Port of Hamburg Port of Hamburg The Port of Hamburg (German: "Hamburger Hafen") is a sea port on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany, 110 kilometres from its mouth on the North Sea. It's Germany's largest port and is named the country's "Gateway to the World" (Tor zur Welt). In terms of TEU throughput, Hamburg is the third-busiest port in Europe (after Rotterdam and Antwerp) and 15th-largest worldwide. In 2014, 9.73 million TEUs (20-foot standard container equivalents) were handled in Hamburg. The harbour covers an area of 73.99 km² (64.80 km² usable), of which 43.31 km² (34.12 km²) are land areas. The location
Constitution of Hamburg is represented by the senate (the cabinet), which is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg ("Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg"), a position equivalent to a prime minister or minister-president. The constitution has been amended 34 times since 1952. Constitution of Hamburg The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg (German: "Verfassung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg") is the basic governing document of the German city-state of Hamburg. It was approved on 6 June 1952. It is the fourth constitution that the state has had, consists of 76 articles, and has been amended 34 times. Erich