The .hamburg Domain: A Community Ending Tied to the City
.hamburg was recorded in the root zone on 22 May 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 20 February 2014 and names Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH as the contracting party. ICANN lists the agreement type as a community TLD carrying Specification 12. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 17,545 registrations, 15,259 of them in the zone file.
Unlike most endings around it, this really is a restricted zone: the address is reserved for those with a link to the city, and the name is expected to be put to use. Try candidates through a .hamburg domain search, or look at an unrestricted German-language alternative on the .haus page.
Specification 12 of the agreement defines eligibility this way: the registrant must have an economic, cultural, historical, social or other connection to the metropolitan area of Hamburg, shown by a residence, an office or place of business, a branch, a Whois contact domiciled in the area, or other suitable evidence such as an employer's letter, school enrolment or a birth certificate. The second condition is use: within one year of registration, and thereafter, the name must serve a site carrying Hamburg-related content relevant to it. No proof is demanded at registration, but eligibility can be tested through a dispute procedure, and a name that fails the conditions may be deleted.
.HAMBURG Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Hamburg Top-Level-Domain GmbH
- Agreement type Community TLD (Specification 12)
- ICANN registry agreement 20 February 2014
- Root zone record 22 May 2014
- Registered names 17,545 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 15,259 names, about 87%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .hamburg domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hamburg Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$74.99 / years -
Transfer
$74.99 / years -
Renewal
$79.99 / years -
Restore
$336.61 -
Late Renewal
$16.00 -
Trustee Service
$9.00
Included With Every .hamburg Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.hamburg Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .hamburg address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete the domain is yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.hamburg Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.hamburg Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .hamburg domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hamburg Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.hamburg Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 45 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 45 days
- Payment Period 45 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Deletion Hold Period 30 days
- Renewal Time 30 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .hamburg Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Living in the city is not required; the agreement accepts an economic, cultural, historical or social connection.
An office, a branch, a second home in the region or a contact domiciled there all demonstrate that link, and an employer's letter, school enrolment or birth certificate are listed among acceptable proofs. Without any such connection the ending is not for you, and the name can later fail a check.
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No. The registry states in its own policy that eligibility is not routinely examined at the moment of registration.
Verification happens afterwards: anyone may open a dispute procedure, and the registry may review a registration at its discretion. Where the details are incomplete the registrant gets a window to correct them, and a name that still fails the conditions is deleted. So the absence of a document check is not the absence of a condition.
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No. The agreement requires the name to be in use within one year of registration.
Once you build a site, the content is expected to relate to the ground on which you qualified. Redirection is accepted provided the destination also carries content relevant to the name, and another form of use such as email may be approved after the registry reviews it. If your plan is to hold a name and wait, choose a different ending.
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Of 17,545 registrations, 15,259 appear in the zone file — about 87%.
That is one of the highest rates among neighbouring endings, and it follows directly from the use requirement: this zone does not accumulate names bought and left idle. For a search it means a root that comes back as taken very likely has a working business behind it. Test the alternatives together through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes, and any party taking the name over must meet the eligibility conditions as well.
If you are handing the name to another person or company, verify their connection to the city first: a transfer to someone who does not qualify leaves the name open to a dispute procedure. Changing registrar needs only the authorisation code; you can start from the domain transfer page.
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