Hamburg 2010. Hamburg Hamburg (; ; officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; ; Low German/Low Saxon: "Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg") is the second-largest city in Germany with a population of over 1.8 million. One of Germany's 16 federal states, it is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The city's metropolitan region is home to more than five million people. Hamburg lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries, the River Alster and the River Bille. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a
Hamburg Police the development up to the North Sea flood of 1962 and the following incorporation of the police into the State Ministry of the Interior. On 3 May 1945, the first order for the police force in Hamburg by the "609 Detachment Hansestadt Hamburg", the military administrative government for Hamburg, was to stand by armed. On 7 May 1945, precise regulations for the German police offices were published. In 1945 head of the police was the British Colonel Michel O'Rorke, chief of the "Public Safety Branch". At the beginning of May 1945, the police force had 1,720 active officers, 3,456 reserve