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Hamburg

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hamburg , officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), city (1994 pop. 1,702,900), coextensive with, and capital of, Hamburg state (288 sq mi/746 sq km), N Germany, on the Elbe River near its mouth in the North Sea, and on the Alster River. The economic center of Germany and its second largest city, Hamburg is the nation's busiest port and its major industrial city. Manufactures include copper, vegetable and mineral oils, machinery, electrotechnical goods, and cigarettes. Its harbor handles approximately one half of Germany's imports (foodstuffs, tea, coffee,... Read more
Hamburg
Hamburg . N. German city and port with long mus. tradition. Famous...and C. F. G. Schwencke (1788–1822). In 17th cent. Hamburg was leading centre of N German org. mus. Schnitger (1648...beck. Became opera centre in 1678. Keiser, who moved to Hamburg in 1695, wrote over 50 operas for the company he ... Read more
Hamburg air offensive
Hamburg air offensive. Employing WINDOW for the first time, to confuse German radar defences (see also electronic warfare ), the RAF committed over 3,000 bombers to four area bombing night raids on this German port: 24, 27, and 29...the Germans practically to abandon the Kammhuber Line of air defences and begin using the ... Read more

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