fwo_218643 - GERMANY - HAMBURG FREE CITY 3 Mark blason de Hambourg / aigle 1911 Hambourg - J

GERMANY - FREE CITY OF HAMBURG

Hamburg, a Hanseatic city, managed until 1918 to retain its status as a free city and its independence. The territory was one of the smallest in the Reich with an area of 414 km2 whose population tripled between 1871 and 1914, rising from 334,810 inhabitants in 1871 to 874,878 in 1905..