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Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Coordinates: 53°30′N 10°00′E / 53.5°N 10.0°E / 53.5; 10.0
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Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Hamburg (German)
Hamburg
Hamburg
Official logo of Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Logo
Anthem: Stadt Hamburg an der Elbe Auen [de]
Location of the Hamburg metropolitan region in Germany
Location of the Hamburg metropolitan region in Germany
Country Germany
States Hamburg
 Lower Saxony
 Schleswig-Holstein
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Largest CitiesHamburg, Lübeck
Area
 • Metro
26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population
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 • Metro
5,100,000
 • Metro density192/km2 (500/sq mi)
GDP
[2]
 • Metro€249.406 billion (2021)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websitehttp://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/

The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Landkreise) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (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 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.

History

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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.[3]

Geography

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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 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi).[4] Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017)[5] and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012)[6] in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

States and districts

State District* Population
(2012) 		Area
Pop. density
(2012)
 Hamburg – 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2
 Lower Saxony Cuxhaven 198,115 2,073 km2 96/km2
Harburg 239,269 1,245 km2 190/km2
Lüchow-Dannenberg 49,082 1,220 km2 40/km2
Lüneburg 174,685 1,323 km2 130/km2
Rotenburg 162,182 2,070 km2 78/km2
Soltau-Fallingbostel 136,072 1,873 km2 73/km2
Stade 195,606 1,266 km2 150/km2
Uelzen 93,284 1,454 km2 64/km2
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ludwigslust† 122,564 2,517 km2 49/km2
Nordwestmecklenburg 155,801 2,117 km2 74/km2
 Schleswig-Holstein Dithmarschen 132,965 1,405 km2 95/km2
Lauenburg 187,905 1,263 km2 150/km2
Lübeck 211,713 214 km2 990/km2
Neumünster 76,951 72 km2 1,100/km2
Ostholstein 197,882 1,391 km2 140/km2
Pinneberg 298,826 664 km2 450/km2
Segeberg 261,988 1,334 km2 200/km2
Steinburg 130,135 1,056 km2 120/km2
Stormarn 232,911 766 km2 300/km2
Hamburg Metropolitan Region[7][8] 4,990,307 26078 km2 191/km2

Largest cities and towns

City* or town Population
(2012) 		Area
Pop. density
(2012)
Hamburg 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2
Lübeck 211,713 214 km2 990/km2
Schwerin 95,818 130 km2 730/km2
Neumünster 76,951 72 km2 1,100/km2
Norderstedt 74,574 58 km2 1,300/km2
Lüneburg 70,438 70 km2 1,000/km2
Cuxhaven 48,829 162 km2 300/km2
Elmshorn 47,490 21 km2 2,200/km2
Stade 45,198 110 km2 410/km2
Wismar 42,433 41 km2 1,000/km2
Pinneberg 41,726 22 km2 1,900/km2
Seevetal 39,921 105 km2 380/km2
Buxtehude 39,858 76 km2 520/km2
Buchholz i. d. N. 36,875 75 km2 490/km2
Uelzen 33,467 136 km2 250/km2
Winsen (Luhe) 32,638 110 km2 300/km2
Wedel 31,725 34 km2 940/km2
Ahrensburg 31,292 35 km2 890/km2
Itzehoe 30,956 28 km2 1,100/km2
Geesthacht 29,098 33 km2 880/km2
Reinbek 26,347 31 km2 840/km2

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010

  District free city

Larger Urban Zones

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4. Hamburg metropolitan region
Regions of Europe with the largest GDP per capita, 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.[9] The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.[10] 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.

State District* Population
(2012) 		Area
Pop. density
(2012)
 Hamburg – 1,813,587 755 km2 2,400/km2
 Lower Saxony Harburg 239,269 1,245 km2 190/km2
Stade 195,606 1,266 km2 150/km2
 Schleswig-Holstein Lauenburg 187,905 1,263 km2 150/km2
Pinneberg 298,826 664 km2 450/km2
Segeberg 261,988 1,334 km2 200/km2
Stormarn 232,911 766 km2 300/km2
Hamburg LUZ[11][12] 2,903,198
 Schleswig-Holstein Lübeck 211,713 214.13 km2 990/km2
Ostholstein 197,882 1,391 km2 140/km2
Lübeck LUZ[11][12] 391,373
 Bremen Bremerhaven† 112,895 78,87 km2 1,400/km2
 Lower Saxony Cuxhaven 198,115 2,073 km2 96/km2
Bremerhaven LUZ[11][12] 288,635

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Hamburg" (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021" (in German).
  3. ^ Impressum - metropolregion Hamburg (in German), retrieved 25 March 2009
  4. ^ Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet (PDF), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009
  5. ^ "Metropolregion Hamburg / Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim".
  6. ^ "Metropolregion Hamburg Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg".
  7. ^ Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
  8. ^ Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
  9. ^ "Hamburg". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  10. ^ http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  11. ^ a b c Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014
  12. ^ a b c Map of metro regions[permanent dead link], eurostat, 2012
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