Altona, Hamburg surrounding cities) with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1938. On 1 February 2007 the "Ortsämter" (precincts) in Hamburg were dissolved. In Altona the precincts of Blankenese, Lurup and Osdorf had existed and had local offices. On 1 March 2008 the Schanzenviertel neighborhood, which had spanned across parts of the boroughs of Altona, Eimsbüttel and Hamburg-Mitte, became the Sternschanze quarter, the entirety of which is now in the Altona borough. The border of Altona to the south is the River Elbe, and across the river the state Lower Saxony and the boroughs Harburg and Hamburg-Mitte. To the east
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