Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Hamburg Metropolitan Region

*Metropolregion Hamburg* (German)
Hamburg Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Hamburg (German)
	Hamburg
	Logo
	Anthem: Stadt Hamburg an der Elbe Auen [de]
	Location of the Hamburg metropolitan region in Germany
Country	Germany
States	Hamburg; Lower Saxony; Schleswig-Holstein; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Largest Cities	Hamburg, Lübeck
Area
• Metro	26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
Population
• Metro	5,100,000
• Metro density	192/km2 (500/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€249.406 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/

The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Landkreise) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (Kreise) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself. It covers an area of roughly 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.

History

On 1 January 2006 the office of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region opened, as agreed in a state treaty of cooperation (Staatsvertrag über Zusammenarbeit) between Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.^[3]

Geography

As of 2005, the Hamburg Metropolitan Region was made up of the city of Hamburg along with numerous rural districts in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, altogether comprising 800 cities, towns and municipalities with an overall land area of 19,802 square kilometres (7,646 sq mi).^[4] Since then it has expanded to cover the districts of Ludwigslust-Parchim (partially from 2012, entirely from 2017)^[5] and Nordwestmecklenburg (from 2012)^[6] in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

States and districts

State	District^*	Population (2012)	Area	Pop. density (2012)
Hamburg	–	1,813,587	755 km²	2,400/km²
Lower Saxony	Cuxhaven	198,115	2,073 km²	96/km²
	Harburg	239,269	1,245 km²	190/km²
	Lüchow-Dannenberg	49,082	1,220 km²	40/km²
	Lüneburg	174,685	1,323 km²	130/km²
	Rotenburg	162,182	2,070 km²	78/km²
	Soltau-Fallingbostel	136,072	1,873 km²	73/km²
	Stade	195,606	1,266 km²	150/km²
	Uelzen	93,284	1,454 km²	64/km²
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Ludwigslust^†	122,564	2,517 km²	49/km²
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Nordwestmecklenburg	155,801	2,117 km²	74/km²
Schleswig-Holstein	Dithmarschen	132,965	1,405 km²	95/km²
	Lauenburg	187,905	1,263 km²	150/km²
	Lübeck	211,713	214 km²	990/km²
	Neumünster	76,951	72 km²	1,100/km²
	Ostholstein	197,882	1,391 km²	140/km²
	Pinneberg	298,826	664 km²	450/km²
	Segeberg	261,988	1,334 km²	200/km²
	Steinburg	130,135	1,056 km²	120/km²
	Stormarn	232,911	766 km²	300/km²
Hamburg Metropolitan Region^[7]^[8]		4,990,307	26078 km²	191/km²

Largest cities and towns

City^* or town	Population (2012)	Area	Pop. density (2012)
Hamburg	1,813,587	755 km²	2,400/km²
Lübeck	211,713	214 km²	990/km²
Schwerin	95,818	130 km²	730/km²
Neumünster	76,951	72 km²	1,100/km²
Norderstedt	74,574	58 km²	1,300/km²
Lüneburg	70,438	70 km²	1,000/km²
Cuxhaven	48,829	162 km²	300/km²
Elmshorn	47,490	21 km²	2,200/km²
Stade	45,198	110 km²	410/km²
Wismar	42,433	41 km²	1,000/km²
Pinneberg	41,726	22 km²	1,900/km²
Seevetal	39,921	105 km²	380/km²
Buxtehude	39,858	76 km²	520/km²
Buchholz i. d. N.	36,875	75 km²	490/km²
Uelzen	33,467	136 km²	250/km²
Winsen (Luhe)	32,638	110 km²	300/km²
Wedel	31,725	34 km²	940/km²
Ahrensburg	31,292	35 km²	890/km²
Itzehoe	30,956	28 km²	1,100/km²
Geesthacht	29,098	33 km²	880/km²
Reinbek	26,347	31 km²	840/km²

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
^† Ludwigslust was merged into Ludwigslust-Parchim in 2011; pop. data for 2010

District free city

Larger Urban Zones

4. Hamburg metropolitan region

Regions of Europe with the largest GDP per capita, Hamburg #4

The Hamburg Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) as defined by Eurostat's Urban Audit covers an area of 7,303 km² and in 2004 had a population of 3,134,620 inhabitants.^[9] The Larger Urban Zone covers only the city of Hamburg and its directly neighbouring districts.^[10] The Hamburg LUZ corresponds with the service area of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) transport association with an average population density of at least 150 inhabitants/km².

State	District^*	Population (2012)	Area	Pop. density (2012)
Hamburg	–	1,813,587	755 km²	2,400/km²
Lower Saxony	Harburg	239,269	1,245 km²	190/km²
	Stade	195,606	1,266 km²	150/km²
Schleswig-Holstein	Lauenburg	187,905	1,263 km²	150/km²
	Pinneberg	298,826	664 km²	450/km²
	Segeberg	261,988	1,334 km²	200/km²
	Stormarn	232,911	766 km²	300/km²
Hamburg LUZ^[11]^[12]		2,903,198

Schleswig-Holstein	Lübeck	211,713	214.13 km²	990/km²
	Ostholstein	197,882	1,391 km²	140/km²
Lübeck LUZ^[11]^[12]		391,373

Bremen	Bremerhaven^†	112,895	78,87 km²	1,400/km²
Lower Saxony	Cuxhaven	198,115	2,073 km²	96/km²
Bremerhaven LUZ^[11]^[12]		288,635

* Districts and independent (German: kreisfrei) cities.
^† not part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region

Hamburg City Hall (Rathaus), seat of the Hamburg Senate
Hamburg's Binnenalster lake
Travemünde, seaside resort in Lübeck
Cuxhaven
Historic market place (Marktplatz) in Wismar

References

^ "Hamburg" (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
^ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021" (in German).
^ Impressum - metropolregion Hamburg (in German), retrieved 25 March 2009
^ Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet (PDF), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009
^ "Metropolregion Hamburg / Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim".
^ "Metropolregion Hamburg Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg".
^ Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
^ Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013
^ "Hamburg". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
^ http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c Map of metro regions^{[permanent dead link‍]}, eurostat, 2012

External links

Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage

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[1] "Hamburg" (in German). Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2009.

[2] "Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021" (in German).

[3] Impressum - metropolregion Hamburg (in German), retrieved 25 March 2009

[factsheet2006-4] Hamburg Metropolitan Area fact sheet (PDF), Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein), 2006, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009

[5] "Metropolregion Hamburg / Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim".

[6] "Metropolregion Hamburg Landkreis Nordwestmecklenburg".

[7] Bevölkerungsstand und Bevölkerungsdichte am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013

[8] Flächennutzung: Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche nach Art der tatsächlichen Nutzung am 31.12.2012, Metropolregion Hamburg, 2013

[9] "Hamburg". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2009.

[10] ttp://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2009.

[eurostat-11] Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014

[eurostat-map-12] Map of metro regions^{[permanent dead link‍]}, eurostat, 2012

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