, Germany. It was directed by Clive Richardson. The name is a play on a lyric of the song "Somebody" (She will listen to me, when I want to speak about the world we live in and life in general...)

The number of songs on the video depends on the region. Some have eleven, some have seventeen. The seventeen-song version was re-released in 1999, though still on VHS, in Europe only and in Japan on other formats. It has yet to be released on DVD. The United States only has the 11-song version.

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The following are images from various Hamburg-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Floods caused by Cyclone Xaver in HafenCity on 6 December 2013 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 2The lion head door handles of Hauptkirche St. Petri date to the late 1300s. (from History of Hamburg)
Image 3Peter Tschentscher in 2011 (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 4Front view of the Museum of Ethnology in 2007 (from List of museums in Hamburg)
Image 5Promulgation of the Greater Hamburg Act in the Reichsgesetzblatt of 27 January 1937 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 6Fire medal from 1843
Image 7Hanseatic Cross (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 8Hamburg's central promenade Jungfernstieg on River Alster in 1900 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 9The great fire 1842, by Peter Suhr, 1842 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 10Museum der Arbeit main building (from List of museums in Hamburg)
Image 11Seal of 1241 (replica) (from History of Hamburg)
Image 12Hamburg by Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg (1588) (from History of Hamburg)
Image 13Hammer Park's Topiary Garden (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 14Altona Dahliengarten (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 15Buildings ruined by air raids (from History of Hamburg)
Image 16The first Rezeß of 1410 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 17Sternschanzenpark, with the iconic Schanzenturm (de) (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 18Room of the Senat (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 19Italianized Römischer Garten (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 20Lohsepark, one of the new inner city urban parks developed within the new HafenCity district (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 21The sculpture „Der sterbende Häftling“ (The Dying Prisoner) at the memorial site of the Neuengamme concentration camp. The camp operated from 1938 to 1945 in the Neuengamme neighbourhood of Hamburg. (from History of Hamburg)
Image 22City state of Hamburg in 1890 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 23Supreme Court of Hamburg (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 24Hamburg in 1680 (from History of Hamburg)
Image 25Jenisch Park, one of Hamburg's many 18th-century English landscape parks along Elbchaussee (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 26Hamburg in 1150, a 19th-century visualization (from History of Hamburg)
Image 27Police Staff Captain of the Hamburg police department on assignment at Hamburg city hall (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 28Room of the Hamburgische Bürgerschaft (Diet) (from Government of Hamburg)
Image 29Altona Balkon, overlooking Hamburg Harbour at a height of 27 m (89 ft) above the Elbe (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 30Wilhelmsburg Inselpark (from List of parks and gardens in Hamburg)
Image 31Hamburg in 1800 (from History of Hamburg)

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A boat with a blue hull and white deck. The name Bürgermeister Weichmann is written on the superstructures, also the German word for police. Police is written white letters on a blue field.)

The Bürgermeister Weichmann (English: Mayor Weichmann) is a Hamburg Water Police boat. Herbert Weichmann (1896–1983) was first mayor of Hamburg during the 1960s.

Photo credit: FAWB

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Hamburg Rathaus

... that the city hall Hamburg Rathaus (pictured), constructed from 1886 to 1897, has 647 rooms, six rooms more than Buckingham Palace, and still functions as the seat of the government of Hamburg?
... that 80% of the taxis used for transport in Hamburg are driver-owned?
... that Hamburg's Wellingsbüttel Manor was the former home of Duke Friedrich Karl of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and used as a student's resident hall from 1964 till 1996?
... that most of the exhibits at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg are from the private collection of Peter Tamm, who started collecting when he was six years old?
... that 20th-century composers including Kagel, Ligeti, and Xenakis wrote music for cellist Siegfried Palm?
... that the Punch of the Hamburg Police has educated children in road traffic safety since 1948?

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Architecture:	Castles \| Churches: Hauptkirchen: St. Catherine \| St. James \| St. Michael \| St. Nicholas \| St. Peter \| other churches \| Bridges and tunnels: Köhlbrand Bridge \| Lombardsbrücke \| other bridges \| Old Elbe Tunnel \| New Elbe Tunnel \| Other Building: City Hall \| Chilehaus \| Elbphilharmonie \| Heinrich Hertz Tower \| Laeiszhalle \| Speicherstadt \| Architects: Martin Haller \| Christian Frederik Hansen \| Fritz Höger \| Werner Kallmorgen \| Cäsar Pinnau \| Fritz Schumacher \| Gottfried Semper \| Ernst Georg Sonnin \| Hadi Teherani \| Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Culture:	Museums \| theatres (list) \| Composers: Georg Philipp Telemann \| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach \| Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy \| Johannes Brahms \| Writers: Wolfgang Borchert \| Gorch Fock \| Hans Henny Jahnn \| Hans Leip \| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing \| Siegfried Lenz \| Arno Schmidt
Education:	Higher Education: University of Hamburg \| Hamburg University of Technology \| HafenCity University Hamburg \| Helmut Schmidt University (University of the German Armed Forces) \| Hamburg University of Applied Sciences \| Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg \| University of Fine Arts of Hamburg \| Public schools: Christianeum Hamburg \| Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums \| others: Military Academy of the German Armed Forces
Geography:	Areas: Altes Land \| Harburg Hills \| Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park \| Rivers: Alster \| Bille \| Elbe \| Lakes: Binnenalster \| Außenalster \| Öjendorfer See \| Timmermoor \| Streets: Hafenstraße \| Landungsbrücken \| Reeperbahn \| Subdivisions
History:	Old Saxony \| Hanseatic League \| Lower Saxon Circle \| Bouches-de-l'Elbe \| Accession to the German Customs Union (Zollverein) \| Gau Hamburg
Economy:	Companies: Airbus \| Aurubis \| Beiersdorf \| Berenberg Bank \| Blohm + Voss \| Carl Kühne \| DEA AG \| Donner & Reuschel \| Edeka \| Eppendorf AG \| Evotec \| Fielmann \| Hamburger Sparkasse \| Hamburg Messe und Congress \| Hamburg Süd \| HanseMerkur \| Hapag-Lloyd \| HHLA \| Holsten Brewery \| J.J. Sietas \| Jungheinrich \| Körber \| Lufthansa Technik \| M.M.Warburg & CO \| Montblanc \| Nordex \| Reemtsma \| Senvion \| Signal Iduna \| Steinway & Sons \| Still \| Tchibo \| Techniker Krankenkasse \| VTG \| XING \| Persons: Albert Ballin \| Guenther Fielmann \| Michael and Wolfgang Herz \| Klaus-Michael Kühne \| Michael Otto
Media:	Carlsen Verlag \| Der Spiegel \| Die Zeit \| Gruner + Jahr \| Hamburger Abendblatt \| Hoffmann und Campe \| Norddeutscher Rundfunk \| Rowohlt Verlag \| Stern \| Persons: Rudolf Augstein \| Gerd Bucerius \| Marion Dönhoff \| Ernst Rowohlt \| Axel Springer
Politics:	Elections in Hamburg \| Government: Coat of arms \| Constitution \| Flag \| Police \| Persons: Max Brauer \| Simon of Utrecht \| Olaf Scholz \| Karl Schiller \| Helmut Schmidt \| Herbert Wehner
Religion:	Lutheran \| Portuguese Jews \| Roman Catholic \| Persons: Ansgar \| Johann Melchior Goeze \| Maria Jepsen \| Johann Gerhard Oncken
Sister Cities:	Chicago \| Daressalam \| Dresden \| León \| Marseille \| Osaka \| Prag \| Sankt Petersburg \| Shanghai
Sport:	Events: Deutsches Derby \| Fährhofer Stutenpreis \| Hamburg Marathon \| Hamburger Stutenpreis \| International German Open \| Vattenfall Cyclassics
	Venues: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle \| Am Rothenbaum \| Color Line Arena \| EVendi Arena \| Volksparkstadion \| Horner Rennbahn \| Millerntor-Stadion \| Sportplatz at Rothenbaum \| Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
	Clubs: Altonaer FC von 1893 \| ASV Bergedorf 85 \| Der Hamburger und Germania Ruder Club \| Eimsbütteler TV \| Hamburg Blue Angels \| Hamburg Blue Devils \| Hamburg Freezers \| Hamburg SV \| Hamburg Sea Devils \| Hamburger Segel-Club \| HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst \| HSV Handball \| FC Association 1893 Hamburg \| FC Eintracht Altona \| FC St. Georg \| Norddeutscher Regatta Verein \| FC Teutonia Ottensen FC St. Pauli \| SC Concordia \| SC Victoria Hamburg \| SV Lurup \| ...
Transport:	Port of Hamburg \| Hamburg Airport \| Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport \| Hamburg Hauptbahnhof \| S-Bahn \| U-Bahn \| Hamburger Verkehrsverbund \| Companies: AKN Eisenbahn \| DB Regio \| Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser \| Hamburger Hochbahn \| Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft

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Architecture:	Castles \| Churches: Hauptkirchen: St. Catherine \| St. James \| St. Michael \| St. Nicholas \| St. Peter \| other churches \| Bridges and tunnels: Köhlbrand Bridge \| Lombardsbrücke \| other bridges \| Old Elbe Tunnel \| New Elbe Tunnel \| Other Building: City Hall \| Chilehaus \| Elbphilharmonie \| Heinrich Hertz Tower \| Laeiszhalle \| Speicherstadt \| Architects: Martin Haller \| Christian Frederik Hansen \| Fritz Höger \| Werner Kallmorgen \| Cäsar Pinnau \| Fritz Schumacher \| Gottfried Semper \| Ernst Georg Sonnin \| Hadi Teherani \| Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Culture:	Museums \| theatres (list) \| Composers: Georg Philipp Telemann \| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach \| Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy \| Johannes Brahms \| Writers: Wolfgang Borchert \| Gorch Fock \| Hans Henny Jahnn \| Hans Leip \| Gotthold Ephraim Lessing \| Siegfried Lenz \| Arno Schmidt
Education:	Higher Education: University of Hamburg \| Hamburg University of Technology \| HafenCity University Hamburg \| Helmut Schmidt University (University of the German Armed Forces) \| Hamburg University of Applied Sciences \| Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg \| University of Fine Arts of Hamburg \| Public schools: Christianeum Hamburg \| Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums \| others: Military Academy of the German Armed Forces
Geography:	Areas: Altes Land \| Harburg Hills \| Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park \| Rivers: Alster \| Bille \| Elbe \| Lakes: Binnenalster \| Außenalster \| Öjendorfer See \| Timmermoor \| Streets: Hafenstraße \| Landungsbrücken \| Reeperbahn \| Subdivisions
History:	Old Saxony \| Hanseatic League \| Lower Saxon Circle \| Bouches-de-l'Elbe \| Accession to the German Customs Union (Zollverein) \| Gau Hamburg
Economy:	Companies: Airbus \| Aurubis \| Beiersdorf \| Berenberg Bank \| Blohm + Voss \| Carl Kühne \| DEA AG \| Donner & Reuschel \| Edeka \| Eppendorf AG \| Evotec \| Fielmann \| Hamburger Sparkasse \| Hamburg Messe und Congress \| Hamburg Süd \| HanseMerkur \| Hapag-Lloyd \| HHLA \| Holsten Brewery \| J.J. Sietas \| Jungheinrich \| Körber \| Lufthansa Technik \| M.M.Warburg & CO \| Montblanc \| Nordex \| Reemtsma \| Senvion \| Signal Iduna \| Steinway & Sons \| Still \| Tchibo \| Techniker Krankenkasse \| VTG \| XING \| Persons: Albert Ballin \| Guenther Fielmann \| Michael and Wolfgang Herz \| Klaus-Michael Kühne \| Michael Otto
Media:	Carlsen Verlag \| Der Spiegel \| Die Zeit \| Gruner + Jahr \| Hamburger Abendblatt \| Hoffmann und Campe \| Norddeutscher Rundfunk \| Rowohlt Verlag \| Stern \| Persons: Rudolf Augstein \| Gerd Bucerius \| Marion Dönhoff \| Ernst Rowohlt \| Axel Springer
Politics:	Elections in Hamburg \| Government: Coat of arms \| Constitution \| Flag \| Police \| Persons: Max Brauer \| Simon of Utrecht \| Olaf Scholz \| Karl Schiller \| Helmut Schmidt \| Herbert Wehner
Religion:	Lutheran \| Portuguese Jews \| Roman Catholic \| Persons: Ansgar \| Johann Melchior Goeze \| Maria Jepsen \| Johann Gerhard Oncken
Sister Cities:	Chicago \| Daressalam \| Dresden \| León \| Marseille \| Osaka \| Prag \| Sankt Petersburg \| Shanghai
Sport:	Events: Deutsches Derby \| Fährhofer Stutenpreis \| Hamburg Marathon \| Hamburger Stutenpreis \| International German Open \| Vattenfall Cyclassics
	Venues: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle \| Am Rothenbaum \| Color Line Arena \| EVendi Arena \| Volksparkstadion \| Horner Rennbahn \| Millerntor-Stadion \| Sportplatz at Rothenbaum \| Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
	Clubs: Altonaer FC von 1893 \| ASV Bergedorf 85 \| Der Hamburger und Germania Ruder Club \| Eimsbütteler TV \| Hamburg Blue Angels \| Hamburg Blue Devils \| Hamburg Freezers \| Hamburg SV \| Hamburg Sea Devils \| Hamburger Segel-Club \| HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst \| HSV Handball \| FC Association 1893 Hamburg \| FC Eintracht Altona \| FC St. Georg \| Norddeutscher Regatta Verein \| FC Teutonia Ottensen FC St. Pauli \| SC Concordia \| SC Victoria Hamburg \| SV Lurup \| ...
Transport:	Port of Hamburg \| Hamburg Airport \| Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport \| Hamburg Hauptbahnhof \| S-Bahn \| U-Bahn \| Hamburger Verkehrsverbund \| Companies: AKN Eisenbahn \| DB Regio \| Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser \| Hamburger Hochbahn \| Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft