Hamburg Altona 6m, Hanseatic City Hamburg, in Low German dialect called Hamborg, lies in the north part of Germany and is as a city state 1 of the 16 German states on its own. Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and lies at the mouth of the rivers Alster and Bille into the Elbe river, which flows 110 km further into the North Sea. The port of Hamburg is the largest port in Germany and the secondlargest in Europe. Panoramic View from the locality Atlona in south direction over the Norderelbe to the port area and the Köhlbrandbridge. Presented by https://www.rantzau.de/.