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Hamburg

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The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) is Germany's second-largest city and, at the same time, one of Germany's 16 federal states or Bundesländer. Prior to the formation of the modern German state, Hamburg for centuries enjoyed a status as de facto independent city state and regional power and trade hub in the North Sea.

Bremen

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The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is a city in northern Germany with a major port on the river Weser. The population is 567,000 (2020). It is also the name of one of the states of Germany which consists of two separated enclaves on the river Weser.