Also send to miss the fact that Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are (uniquely in Germany), both cities and states officially. Bremen and Hamburg are an oddity since

Also send to miss the fact that Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen are (uniquely in Germany), both cities and states officially. Bremen and Hamburg are an oddity since they have maintained some degree of state autonomy since the forming of the 'Hanseatic League', the history of which is several hundreds of years old, dishing numerous cities birding the North and Baltic Seas. Interestingly, the German city of Lübeck also held this honour, up until it was removed by Adolf Hitler, after they refused him to publicly speak in the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League