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In 1937-38, several municipalities from neighboring Schleswig-Holstein and Hannover were annexed to Hamburg. These maps show the original areas of Hamburg during the time of the German Empire and the annexed areas which are part of Hamburg today.

Alt-Hamburg, the city center. All of these areas were in the city-state of Hamburg during the time of the German Empire. This is a blowup of the central part of the following map.

1937-1938 Boundary Changes of Hamburg

Regional Gains of Hamburg

The country of Hamburg was in detail:

• From the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein
  • The municipality of Altona with 248,589 inhabitants (1937)
  • The district of Wandsbek
  • From the district of Stormarn the municipalities Bergstedt , Billstedt , Bramfeld , Duvenstedt , Hummelsbüttel , Lemsahl-Mellingstedt , Lohbrügge , Poppenbüttel , Rahlstedt , Sasel , Steilshoop and Wellingsbüttel
  • From the district Pinneberg the municipality Lokstedt with Niendorf and Schnelsen
  • From the administrative district Herzogtum Lauenburg the place Kurslack in the Achterschlag of the municipality Börnsen
• From the Lüneburg district of the Prussian province of Hannover
  • Of the administrative district Harburg-Wilhelmsburg with 112,293 inhabitants (1937)
  • from the district of Harburg, the municipalities Altenwerder , Finkenwerder [8] , Fischbek , Francop , Gut Moor , Kirchwerder [9] , Langenbeck , Marmstorf , Neuenfelde , Neugraben , Neuland , Rönneburg , Sinstorf and the town Over Hook the municipality Over
• From the government district Stade of the Prussian province of Hannover
  • from the district of Stade , the municipality Cranz

All the above mentioned cities and municipalities were merged with the city of Hamburg and the municipalities remaining with the Land of Hamburg as of April 1, 1938, into a unitary community, which was called Hansestadt Hamburg .

Territories of Hamburg

In exchange for this, the Hamburg enclaves went to Prussia

• To the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein
  • To the administrative district Herzogtum Lauenburg the city Geesthacht
  • To the Landkreis Stormarn the municipalities Großhansdorf and Schmalenbeck
• To the administrative district Land Hadeln in the government district Stade of the Prussian province of Hannover
  • The city of Cuxhaven with Neuwerk and Scharhörn as well as the municipalities Berensch and Arensch , Gudendorf , Holte-Spangen, Oxstedt and Sahlenburg , with the exception of the Amerika-Hafen.

With this exception in the fourth implementing regulation to the Hamburg Act of March 22, 1937, Hamburg secured the America port in the city of Cuxhaven as an exclave. --Source: Greater Hamburg Act