D 22765 Hamburg Altona 16m, Free 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 second largest in Europe. View to east over the Norderelbe and the Docks Steinwerder. Presented by http://www.rantzau.de.