Facts in brief:
Located on Elbe river connected to North Sea; one of Europe's busiest ports; founded by Charlemagne as fortress against Slavs; with L?beck, formed Hanseatic League in 1241; accepted Reformation in 1529; devastated by fire in 1842, by bombing in WW II.
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