Hamburg is a Catholic Lower Saxon Free City of the HRE located in the Lower Saxony area, North Germany region, of the Western Europe subcontinent; arising during 'The Third Crusade' era. Emerging, gaining cores, from Catholic Bremen at the start of the year 1189, the free city borders fellow Catholic countries ( Verden southwest, Saxony southeast and Holstein north) and the waters of Helgoland Bight (North Sea area, North Atlantic region) west.
Hamburg will be annexed by Catholic Denmark at the start of the year 1201, but will emerge from Holstein. gaining its cores in year 1241.
The government will reform into an administrative republic at the year 1529, and in the same year switch state religion from Catholic to Protestant.
HRE membership as a free city will end on July 12, 1806 when the empire dissolves, and will be annexed by Catholic Revolutionary France on December 13, 1810. Eventually on April 11, 1814 Hamburg will emerge from Revolutionary France free again.
The one-province state will be finally annexed by Protestant Prussia forming Germany on January 18, 1871, keeping its cores until 1900, and will never appear on the map for the rest of the timeline.
Note: "Administrative Republic" does not change a country's government type, staying with it's original government.
Called "Hamburg" on-file. See also: Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Lübeck, Saxony, Bremen
Decisions[]
Form German Nation[]
- Requirement(s):
- Germany does not exist
- Is not:
- Culture Group is Germanic
- None of the following must be true:
- is not colonial nation
- One of the following must be true:
- Administrative Technology at least 20
- Is Independent or a Tributary
- Is not a nomad nation
- Is not at war
- Is NOT the Emperor of the HRE
- Own core province(s): Hamburg (44), Zwerin (46), Berlin (50), Braunschweig (57), Dresden (61), Thuringen (63), Munchen (65), Nurnberg (67), Hessen (81), Koln (85), Pfalz (1761), Augsburg (1868), and Frankfurt (1876)
- One of the following must be true:
- Effect(s):
- Country changes to Germany
- Will no longer be part of the HRE
- Government rank changes to Empire
- Gain a permanent claim on region(s): North German and South Germany
- Gain 'Increased Centralization' for 20 years
- Gain 25 Prestige
Form Hanover[]
- Requirement(s):
- Hannover does not exist
- Is not:
- Primary Culture is Lower Saxon
- Is not a colonial nation
- One of the following must be true:
- Administrative Technology at least 10
- Is Independent or a Tributary
- Is not a nomad nation
- Is not at war
- One of the following must be true:
- Own core province(s): Luneburg (53), Stade (54), Hannover (1758), and Hoya (3106)
- Effect(s):
- Hannover (1758) becomes the Capital
- Country changes to Hanover
- Get 'Increased Centralization' for 20 years
- Gain a permanent claim on province(s): Luneburg (53), Stade (54), Oldenburg (55), Osnabruck (56), Braunschweig (57), Hannover (1758), Bremen (1874), Ostfriesland (1931) and Hoya (3106)
- Gain 25 Prestige
- Change Government Rank to Kingdom
- Gain ability to embrace Hanoverian Ideas and Traditions