The origin of the word “hamburger” has very little to do with pork (unless you're eating a particularly poor-quality “beef” patty). Instead, it traces back to the bustling German port city of Hamburg. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Nestled in the mouth of the Elbe River, leading to the North Sea, Hamburg was a gateway for European immigrants seeking a new life in America in the 19th century.

The year of 1848 saw a flurry of revolutions across Europe, prompting millions of people to cross the Atlantic in search of a new life. Many emigrated aboard ships of the Hamburg America Line, a transatlantic shipping company founded in 1847 that linked Europe with numerous ports across the East Coast of the fledgling USA . As t

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