Hamburg Metropolitan Region

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.

Hamburg Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Hamburg (German)
Hamburg
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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 [1]
• Metro	5,100,000
• Metro density	192/km2 (500/sq mi)
GDP [2]
• Metro	€249.406 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/

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 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
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  Cuxhaven
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  Historic market place (Marktplatz) in Wismar

See also

• Hamburg portal

• Metropolitan regions in Germany
• List of metropolitan areas in the European Union by GDP

References

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
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. http://www.staedtestatistik.de/508.html Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2009.
11. Population by larger urban zone, eurostat, 2014
12. Map of metro regions^{[permanent dead link]}, eurostat, 2012

External links

• Metropolregion Hamburg - official webpage

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