89-624: The Hasselbrack , at 116.2 m above NN , is the highest point in the state of Hamburg , Germany . It is located on the southern border of the city state with Lower Saxony in the "Black Hills" ( Schwarze Berge ), a northern outlier of the Harburg Hills in the quarter of Neugraben-Fischbek . It lies within the Rosengarten State Forest close to the Daerstorf Heath ( Daerstorfer Heide ) between
178-543: A sovereign state with the official title of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg . Hamburg was briefly annexed by Napoleon I to the First French Empire (1804–1814/1815). Russian forces under General Bennigsen finally freed the city in 1814. Hamburg re-assumed its pre-1811 status as a city-state in 1814. The Vienna Congress of 1815 confirmed Hamburg's independence and it became one of 39 sovereign states of
267-539: A stock corporation . Following his retirement from the operative business, in 1973 Bucerius swapped his shares in Gruner + Jahr for an equity stake in Bertelsmann. As a result, the group advanced to become the majority shareholder in Gruner + Jahr, and, by 1975, Bertelsmann had increased its share to a total of 74.9%. Upon the retirement of Bucerius, the rights to the weekly newspaper Die Zeit were transferred to
356-639: A district in Hamburg called the Portugiesenviertel [ de ] (Portuguese quarter) where many Portuguese people settled and which has a variety of Portuguese restaurants, cafes and shops that attract many tourists. There are several statues, squares and streets in Hamburg that are named after Portuguese historical figures. These include the Vasco da Gama statue on the Kornhaus bridge, which
445-563: A figure of about 143,200 Muslim migrants in Hamburg, making up 8.4% percent of the population. As of 2021 , there were more than 50 mosques in the city, including the Ahmadiyya run Fazle Omar Mosque , which is the oldest in the city, and which hosts the Islamic Centre Hamburg . A Jewish community also exists. As of 2022, around 2,500 Jews live in Hamburg. The city of Hamburg is one of 16 German states , therefore
534-527: A foundation in order to safeguard the publication's business independence over the long term. In the 1960s and 1970s, the business of Gruner + Jahr was initially focused on expanding activities in the German market. An example of this was the acquisition of minority shareholdings in Spiegel Verlag and Vereinigte Motor-Verlage (today Motor Presse Stuttgart [ de ] ) in the year 1971. At
623-635: A marsh between the River Alster and the River Elbe as a defence against Slavic incursion, and acquired the name Hammaburg , burg meaning castle or fort. The origin of the Hamma term remains uncertain, but its location is estimated to be at the site of today's Domplatz . In 834 CE, Hamburg was designated as the seat of a bishopric . The first bishop, Ansgar , became known as the Apostle of
712-536: A new influx from the migrant crisis. There is an area in Hamburg behind the central station where many Afghan restaurants and shops are located. Many carpet businesses in Speicherstadt are operated by Afghan traders, with Hamburg still a global leader in the trade of oriental rugs. Hamburg residents with a foreign citizenship as of 31 December 2016 is as follows: As elsewhere in Germany, Standard German
801-460: A search engine specially geared towards German-language content. This was followed by Paperball [ de ] in 1998, a search engine specializing in news. An e-mail provider (Firemail) was also part of the portfolio. In the year 2000, Gruner + Jahr incorporated Fireball and its related brands into Lycos Europe . In exchange, Gruner + Jahr received a stake in the company, the IPO of which
890-609: A second layer to the fortifications to protect against the Thirty Years' War in the seventeenth century, he extended Hamburg and created a "New Town" ( Neustadt ) whose street names still date from the grid system of roads he introduced. From the autumn of 1696 to the spring of 1697 the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies was active in Hamburg. While it was unsuccessful in raising capital locally, it commissioned
979-630: A semidemocratic constitution that provided for the election of the Senate, the governing body of the city-state, by adult taxpaying males. Other innovations included the separation of powers, the separation of Church and State, freedom of the press, of assembly and association. Hamburg became a member of the North German Confederation (1866–1871) and of the German Empire (1871–1918), and maintained its self-ruling status during
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#17327660739071068-466: A severe decline in circulation, which proved to be only temporary, however. Gruner + Jahr and Bertelsmann responded with severe personnel consequences. For example, the magazine's publisher, Henri Nannen, was forced to resign, even though he personally had done nothing wrong. Today, the publishing of the alleged Hitler diaries is considered a textbook example of failure in the field of media ethics. In 2013, Gruner + Jahr announced it would be handing over
1157-428: A short time each owned 50%. Both subsequently sold 25% of Gruner + Jahr to Bertelsmann. In 1970, Bucerius and Jahr transitioned into the newly created supervisory board , and management responsibility was entrusted to a five-person executive board . In 1971, with a view to strengthening the management's independence, the company converted the general partner (shareholder with unlimited liability) of Gruner + Jahr into
1246-742: A very high quality of living, being ranked 19th in the 2019 Mercer Quality of Living Survey. Hamburg hosts specialists in world economics and international law, including consular and diplomatic missions such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea , the EU-LAC Foundation , and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning , multipartite international political conferences and summits such as Europe and China and
1335-1017: Is Chief Product Officer (CPO). Their contracts were last renewed in 2018 for five years. Gruner + Jahr is one of eight corporate divisions of Bertelsmann. The annual financial statements are included in the consolidated financial statements, and not separately published. In the 2020 business year, Gruner + Jahr achieved sales of 1.1 billion euros. Gruner + Jahr owns companies and hold equity participation in several companies in Germany and abroad, including Prisma Media, for example. The most important German-language magazines of Gruner + Jahr in terms of popularity and scope are Brigitte , Capital , Eltern [ de ] , Eltern family , Essen & Trinken [ de ] , Essen & Trinken für jeden Tag , National Geographic Deutschland, P.M. Magazin , Schöner Wohnen , and Stern . Since 2013, all publications from Gruner + Jahr have been clustered into eight units called "Communities of Interest." Both print and digital cross-media content
1424-494: Is Gruner + Jahr GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg. It is a limited liability company ( GmbH ) under German law, and its shareholders are Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, as well as two holding companies which are also part of the Bertelsmann Group. Three people sit on the executive board of Gruner + Jahr GmbH: Julia Jäkel is Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Oliver Radtke is Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Stephan Schäfer
1513-407: Is a limited liability company, backed up by the Gruner + Jahr, Die Zeit and Der Spiegel publishing houses. In 1983, the company was clouded by the affair surrounding the alleged Hitler diaries . The affair was to go down in history as Stern's greatest ever miscalculation and caused significant damage to the public image of Gruner + Jahr and Bertelsmann. Stern magazine subsequently suffered
1602-485: Is a variant of Low Saxon . The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire . Before the 1871 unification of Germany , it was a fully sovereign city state , and before 1919 formed a civic republic headed constitutionally by a class of hereditary Grand Burghers or Hanseaten . Beset by disasters such as
1691-724: Is at a sheltered natural harbour on the southern fanning-out of the Jutland Peninsula , between Continental Europe to the south and Scandinavia to the north, with the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the northeast. It is on the River Elbe at its confluence with the Alster and Bille . The city centre is around the Binnenalster ("Inner Alster") and Außenalster ("Outer Alster"), both formed by damming
1780-403: Is created there. In the last few years, Gruner + Jahr has significantly increased its digital activities. Sales in the digital field have experienced exceptional growth over the past years. In its core markets, digital sales account for more than a third of total sales. Gruner + Jahr invests not only in its own platforms but also in the services of third parties: For example, a start-up fund
1869-701: Is in the greater Ohlsdorf Cemetery in the north of Hamburg. At least 42,900 people are thought to have perished in the Neuengamme concentration camp (about 25 km (16 mi) outside the city in the marshlands), mostly from epidemics and in the destruction of Kriegsmarine vessels housing evacuees at the end of the war. Systematic deportations of Jewish Germans and Gentile Germans of Jewish descent started on 18 October 1941. These were all directed to ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe or to concentration camps . Most deported persons perished in
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#17327660739071958-474: Is published. The company also acquired a stake in Berliner Verlag – initially 50% in 1990, then 100% from 1992 on. Among its leading newspapers are Berliner Zeitung and Berliner Kurier . Internationally, Gruner + Jahr attracted a lot of attention by acquiring seven magazines belonging to The New York Times Company . In 1994, the company advanced to become a leading US publishing house and, for
2047-421: Is spoken in Hamburg, but as typical for northern Germany, the original language of Hamburg is Low German , usually referred to as Hamborger Platt (German Hamburger Platt ) or Hamborgsch . Since large-scale standardisation of the German language beginning in earnest in the 18th century, various Low German-coloured dialects have developed (contact-varieties of German on Low Saxon substrates). Originally, there
2136-530: The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg , is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and 6th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula , Hamburg stands on
2225-513: The G20 . Former German chancellors Helmut Schmidt and Angela Merkel were both born in Hamburg. The former Mayor of Hamburg , Olaf Scholz , has been the current German chancellor since December 2021. Hamburg is a major international and domestic tourist destination . The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg's rivers and canals are crossed by around 2,500 bridges, making it
2314-522: The German Confederation (1815–1866). In 1842, about a quarter of the inner city was destroyed in the " Great Fire ". The fire started on the night of 4 May and was not extinguished until 8 May. It destroyed three churches, the town hall, and many other buildings, killing 51 people and leaving an estimated 20,000 homeless. Reconstruction took more than 40 years. After periodic political unrest, particularly in 1848 , Hamburg adopted in 1860
2403-732: The German reunification in 1989/90, Gruner + Jahr was instrumental in building up a free press in the new German states. For example, the company founded the Dresdner Morgenpost [ de ] and, shortly thereafter, the Chemnitzer Morgenpost [ de ] daily newspaper. In 1991, Gruner + Jahr acquired the Sächsisches Druck- und Verlagshaus, where the Sächsische Zeitung
2492-482: The Great Fire of Hamburg , North Sea flood of 1962 and military conflicts including World War II bombing raids , the city has managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. Major regional broadcaster NDR , the printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr and the newspapers Der Spiegel and Die Zeit are based in the city. Hamburg is the seat of Germany's oldest stock exchange and
2581-543: The Hasselbrack at 116.2 metres (381 ft) AMSL . Hamburg borders the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony . Hamburg has an oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dobk ), influenced by its proximity to the coast and maritime influences that originate over the Atlantic Ocean. The location in the north of Germany provides extremes greater than typical marine climates, but definitely in
2670-515: The Mayor of Hamburg 's office corresponds more to the role of a minister-president than to that of a city mayor. As a German state government , it is responsible for public education, correctional institutions and public safety; as a municipality, it is additionally responsible for libraries, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply and welfare services. Since 1897, the seat of the government has been Hamburg City Hall (Hamburg Rathaus), with
2759-468: The RAF , killed at least 42,600 civilians; the precise number is not known. About one million civilians were evacuated in the aftermath of the raids. While some of the boroughs destroyed were rebuilt as residential districts after the war, others such as Hammerbrook were entirely developed into office, retail and limited residential or industrial districts. The Hamburg Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
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2848-493: The Speicherstadt . It was previously owned by the City of Hamburg and has floor space of 22,000 m². Construction work was largely completed in 1989, and the first employees moved into the press building one year later. The building project cost roughly 300 million Deutsche Mark . At the time the press building was commissioned, it offered space for 2,000 employees and was thus Hamburg's largest inner-city office block. Following
2937-597: The Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Hamburg acceded to the German Customs Union or Zollverein in 1888, the last (along with Bremen) of the German states to join. The city experienced its fastest growth during the second half of the 19th century when its population more than quadrupled to 800,000 as the growth of the city's Atlantic trade helped make it Europe's second-largest port. The Hamburg-America Line , with Albert Ballin as its director, became
3026-553: The sea shanty Hamborger Veermaster , written in the 19th century when Low German was used more frequently. Many toponyms and street names reflect Low Saxon vocabulary, partially even in Low Saxon spelling, which is not standardised, and to some part in forms adapted to Standard German. 65.2% of the population is not religious or adherent other religions than the Evangelical Church or Catholicism. In 2018, 24.9% of
3115-563: The world's oldest merchant bank , Berenberg Bank . Media, commercial, logistical, and industrial firms with significant locations in the city include multinationals Airbus , Blohm + Voss , Aurubis , Beiersdorf , Lufthansa and Unilever . Hamburg is also a major European science, research, and education hub , with several universities and institutions, including the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Laboratory DESY . The city enjoys
3204-658: The Berliner Verlag publishing company to the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group. Due to the concentration in the Berlin newspaper market, some media commented critically on the transaction. In 2003, Gruner + Jahr sold off parts of its newspaper business in Eastern Europe to the Ringier group. After selling Berliner Verlag, Gruner + Jahr once again focused on its business with magazines and printing firms. In mid-2003,
3293-459: The German population monthly, and Spiegel Media and Media Impact have now also joined it. In 2017, Gruner + Jahr announced it was moving to HafenCity and building new headquarters. The modern new building, will reflect the innovation strategy being pursued by Gruner + Jahr. The press building at Baumwall was sold to the city, which wants to use it for its own purposes after Gruner + Jahr's move has been completed. The group holding company
3382-658: The Hamburg School of Journalism and, in 1983, received the name it bears today, in honor of the Stern founder, Henri Nannen. Wolf Schneider was integrally involved in its founding and served as its director for 16 years. Today, the Henri-Nannen School is based in Hamburg's Kontorhaus Stubbenhuk [ de ] . The school provides training for newspaper, magazine, radio, television, and online journalists across various genres. The Henri Nannen School
3471-413: The Hamburg region ( Hamburg Metropolitan Region ) is home to 5,107,429 living on 196/km (510/sq mi). There were 915,319 women and 945,440 men in Hamburg. For every 1,000 females, there were 1,033 males. In 2015, there were 19,768 births in Hamburg (of which 38.3% were to unmarried women); 6422 marriages and 3190 divorces, and 17,565 deaths. In the city, the population was spread out, with 16.1% under
3560-786: The Henri Nannen Prize was the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize , created in 1977 by Henri Nannen . It developed into one of the most renowned journalism prizes in the German-speaking region and today is continued as a category of the Nannen Prize. Peter Scholl-Latour was the first journalist and author to receive the Henri Nannen Prize in 2005 for his life's work as a journalist. Other laureates have included former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (2010). Gruner + Jahr regularly honors special achievements in
3649-784: The Holocaust . By the end of 1942, the Jüdischer Religionsverband in Hamburg was dissolved as an independent legal entity and its remaining assets and staff were assumed by the Reich Association of Jews in Germany (District Northwest). On 10 June 1943, the Reich Security Main Office dissolved the association by a decree. The few remaining employees not somewhat protected by a mixed marriage were deported from Hamburg on 23 June to Theresienstadt , where most of them perished. The city
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3738-568: The North. Two years later, Hamburg was united with Bremen as the Bishopric of Hamburg-Bremen . Hamburg was destroyed and occupied several times. In 845, 600 Viking ships sailed up the River Elbe and destroyed Hamburg, at that time a town of around 500 inhabitants. In 1030, King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland burned down the city. Valdemar II of Denmark raided and occupied Hamburg in 1201 and in 1214. The Black Death killed at least 60% of
3827-715: The River Alster to create lakes. The islands of Neuwerk , Scharhörn , and Nigehörn , 100 kilometres (60 mi) away in the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park , are also part of the city of Hamburg. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde , Cranz , Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land (old land) region, the largest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe. Neugraben-Fischbek has Hamburg's highest elevation,
3916-468: The United States. In 2014, Bertelsmann came to an agreement with the heirs of John Jahr concerning the purchase of their remaining shares of 25.1%. The takeover was intended to signify a commitment to journalism. Bertelsmann thus strengthened its journalism business , especially through the established media brands of Gruner + Jahr. The executive board of Gruner + Jahr was confirmed and
4005-489: The age of 18, and 18.3% were 65 years of age or older. 356 people in Hamburg were over the age of 100. According to the Statistical Office for Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein , the number of people with a migrant background is at 34% (631,246). Immigrants come from 200 countries. 5,891 people have acquired German cititzenship in 2016. In 2016, there were 1,021,666 households, of which 17.8% had children under
4094-403: The age of 18; 54.4% of all households were made up of singles. 25.6% of all households were single parent households. The average household size was 1.8. Hamburg has the largest Portuguese community in Germany with about 30,000 people with Portuguese heritage . Many Portuguese sailors and merchants came to Hamburg beginning in the 15th century due to its port . Since the 1970s, there has been
4183-646: The area of traditional magazines, Gruner + Jahr's business has continued its successful expansion. The company has expanded its digital services and developed into one of the key market players in digital marketing. Furthermore, in 2017, the marketing arm of Gruner + Jahr in cooperation with the RTL -subsidiary IP Deutschland and Smartclip, established the Ad Alliance , under the umbrella of which new services have been developed for advertisers and agencies. The Ad Alliance's cross-media platform reaches more than 99% of
4272-645: The boroughs and quarters have been rearranged several times. Each borough is governed by a Borough Council (German: Bezirksversammlung ) and administered by a Municipal Administrator (German: Bezirksamtsleiter ). The boroughs are not independent municipalities: their power is limited and subordinate to the Senate of Hamburg . The borough administrator is elected by the Borough Council and thereafter requires confirmation and appointment by Hamburg's Senate. The quarters have no governing bodies of their own. Since
4361-430: The branching River Elbe at the head of a 110 km (68 mi) estuary to the North Sea , on the mouth of the Alster and Bille . Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen , and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's third-largest , after Rotterdam and Antwerp . The local dialect
4450-711: The category due to the prevailing westerlies. Nearby wetlands enjoy a maritime temperate climate. The amount of snowfall has varied greatly in recent decades. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, heavy snowfall sometimes occurred, the winters of recent years have been less cold, with snowfall just a few days per year. The warmest months are June, July, and August, with high temperatures of 20.1 to 22.5 °C (68.2 to 72.5 °F). The coldest are December, January, and February, with low temperatures of −0.3 to 1.0 °C (31.5 to 33.8 °F). The annual extreme temperatures range from −29.1 °C (−20.4 °F) on 13 February 1940, to 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) on 20 July 2022 , and
4539-563: The city and the harbour. On 23 July 1943, the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force firebombing created a firestorm which spread from the Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) and quickly moved south-east, completely destroying entire boroughs such as Hammerbrook , Billbrook and Hamm South . Thousands of people perished in these densely populated working class boroughs. The raids, codenamed Operation Gomorrah by
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#17327660739074628-453: The city from most of its hinterland and reduced Hamburg's global trade. Since German reunification in 1990, and the accession of several Central European and Baltic countries into the European Union in 2004, the Port of Hamburg has restarted ambitions for regaining its position as the region's largest deep-sea port for container shipping and its major commercial and trading centre. Hamburg
4717-571: The city with the highest number of bridges in Europe, and with 5 of the world's 29 tallest churches standing in Hamburg , it is also the city with the highest number of churches surpassing 100 metres (330 ft) worldwide. Aside from its rich architectural heritage, the city is also home to notable cultural venues such as the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle concert halls. It gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule and paved
4806-608: The coalition broke apart on 28 November 2010. On 7 March 2011 Olaf Scholz ( SPD ) became mayor. After the 2015 election the SPD and the Alliance 90/The Greens formed a coalition. Hamburg is made up of seven boroughs (German: Bezirke ) and subdivided into 104 quarters (German: Stadtteile ). There are 181 localities (German: Ortsteile ). The urban organisation is regulated by the Constitution of Hamburg and several laws. Most of
4895-484: The company began developing various new magazines, with Neon and Brigitte Woman among its new German market launches. Gruner + Jahr continued to expand, despite an increasingly difficult market environment. The company further pursued this strategy in the years that followed and planned additional acquisitions, but prescribed a regimen of belt-tightening in Germany and the United States. In 2004, Gruner + Jahr, in cooperation with Arvato and Axel Springer, founded
4984-566: The company re-introduced the legal entity used up until 1971 (limited partnership). Gruner + Jahr then intensified its cooperation with other Bertelsmann companies. Territory is an example for this strategic shift. Over the past few years, Gruner + Jahr, under the leadership of Julia Jäkel, has been vastly transformed and strategically repositioned. In 2016, Gruner + Jahr sold its magazine business in Spain to an investor and withdrew from Austria. By expanding digital activities and innovation in
5073-535: The company was a fully owned subsidiary of the Gütersloh -based media and services group. Under the leadership and innovation strategy of Julia Jäkel , Gruner + Jahr evolved into a publishing house producing cross-channel media products for the digital society. With more than 500 magazines and digital products and services, Gruner + Jahr is one of Europe's largest premium magazine publishing companies. Its activities primarily focus on Germany and France. Among
5162-417: The construction of four vessels in the port. The Caledonia , a ship of 600 tons with 56 guns, and the Instuaration (later renamed the St. Andrew ), a vessel of 350 tons, were launched in March 1697. Upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the Free Imperial City of Hamburg was not incorporated into a larger administrative area while retaining special privileges ( mediatised ), but became
5251-406: The digital business sector became more and more important, printing operations waned in significance: After Prinovis announced in 2013 that the former Gruner printing company in Itzehoe would be closing, Gruner + Jahr divested itself of its US subsidiary Brown Printing in 2014. This meant a "turning point" for the company because it marked the selling off of the company's last operative business in
5340-483: The end of the 1970s, the company then embarked on a period of expansion abroad: In France, the subsidiary Participations Edition Presse (today Prisma Media [ fr ] ) was established in 1978, and that same year, Gruner + Jahr acquired the Spanish publishing company Cosmos Distribuidora [ es ] and the US printing firm Brown Printing . In the 1980s, additional shareholdings and subsidiaries were acquired abroad, for example in Great Britain. By
5429-419: The first constitution of Hamburg . In 1356, the Matthiae-Mahl feast dinner for Hanseatic League cities was celebrated for the first time on 25 February, the first day of spring in medieval times. It continues today as the world's oldest ceremonial meal. In 1529, the city embraced Lutheranism , and it received Reformed refugees from the Netherlands and France. When Jan van Valckenborgh introduced
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#17327660739075518-413: The first time in its history, generated half of its sales revenues outside of Germany. In 1995, Gruner + Jahr launched websites under the domains geo.de, mopo.de, pm-magazin.de, stern.de and tvtoday.de as one of the first professional service providers on the world wide web. In the years that followed, digital business models assumed an ever-greater importance: In 1997, the company launched Fireball ,
5607-399: The historical origin of Hamburg. Gruner %2B Jahr Gruner + Jahr GmbH is a publishing house headquartered in Hamburg , Germany. The company was founded in 1965 by Richard Gruner [ de ] , John Jahr [ de ] , and Gerd Bucerius . From 1969 to 1973, Bertelsmann acquired a majority share in the company and gradually increased it over time. After 2014,
5696-583: The latest territorial reform of March 2008, the boroughs are Hamburg-Mitte , Altona , Eimsbüttel , Hamburg-Nord , Wandsbek , Bergedorf , and Harburg . Hamburg-Mitte ("Hamburg Centre") covers mostly the urban centre of the city and consists of the quarters Billbrook , Billstedt , Borgfelde , Finkenwerder , HafenCity , Hamm , Hammerbrook , Horn , Kleiner Grasbrook , Neuwerk , Rothenburgsort , St. Georg , St. Pauli , Steinwerder , Veddel , Waltershof , and Wilhelmsburg . The quarters Hamburg-Altstadt ("old town") and Neustadt ("new town") are
5785-453: The latter was measured at Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal Meteorological Station, on the same day, a high temperature record of 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) was recorded at Hamburg Airport . View climate chart 1986–2016 or 1960–1990 On 31 December 2016, there were 1,860,759 people registered as living in Hamburg in an area of 755.3 km (291.6 sq mi). The population density was 2,464/km (6,380/sq mi). The metropolitan area of
5874-402: The main trade routes of the North Sea and Baltic Sea , quickly made it a major port in Northern Europe. Its trade alliance with Lübeck in 1241 marks the origin and core of the powerful Hanseatic League of trading cities. On 8 November 1266, a contract between Henry III and Hamburg's traders allowed them to establish a hanse in London. This was the first time in history that the word hanse
5963-443: The mid-1980s, the employees of Gruner + Jahr were spread throughout various buildings along Hamburg's Outer Alster Lake . To promote collaboration within the publishing house and to create space for additional staff, construction of a press building on Baumwall began in 1985. The company's headquarters remain at that address to this day. The property on which the press building was built is situated between St. Michael's Church and
6052-428: The most well-known media brands are Brigitte , Capital , Geo , and Stern , along with Chefkoch.de and Stern.de. In addition, Gruner + Jahr owns a share in Spiegel Verlag . In August 2021, RTL Deutschland announced the acquisition of Gruner + Jahr for €230 million euros. The deal was completed on January 11, 2022, from which point the Gruner + Jahr became a brand of the RTL Deutschland group. The company
6141-445: The office of the mayor, the meeting room for the Senate and the floor for the Hamburg Parliament . From 2001 until 2010, the mayor of Hamburg was Ole von Beust , who governed in Germany's first statewide "black-green" coalition, consisting of the conservative CDU Hamburg and the alternative GAL, which are Hamburg's regional wing of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. Von Beust was briefly succeeded by Christoph Ahlhaus in 2010, but
6230-612: The population belonged to the North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church , the largest religious body, and 9.9% to the Roman Catholic Church . Hamburg is seat of one of the three bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany and seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hamburg . According to the publication Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland (" Muslim life in Germany "), an estimated 141,900 Muslim migrants (from nearly 50 countries of origin) lived in Hamburg in 2008. About three years later (May 2011) calculations based on census data for 21 countries of origin resulted in
6319-411: The population in 1350. Hamburg experienced several great fires in the medieval period. In 1189, by imperial charter, Frederick I "Barbarossa" granted Hamburg the status of a Free Imperial City and tax-free access (or free-trade zone ) up the Lower Elbe into the North Sea. In 1265, an allegedly forged letter was presented to or by the Rath of Hamburg. This charter, along with Hamburg's proximity to
6408-490: The printing service provider Prinovis [ de ] . One year later, in 2005, Gruner + Jahr sold off its entire US business to Meredith Corporation , and Condé Nast acquired one individual youth magazine. The company thus largely exited the US market, where, up to that time, it had been the sixth-largest magazine publisher. Due to the global financial crisis and worldwide economic downturn , from 2007 Gruner + Jahr
6497-469: The quarters were former independent cities, towns or villages annexed into Hamburg proper. The last large annexation was done through the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, when the cities Altona , Harburg , and Wandsbek were merged into the state of Hamburg. The Act of the Constitution and Administration of Hanseatic city of Hamburg established Hamburg as a state and a municipality. Some of
6586-463: The service of press freedom with a special award, which Laura Poitras received in 2014 for her involvement in the uncovering of the global surveillance and spying affair by Edward Snowden . Gruner + Jahr did not train journalists in the 1960s and 70s. In 1978, this changed: The Henri Nannen School was established, modeled after the German School of Journalism . It was initially called
6675-673: The settlement of Waldfrieden in the north (which belongs to Fischbek), Neu Wulmstorf -Tempelberg in the west and Rosengarten -Alvesen in the east. On the "summit" of the Hasselbrack there is a trigonometric point , that is located in the wood just a few metres from the footpath and which marks the highest point. On 16 July 2011 a wooden summit cross was erected here, replaced in 2013 by a summit obelisk . Hamburg Hamburg ( German: [ˈhambʊʁk] , locally also [ˈhambʊɪ̯ç] ; Low Saxon : Hamborg [ˈhambɔːç] ), officially
6764-410: The shares. By 1968, sales had grown to over 400 million Deutsche Mark. This made Gruner + Jahr Germany's largest press company at the time, next to Axel Springer . In 1969, Richard Gruner stepped down from the company. Differences concerning the political and strategic orientation of the publishing house prompted this move. Gruner gave up his shares to his co-shareholders, Bucerius and Jahr, who for
6853-641: The way for bands including the Beatles . Hamburg is also known for several theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Pauli 's Reeperbahn is among the best-known European red light districts. Claudius Ptolemy (2nd century AD) reported the first name for the vicinity as Treva . The name Hamburg comes from the first permanent building on the site, a castle which the Emperor Charlemagne ordered constructed in AD 808. It rose on rocky terrain in
6942-446: The world's largest transatlantic shipping company around the start of the 20th century. Shipping companies sailing to South America, Africa, India and East Asia were based in the city. Hamburg was the departure port for many Germans and Eastern Europeans to emigrate to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trading communities from all over the world established themselves there. A major outbreak of cholera in 1892
7031-408: Was a range of such Missingsch varieties, the best-known being the low-prestige ones of the working classes and the somewhat more bourgeois Hanseatendeutsch (Hanseatic German), although the term is used in appreciation. All of these are now moribund due to the influences of Standard German used by education and media. However, the former importance of Low German is indicated by several songs, such as
7120-609: Was badly handled by the city government, which retained an unusual degree of independence for a German city. About 8,600 died in the largest German epidemic of the late 19th century, and the last major cholera epidemic in a major city of the Western world. Hamburg was a Gau within the administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1934 until 1945. During the Second World War , the Allied bombing of Hamburg devastated much of
7209-476: Was forced to close several magazines. The company was economically healthy and debt-free, yet it was combating declining ad revenues. Irrespective of this trend, Gruner + Jahr introduced new magazines onto the market. Following the losses of the previous year, the company returned to the profit zone in 2010. As part of strategic transformation activities, the executive board was restructured, and in 2013, Julia Jäkel became Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Whereas
7298-507: Was imminent. From the end of 2000, following the bursting of the dot-com bubble , Gruner + Jahr once again concentrated on content-based services, that is, on the websites of its media brands. At around the turn of the millennium, Gruner + Jahr sold off several regional daily newspapers. In 1999, the company divested itself of the Zeitung zum Sonntag [ de ] , a free Sunday newspaper. The deficit-ridden Hamburger Morgenpost
7387-437: Was later renamed RTL Publishing . Gruner + Jahr was founded in 1965 by Richard Gruner, John Jahr, and Gerd Bucerius. Bucerius and Jahr published magazines , and Gruner ran a printing firm . The impetus for the three entrepreneurs to merge was the need to achieve positive economies of scale , for example with regard to purchasing paper for the printing firms or to the distribution of magazines via reading circles. The merger
7476-642: Was launched in 2015, and in 2016, an online shop was created under the Schöner Wohnen brand. The ad-tech company AppLike , established in 2016, was spun off in 2017 thanks to its strong growth. In 2004, Gruner + Jahr joined forces with Stern to create the Henri Nannen Prize, which since 2016 has been referred to simply as the Nannen Prize [ de ] . The award honors outstanding journalistic achievements in categories such as reporting, documentation, and photography. The role model for
7565-472: Was promoted mainly by Gerd Bucerius, and the magazines that the shareholders brought into the company formed the basis for the joint business of Gruner + Jahr. The key magazines were, among others, Brigitte , Capital , Stern , and Schöner Wohnen . By 1965, they had a joint circulation running into the millions. The company Gruner + Jahr was established as a limited liability partnership , in which Gruner held 39.5%, Jahr 32.3%, and Bucerius 28.2% of
7654-542: Was sold in 1999 to Hans Barlach and Frank Otto. In addition, Gruner + Jahr divested itself of several regional editions of the Sächsische Zeitung. At the same time, the company established Financial Times Deutschland, a new Germany-wide business newspaper. This initiative was one of the most ambitious newspaper projects of the time. In the year 2000, Gruner + Jahr purchased Inc. and Fast Company , two leading business magazines. In 2002, Gruner + Jahr sold
7743-590: Was suggested by Portuguese residents to bring visibility to the Portuguese community in Hamburg. Hamburg's Afghan community of about 50,000 people is the largest not only in Germany, but also in Europe. They first came to Hamburg in the 1970s before expanding during the Afghan conflict in the 1980s and 1990s where many Afghan migrants chose to live in Hamburg. After 2015 the Afghan population almost doubled due to
7832-659: Was surrendered to British Forces on 3 May 1945, in the Battle of Hamburg , three days after Adolf Hitler 's death. After the Second World War , Hamburg formed part of the British Zone of Occupation ; it became a state of West Germany in 1949. On 16 February 1962, a North Sea flood caused the Elbe to rise to an all-time high, inundating one-fifth of Hamburg and killing more than 300 people. The inner German border – only 50 kilometres (30 mi) east of Hamburg – separated
7921-534: Was used for the trading guild of the Hanseatic League . In 1270, the solicitor of the senate of Hamburg , Jordan von Boitzenburg , wrote the first description of civil, criminal and procedural law for a city in Germany in the German language, the Ordeelbook ( Ordeel : sentence). On 10 August 1410, civil unrest forced a compromise (German: Rezeß , literally meaning: withdrawal). This is considered
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