History of Hamburg
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Updated: 24 Oct 2023
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Created by Joshua Wolf
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Emperor Charlemagne ordered for a castle to be built, founding Hamburg in the process Frederick I Barbarossa gave Hamburg
the title of Free Imperial City
in the Roman Empire The Danes were finally defeated after they tried
to conquer Hamburg multiple times Hamburg formed an alliance with Lübeck,
resulting in the League of Hanseatic Cities Hamburg passed a law to protect the swans of the city,
believing that as long as swans were in Hamburg,
they would stay independent A great fire destroyed every single home in Hamburg except for one The Black Death killed over 6,000 residents in Hamburg The Hamburg Stock Market was founded Napoleon's armies invaded Hamburg Napoleon was defeated and Hamburg was declared a free city again Another fire struck Hamburg, this time leaving
20,000 citizens homeless and over
a third of the city in ruin Hamburg became a part of the German Empire but retained its self-ruling status Major outbreak in cholera, killing over 8,000 citizens The Hamburg flag was created Periods
Much of the Jewish population of Hamburg was killed by the Nazis Lutheranism was taking over as the most popular religion in Hamburg The Jewish population started to grow and their religion was starting to become the more popular religion WWII led to the destruction of over 50% of domestic property, 40% of industrial areas and 80% of the port area
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