Hamburg is the name of one of the 16 federal states of Germany. As land is the same city, namely the state-city official called "Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, German). The Mayor is also the president and government land,
government in Hamburg called "Senator." City official name refers to its links with the Hanseatic League. Currently Germany is the main port. It has 1.8 million inhabitants and is thus the second city in number of population in Germany and seventh in the European
Union. The heart of the "European Hamburg metropolitan region, with an area of 750 km ².