Hamburg

Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), is the capital and largest city in the Kingdom of Saxony. Hamburg was established on WD2. The city is coterminous with the Province of Hamburg, one of the seven provinces of Saxony. The Free Trade City of Lubeck is considered part of the Greater Hamburg area.
== Geography ==
Hamburg is located on the north bank of the Elbe River, and is built around the Hamburger Canal, serving as an important navigational route for both the inland Elbe and North Sea-Baltic Sea trade. 
The City of Hamburg is divided into three (formerly four) boroughs (bezirke): Mitte (Central Hamburg), Nordhamburg, and Altona. Additionally, the Free Trade City of Lubeck, an international zone not part of Saxony, is considered part of the Greater Hamburg area, bordering the Saxon capital and having been the Borough of Osthamburg prior to its secession. While most of the city exists north of the Elbe, an exclave of Nordhamburg exists on the south side of the river on an artificial island called Westhamburg, which borders the City of Bremen in Hannover Province.
The Province of Hamburg, which is coterminous with the City, is bordered to the north by the Province of Schleswig, to the south and west by the Duchy of Hannover, and to the east by the Free Trade City of Lubeck, its only international border.
== Demographics ==
The City of Hamburg is the largest city in the Kingdom of Saxony. It is home to the largest population of villagers in the region, with the Hamburg old town (Mittebezirk) serving as the villager trading market to FTC Lubeck's player market. 
== Politics ==
Hamburg is the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony, and home to the Reichstag, the Saxon Parliament. The Province of Hamburg casts four votes in elections for the Saxon Reichstag, one each for the three boroughs and another for FTC Lubeck. Hamburg is a stronghold for both the Saxon Labour Party (Arbeiterpartei Sachsen), due to the city's urban working class, and Hansa (Hanseatischepartei), due to its importance in international trade and finance. 
== Cityscape ==
Hamburg is a city of canals, bridges, small town houses, workshops and public squares. The Old City is surrounded by a medieval stone and brick wall surrounded by a moat. The scenic and busy Hamburger Canal splits the city in two, running under bridges and between peaked rooflines. The ground levels of the brick and halftimbered townhouses are full of workshops and villagers eager to trade their wares. The narrow cobbled streets give way to wooden boardwalks and intermittent squares of checkerboard pavers, like that of the Reichstagsplatz with its water fountain and soaring clocktower. Leaving the old town through the medieval gates, one finds a modern city, with apartment buildings, offices, factories, and convenient rail and water routes.
Category:Season Three