Old Hamburgh

Old Hamburgh (hæmˈbʌrə) is a former village in the Freehold of Coltar which existed in the Glen of Coldower. At its peak, the rural farming community had a population of around 100 people, and boasted a church dedicated to St Edith of Wethich, dating from the late Lesser Kingdom. The village also held a regular hay and livestock market every Day of Steam. 
The village was flooded, and its population relocated to the new settlement of New Hamburgh during the creation of the Coldower Reservoir in 41BGE. Despite this, the spire of the church remains visible above the waterline of the reservoir, while the remains of other buildings have been known to be temporarily revealed periods of drought.
General Harryhausen, of the Greater Kingdom of Pem, is said to have stayed in the village the night before the Battle of Harryhausen's Fall and it is said that villagers from Old Hamburgh were among the first to attend to the wounds of the general and his troops. Many villagers assisted in the construction of the Coldower viaduct. However, the viaduct was controversial in the village, as it meant they were denied a direct railway service.
The village was well known for its monarchist views in the first century of the Commonwealth. Villagers often hosted protests in Coltar and Ridgely in support of the Restoration Movement and these demonstrations often turned violent. As a result, the village was a constant political headache for the Dukes of Coltar, particularly as many championed them as the rightful heirs to the kingdom following the escape of Fabius' wife and children to Aleuria. 
Although pro-monarchist sentiment declined in the village after the Second Tall Kingdom war, it was replaced by anti-Tall Kingdom sentiment. It is believed by some that the bombing of Coldower Viaduct that killed the 8th Duke of Coltar may have been supported by villagers of Old Hamburgh, who disliked both the duke and the viaduct.
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