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Hamburg
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A small German State which includes the free city of Hamburg (323; suburbs, 245), Bergedorf, and Cuxhaven; the city, the chief emporium of German commerce, is situated on the Elbe, 75 m. E. of the North Sea and 177 NW. of Berlin; was founded by Charlemagne in 808, and is to-day the fifth commercial city of the world; the old town is intersected by canals, while the new portion, built since 1842, is spaciously laid out; the town library, a fine building, contains 400,000 volumes; its principal manufactures embrace cigar-making, distilling, brewing, sugar-refining, &c.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hamburg'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hamburg.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hamburg'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hamburg.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
