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Hamburg Metropolitan Region

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Hamburg Metropolitan Region

|native_name = {{native name|de|Metropolregion Hamburg}}

|image_flag = Flag of Hamburg.svg

|image_seal = Wappen der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft.svg

|image_blank_emblem= Metropolregion Hamburg Logo.svg

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|anthem = {{lang|de|{{ill|Stadt Hamburg an der Elbe Auen|de|Hamburg-Hymne|vertical-align=sup}}|italic=unset}}

|image_skyline = Elbphilharmonie Eastside View With Sandtorkai Quay Magellan Terraces Sandtorpark 2022-06-04 16-32.jpg

|image_caption = Hamburg

|image_map = Metropolregion Hamburg 2017.png

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|map_caption = Location of the Hamburg metropolitan region in Germany

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Germany}}

|subdivision_type1 = States

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Hamburg}}
{{flag|Lower Saxony}}
{{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}
{{flag|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}

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|established_date = 1 January 2006

|subdivision_type3 = Largest Cities

|subdivision_name3 = Hamburg, Lübeck

|population_metro = 5,100,000

|area_metro_km2 = 26,000

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|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder/hamburg.html|title=Hamburg|language=de|access-date=12 June 2009|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409192223/http://www.deutsche-metropolregionen.org/mitglieder/hamburg.html|url-status=dead}}

|population_density_metro_km2 = 192

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| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/603802/umfrage/bruttoinlandsprodukt-in-den-metropolregionen-in-deutschland/|language=de}}

| demographics2_title1 = Metro

| demographics2_info1 = €249.406 billion (2021)

|timezone = CET

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|website = http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/

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The Hamburg Metropolitan Region ({{langx|de|Metropolregion Hamburg|i=no}}) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts ({{lang|de|Landkreise}}) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts ({{lang|de|Kreise}}) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself. It covers an area of roughly {{convert|26,000|km2|sqmi}} and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.

History

On 1 January 2006 the office of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region opened, as agreed in a state treaty of cooperation ({{lang|de|Staatsvertrag über Zusammenarbeit}}) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.{{citation|url=http://metropolregion.hamburg.de/impressum/|access-date=25 March 2009|language=de|title=Impressum - metropolregion Hamburg}}

Geography

As of 2005, the Hamburg Metropolitan Region was made up of the city of Hamburg along with numerous rural districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, altogether comprising 800 cities, towns and municipalities with an overall land area of {{convert|19802|km2}}.{{citation|url=http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/download/faltblaetter/Metropolregion_englisch.pdf|title=Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet|publisher=Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein)|access-date=25 March 2009|year=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118053651/http://www.statistik-nord.de/fileadmin/download/faltblaetter/Metropolregion_englisch.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2009}} Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017){{Cite web | url=http://www.kreis-lup.de/leben-im-landkreis/regionalentwicklung/metropolregion-hamburg/ | title=Metropolregion Hamburg / Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim }} and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.nordwestmecklenburg.de/de/metropolregion-hamburg/metropolregion-hamburg.html|title = Metropolregion Hamburg Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg}} in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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States and districts

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! State

! District*

! Population
(2012)

! Area

! Pop. density
(2012)

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| {{flag|Hamburg}}

–align="right"| 1,813,587width="100px" align="right"| 755 km2align="right"| 2,400/km2
rowspan="8" valign=top | {{flag|Lower Saxony}}Cuxhavenalign="right"| 198,115align="right"| 2,073 km2align="right"| 96/km2
Harburgalign="right"| 239,269align="right"| 1,245 km2align="right"| 190/km2
Lüchow-Dannenbergalign="right"| 49,082align="right"| 1,220 km2align="right"| 40/km2
Lüneburgalign="right"| 174,685align="right"| 1,323 km2align="right"| 130/km2
Rotenburgalign="right"| 162,182align="right"| 2,070 km2align="right"| 78/km2
Soltau-Fallingbostelalign="right"| 136,072align="right"| 1,873 km2align="right"| 73/km2
Stadealign="right"| 195,606align="right"| 1,266 km2align="right"| 150/km2
Uelzenalign="right"| 93,284align="right"| 1,454 km2align="right"| 64/km2
rowspan="2" valign=top | {{flag|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern}}Ludwigslust†align="right"| 122,564align="right"| 2,517 km2align="right"| 49/km2
Nordwestmecklenburgalign="right"| 155,801align="right"| 2,117 km2align="right"| 74/km2
rowspan="9" valign=top | {{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}Dithmarschenalign="right"| 132,965align="right"| 1,405 km2align="right"| 95/km2
Lauenburgalign="right"| 187,905align="right"| 1,263 km2align="right"| 150/km2
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| Lübeck

align="right"| 211,713align="right"| 214 km2align="right"| 990/km2
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| Neumünster

align="right"| 76,951align="right"| 72 km2align="right"| 1,100/km2
Ostholsteinalign="right"| 197,882align="right"| 1,391 km2align="right"| 140/km2
Pinnebergalign="right"| 298,826align="right"| 664 km2align="right"| 450/km2
Segebergalign="right"| 261,988align="right"| 1,334 km2align="right"| 200/km2
Steinburgalign="right"| 130,135align="right"| 1,056 km2align="right"| 120/km2
Stormarnalign="right"| 232,911align="right"| 766 km2align="right"| 300/km2
colspan="2" | Hamburg Metropolitan Region[http://metropolregion.hamburg.de/statistikportal-tabelle-bevoelkerung/ Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012], Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013[http://metropolregion.hamburg.de/statistikportal-tabelle-flaechennutzung/ Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012], Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013align="right" valign=top | 4,990,307align="right"|26078 km2align="right" |191/km2

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Largest cities and towns

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! City* or town

! Population
(2012)

! Area

! Pop. density
(2012)

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| Hamburg

align="right"| 1,813,587width="100px" align="right"| 755 km2align="right"| 2,400/km2
bgcolor="#FFFFE0"

| Lübeck

align="right"| 211,713align="right"| 214 km2align="right"| 990/km2
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| Schwerin

align="right"| 95,818align="right"| 130 km2align="right"| 730/km2
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| Neumünster

align="right"| 76,951align="right"| 72 km2align="right"| 1,100/km2
Norderstedtalign="right"| 74,574align="right"| 58 km2align="right"| 1,300/km2
Lüneburgalign="right"| 70,438align="right"| 70 km2align="right"| 1,000/km2
Cuxhavenalign="right"| 48,829align="right"| 162 km2align="right"| 300/km2
Elmshornalign="right"| 47,490align="right"| 21 km2align="right"| 2,200/km2
Stadealign="right"| 45,198align="right"| 110 km2align="right"| 410/km2
Wismaralign="right"| 42,433align="right"| 41 km2align="right"| 1,000/km2
Pinnebergalign="right"| 41,726align="right"| 22 km2align="right"| 1,900/km2
Seevetalalign="right"| 39,921align="right"| 105 km2align="right"| 380/km2
Buxtehudealign="right"| 39,858align="right"| 76 km2align="right"| 520/km2
Buchholz i. d. N.align="right"| 36,875align="right"| 75 km2align="right"| 490/km2
Uelzenalign="right"| 33,467align="right"| 136 km2align="right"| 250/km2
Winsen (Luhe)align="right"| 32,638align="right"| 110 km2align="right"| 300/km2
Wedelalign="right"| 31,725align="right"| 34 km2align="right"| 940/km2
Ahrensburgalign="right"| 31,292align="right"| 35 km2align="right"| 890/km2
Itzehoealign="right"| 30,956align="right"| 28 km2align="right"| 1,100/km2
Geesthachtalign="right"| 29,098align="right"| 33 km2align="right"| 880/km2
Reinbekalign="right"| 26,347align="right"| 31 km2align="right"| 840/km2

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* Districts and independent ({{langx|de|kreisfrei|link=no}}) cities.

† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010

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=Larger Urban Zones=

File:Karte Metropolregionen.svg

File:Europeanuniongdphighdiagramde.svg, Hamburg #4]]

The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km2 and in 2004 had a population of 3,134,620 inhabitants.{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=DE002C&CountryCode=DE|title=Hamburg|access-date=15 June 2009|archive-date=16 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031035/http://www.urbanaudit.org/CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=DE002C&CountryCode=DE|url-status=dead}} The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007184722/http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html |date=2011-10-07 }} Retrieved 15 June 2009. The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) transport association with an average population density of at least 150 inhabitants/km2.

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State

! District*

! Population
(2012)

! Area

! Pop. density
(2012)

{{flag|Hamburg}}width="125px" | –align="right"| 1,813,587width="75px" align="right"| 755 km2align="right"| 2,400/km2
{{flag|Lower Saxony}}Harburgalign="right"| 239,269align="right"| 1,245 km2align="right"| 190/km2
Stadealign="right"| 195,606align="right"| 1,266 km2align="right"| 150/km2
{{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}Lauenburgalign="right"| 187,905align="right"| 1,263 km2align="right"| 150/km2
Pinnebergalign="right"| 298,826align="right"| 664 km2align="right"| 450/km2
Segebergalign="right"| 261,988align="right"| 1,334 km2align="right"| 200/km2
Stormarnalign="right"| 232,911align="right"| 766 km2align="right"| 300/km2
colspan="2" | Hamburg LUZ[http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?wai=true&dataset=urb_lpopcb Population by larger urban zone], eurostat, 2014[http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/documents/Map%20metro-regions%202010.pdf Map of metro regions]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, eurostat, 2012align="right" | 2,903,198align="right"|align="right" |
{{flag|Schleswig-Holstein}}Lübeckalign="right"| 211,713align="right"| 214.13 km2align="right"| 990/km2
Ostholsteinalign="right"| 197,882align="right"| 1,391 km2align="right"| 140/km2
colspan="2" | Lübeck LUZalign="right" | 391,373align="right"|align="right" |
{{flag|Bremen}}Bremerhaven†align="right"| 112,895align="right"| 78,87 km2align="right"| 1,400/km2
{{flag|Lower Saxony}}Cuxhavenalign="right"| 198,115align="right"| 2,073 km2align="right"| 96/km2
colspan="2" | Bremerhaven LUZalign="right" | 288,635align="right"|align="right" |

* Districts and independent ({{langx|de|kreisfrei|link=no}}) cities.

† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

HH Rathaus pano1.jpg|Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus), seat of the Hamburg Senate

AlsterPanorama.jpg|Hamburg's Binnenalster lake

Travemünde Bucht Panorama.jpg|Travemünde, seaside resort in Lübeck

Cuxhaven panorama 02.jpg|Cuxhaven

Wismar Marktplatz.jpg|Historic market place (Marktplatz) in Wismar

See also

{{Portal|Hamburg}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://english.metropolregion.hamburg.de/ Metropolregion Hamburg] - official webpage

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Category:Geography of Hamburg

Category:Geography of Lower Saxony

Category:Geography of Schleswig-Holstein

Category:Metropolitan areas of Germany

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