Bremen
Bremen town hall, St. Peter's Cathedral and parliament
Coat of arms	Location
Details
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bremen
District	Urban district
City subdivisions	5 boroughs with 23 districts
First mayor	Jens Böhrnsen (SPD)
Governing parties	SPD / Greens
Basic statistics
Area	326. The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and of the Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Bremen Cathedral ( German: Bremer Dom or St Petri Dom zu Bremen) dedicated to St This article is about the Coat of arms of the German state and city of Bremen. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germany's 16 Federal States ( Bundesländer) German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 429 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk) these consist The German city-state of Bremen is governed by the Senat (senate executive Jens Böhrnsen (born June 12 1949 in Bremen) is a German politician of the SPD. This is a list of political parties in Germany. Germany has a Multi-party system with two large parties three substantial smaller parties and a number of minor The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 73 km² (126. 2 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m  (39 ft)
Population	548,477  (01/11/2006)
- Density	1,679 /km² (4,348 /sq mi)
- Metro	1,511,198
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HB
Postal codes	28001–28779
Area code	0421
Website	bremen.de Coordinates: 53°4′33″N 8°48′27″E / 53.07583, 8.8075

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Bremen [ˈbʀeːmən] is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name: Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen). The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 60 km (37 mi) south from its mouth on the North Sea. The Weser (ˈveːzɐ is a River in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen (official name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen¹ (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League), the other being Bremerhaven. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germany's 16 Federal States ( Bundesländer) The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Bremerhaven (bʁeːmɐˈhaːfən is the seaport of the free city and federal state of Bremen, Germany. In 2005, the population of the city was estimated to be 545,983 (the state with the city Bremerhaven having a population of 664,080), while the metropolitan area of Bremen-Oldenburg has a population of more than 2. 37 million. Thus, Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.

History

Germania, in the early 2nd century (Harper and Brothers, 1849)

Map of Central Europe from 919-1125, by William R. Shepherd

1600 Bremen

1859 Marketplace of Bremen

1900 Bremen

1911 Ports of Bremen

In 150 AD, the geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus described Fabiranum or Phabiranum, known today as Bremen. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and For a collection of maps by Shepherd see:CategoryHistorical maps by William R Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca In that time the Chauci lived in the area which is now call northwestern Germany or Lower Saxony. The Chauci were a populous Germanic tribe that inhabited the extreme northwestern shore of Germany between Frisia in the west and the Elbe estuary Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second By the end of the 3rd century, they had merged with the Saxons. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. During the Saxon Wars (772-804) the Saxons, led by Widukind, fought against the West Germanic Franks, the founders of the Carolingian Empire and lost the war. The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the more than thirty years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer Blessed Widukind or Wittekind (c 730&ndash808 was a Saxon leader Duke of Saxony (corresponding to modern-day Westphalia and the chief antagonist Carolingian Empire is a historiographical term sometimes used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty.

Charlemagne, the King of the Franks, made a new law, the Lex Saxonum. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his The Franks were originally led by dukes (military leaders and reguli (petty kings The Lex Saxonum was the Germanic tribal law of the Saxons. It was issued by Charlemagne in 785 as part of his plan to subdue the Saxon nation This law stated that Saxons were not allowed to worship Odin (the god of the Saxons), but rather that they had to convert to Christianity on pain of death. The Saxons or Saxon people were a Confederation of Old Germanic tribes. Odin (ˈoʊdɪn from Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the chief god in Norse paganism. This period was called the Christianisation. The historical phenomenon of Christianization (or Christianisation &mdash see spelling differences) the conversion of individuals to Christianity In 787 Willehad of Bremen was the first Bishop of Bremen. Events By Place Europe Canual succeeds Talorgen as king of the Picts. Saint Willehad of Bremen (also known as Willehadus or Willihad; c The Archdiocese of Bremen is a historical Roman Catholic diocese and a former eccesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire. In 848 the diocese of Hamburg merged with the diocese of Bremen, and in the following centuries the bishops of Bremen were the driving force behind the Christianisation of north Germany. Events By Place Europe The Saracens destroy Leontini. Charles the Bald, Louis the German and In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglican churches, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a Bishop. The historical phenomenon of Christianization (or Christianisation &mdash see spelling differences) the conversion of individuals to Christianity In 888 gained Archbishop Rimbert, Kaiser Arnulf of Carinthia, the Carolingian King of East Francia, and the market, coin and customs law. This article is about the year AD 888 For other uses see 888 (disambiguation. Saint Rimbert or Rembert (d 11 June, 888) was Archbishop of Bremen -Hamburg from 865 until his death Arnulf of Carinthia (Arnulf von Kärnten Arnulf Koroški 850 &ndash December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887 The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the This article lists the German monarchs, ruling over the territory of Germany from the creation of a separate Eastern Frankish Kingdom in 843 until the end of monarchy

The first stone city walls were built in 1032. Around this time trade with Norway, England and the northern Netherlands began to grow, increasing the importance of the city.

"…Rome equal to a well-known and rallying the peoples of the North…"

In 1186 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa became the first secular ruler of Bremen. Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned From this time forward, only the emperor and the Senate Governmental authority have ruled Bremen. Bremen was formally a Free Imperial City. In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city (in German: freie Reichsstadt) was a City formally ruled by the Emperor only &mdash In fact, however, Bremen did not have complete independence from the Archbishops, in that there was no freedom of religion, and citizens were still forced to pay church taxes. Shortly following Bremen's secularization, in 1260, came its admission to the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade

In 1350 population hit 20,000 citizens. During this time period the Hansekogge (cog ship) became a specialty of Bremen. Cogs (or cog-built vessels are ships that first appeared in the 10th century, and were widely used from around the 12th century on

In 1620 Germany's first man-made harbour was built at Vegesack. A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored Geography Vegesack is located at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the Weser River, at ]

The Linz Diploma, written in 1646 by Ferdinand III, is a document issued during the Thirty Years' War that confirmed and sealed the imperial immediacy of the city of Bremen. Life Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand II from the house of Habsburg and his first wife Maria Anna of Bavaria.

In 1811 Napoleon invaded Bremen and integrated it as the capital of the Departement de Bouches du Weser (Department of the Mouths of Weser) in the French State. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. 1815 hosted the last battle of the Liberation War of Germany, the Battle of Waterloo, in which the armies of Prussia, Austria, Russia and England, defeated the army of Napoleon, resulting in Bremen's sovereignty. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.

The first German steamship manufactured in 1817 at the yard of Johann Lange. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Bremen bought land from the Kingdom of Hannover in 1827, founding of the city of Bremerhaven (Port of Bremen) as an outpost of Bremen because of the increased silt buildup in the Weser river. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Bremerhaven (bʁeːmɐˈhaːfən is the seaport of the free city and federal state of Bremen, Germany. The Weser (ˈveːzɐ is a River in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann

Beck's (Brauerei Beck & Co KG), a brewery, was founded in 1837 and remains in operation today. Beck's is a brand of the Brewery Brauerei Beck & Co in the north German city of Bremen. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The shipping company The North German Lloyd (NDL) was founded in 1857. Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, and a cruise Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The Lloyd was a synonym for commercial shipping and is now a part of Hapag-Lloyd. Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container Shipping line Hapag-Lloyd Container Line, and a cruise In 1872 the Bremer Cotton Exchange was created. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was founded in 1923, and is today part of Airbus, a manufacturer of civil and military aircraft. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft during World War II. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing Borgward, an automobile manufacturer, was founded in 1929, and is today part of Daimler AG. Borgward was a German Automobile manufacturer founded by Carl F Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daimler AG ( (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG) is a German car corporation (not to be confused with the British car-maker Daimler Motor Company) and

In late April 1945, Bremen was captured by the British 3rd Infantry Division. The British 3rd Infantry Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd (Iron Division or as Iron Sides, was originally formed in 1809 After World War II, the city became a part of the American occupation zone as the USA wanted to have a port under its control. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Bremen's mayor traveled to the US to seek Bremen's independence from Lower Saxony, as Bremen had traditionally been a city-state. Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second A city-state is a Region controlled exclusively by a City, usually having Sovereignty.

In 1947, Nordmende was founded, a manufacturer of entertainment electronics. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nordmende was a manufacturer of entertainment electronics based in Bremen Germany. In 1958, OHB-System was founded, a manufacturer of medium-sized spaceflight satellites. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ohb-geb3jpg|thumb|OHB-System building 3]] OHB-System is a medium-sized Spaceflight company located in Bremen, northern Germany, which belongs to the OHB-Technology

Population history

1350: 20,000

1810: 35,800 inhabitants

1830: 43,700

1850: 55,100

1880: 111,900

1900: 161,200

1925: 295,000

1969: 607,185

1998: 550,000⁴

2006: 546,900

Politics

Flag of Bremen

The Stadtbürgerschaft (municipal assembly) is made up of 68 of the 83 legislators of the state legislature, the Bremische Bürgerschaft, who reside in the city of Bremen. The legislature is elected by the citizens of Bremen every four years. ^[1]

One of the two mayors (Bürgermeister) is elected President of the Senate (Präsident des Senats) and serves as head of the city and the state. The German city-state of Bremen is governed by the Senat (senate executive The current President is Jens Böhrnsen. Jens Böhrnsen (born June 12 1949 in Bremen) is a German politician of the SPD.

Main sights

Town Hall, Cathedral and Parliament

Roland

View from the Bremen Cathedral in the direction of the Stephani-Bridge

Böttcherstraße

Schnoor

• Many of the sights in Bremen are found in the Altstadt (Old Town), an oval area surrounded by the Weser River, on the southwest, and the Wallgraben, the former moats of the medieval city walls, on the northeast. The oldest part of the Altstadt is the southeast half, starting with the Marktplatz and ending at the Schnoor district.
• The Marktplatz (Market square) is dominated by the opulent façade of the Town Hall. The Town Hall of Bremen is the seat of the President of the Senate and of the Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. The building was erected between 1405 and 1410 in Gothic style, but the façade was built two centuries later (1609–12) in Renaissance style. Today, it hosts a restaurant in original decor with gigantic wine barrels, and the wine lists boasts more than 600—exclusively German—wines. It is also home of the twelve oldest wines in the world, stored in their original barrels in the Apostel chamber.
• In front and to the side of the Town Hall stand two statues: one is the statue (1404) of the city's protector, Roland, bearing Durendart, the "sword of justice" and a shield decorated with an imperial eagle. The Bremen Roland is a statue ( Rathausplatz) of the city's protector Roland, erected in 1404 which stands in the market square of Bremen, facing the cathedral Roland ( Italian: Orlando or Rolando, Frankish: Hruodland, Dutch: Roeland, Spanish: Roldán The other is Gerhard Marcks's 1953 bronze sculpture Die Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians) which portrays the donkey, dog, cat, and rooster of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale. The Bremen Town Musicians ( German Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, also translated as The Musicians of Bremen) is a Fairy tale recorded The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,
• Other interesting buildings in the vicinity of the Marktplatz are the Schütting, a 16th-century Flemish-inspired guild hall, and the Stadtwaage, the former weigh house (built in 1588), with an ornate Renaissance façade. A weigh house or weighing house is a building at or within which goods and the like are weighed The façades and houses surrounding the market square were the first buildings in Bremen to be restored after World War II, by the citizens of Bremen themselves.
• The impressive Cathedral St. Petri (13th century), to the east of the Marktplatz, with sculptures of Moses and David, Peter and Paul,Charlemagne and Christopher Maki. Bremen Cathedral ( German: Bremer Dom or St Petri Dom zu Bremen) dedicated to St Moses ( Latin: Moyses,; Greek: grc Mωυσής in both the Septuagint and the New Testament; Arabic: ar موسىٰ David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and
• The Liebfrauenkirche (Our Lady's Church) is the oldest church of the town (11th century). Its crypt features several impressive murals from the 14th century.

• Off the south side of the Markplatz, the 110-metre (120 yards) Böttcherstraße was transformed in 1923–1931 by the coffee magnate Ludwig Roselius, who commissioned local artists to convert the narrow street (in medieval time, the street of the barrel makers) into an inspired mixture of Gothic and Art Nouveau. Ludwig Roselius ( June 2 1874 &ndash May 15 1943) was a German Coffee Merchant and founder of the company This article is about Gothic art See also Gothic architecture Gothic art was a Medieval art movement that lasted about 200 Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international It was considered "entartete Kunst" (depraved art) by the Nazis. Today, the street is one of Bremen's most popular attractions.

• At the end of Böttcherstraße, by the Weser bank, stands the Martinikirche (St Martin's Church), a Gothic brick church built in 1229, and rebuilt in 1960 after its destruction in World War II.

• Tucked away between the Cathedral and the river is the Schnoor, a small, well-preserved area of crooked lanes and fishing houses from the 15th and 16th centuries, now occupied by cafés, artisan shops and art galleries.

• Schlachte, the medieval harbour of Bremen (the modern port is some kilometres downstream) and today a riverside boulevard with pubs and bars aligned on one side and the banks of Weser on the other.

More contemporary tourist attractions include:

• Universum Science Center, a modern science museum
• botanika, an extension to a public rhododendron park that attempts to the same as above Universum for biology
• Beck's Brewery, tours are available to the public which include beer tasting
• The Space Center opened in 2004 inside the Space Park in the Gröpelingen district and closed on September 26 of that year. The Universum Bremen is a science museum in Bremen, Germany. Visitors are encouraged to interact with most of the approximately 250 exhibits Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a
• The Kunsthalle Bremen, an art museum with paintings from the 19th and 20th century, maintained by the citizens of Bremen
• The Neues Museum Weserburg, an art museum with modern paintings and sculptures

View from the Stephani-Bridge in the direction of the Cathedral	Schlachte	Baumwollbörse (Cotton exchange)	The Parkhotel in the Bürgerpark (central park)
Musical-Theater	Central Park Wallanlagen	The city hall (Rathaus)	Swineherd and pigs sculpture in Bremen
The Weser River in Bremen	A building on Böttcherstraße	Bremer Bank	Central Bremen and the Weser from St. The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in the Hanseatic City Bremen, Germany. The Weser (ˈveːzɐ is a River in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann Petri Dom

Structures

• Mediumwave transmitter Bremen
• Fallturm Bremen
• Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower

The Freie Waldorfschule in Bremen-Sebaldsbrück was Germany's first school built to the Passivhaus low-energy building standard. The Mediumwave Transmitter Bremen is the Mediumwave broadcasting facility of Radio Bremen situated at Bremen -Oberneuland Germany. Fallturm Bremen is a Drop tower at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen in Bremen. Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower (official designation of Bremen TV tower which is not accessible for the public is just like the telecommunication tower at Münster The term passive house ( Passivhaus in German) refers to the rigorous voluntary Passivhaus standard for energy use in buildings Generically a low-energy house is any type of house that uses less energy than a regular house ^[2]

Transport

Airport Bremen

Main train station Bremen

Tram

Bremen has an international airport situated in the south of the city (ICAO code: EDDW / IATA code: BRE). Bremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen serves the city of Bremen, Germany. The International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO) an agency of the United Nations, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation

Industries

Neustadter Hafen,Ports in the city of Bremen

Several high-tech industries have settled in the city. Many of Germany's space technology exports are manufactured in EADS Astrium facilities in Bremen, such as the Columbus module of the International Space Station, Europe's Ariane 5 rocket upper stages and the Automated Transfer Vehicle. EADS Astrium is an Aerospace subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS based in Hampshire England Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station (ISS and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Ariane 5 is a European Expendable launch Design The ATV is designed to complement the Progress spacecraft, having three times its capacity The telematics, space technology and satellite company OHB-System is also based in the city. Ohb-geb3jpg|thumb|OHB-System building 3]] OHB-System is a medium-sized Spaceflight company located in Bremen, northern Germany, which belongs to the OHB-Technology Furthermore, Bremen is the home of the second biggest Airbus plant of Germany, producing wing equipment for the A300/A310, A330/A340 and A380 families of aircraft. Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the C, CLK, SL, and SLK series of cars. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a Compact executive car produced by the Mercedes Car Group division of Daimler AG. The Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a Mid-size rear-wheel drive Coupé / Convertible. The Mercedes-Benz SL is a Roadster manufactured by Mercedes since 1954 The SLK is a compact Roadster manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in two generations R170 and R171, since 1997 Beginning in 2008, the GLK sport utility vehicle will also be built in Bremen. The Mercedes-Benz GLK (code name X204 is a compact crossover competing with the Infiniti EX, Acura RDX, BMW X3 and Land Beck's and St Pauli Girl beers are brewed in Bremen. Beck's is a brand of the Brewery Brauerei Beck & Co in the north German city of Bremen. St Pauli Girl Beers are brewed and bottled by the St Pauli Brauerei which is located within the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany. It also had a huge number of wine importers, but the number is down to a precious few. Apart from that there is another link between Bremen and wine: about 800 years ago, quality wines were produced here, whereas the imported Bordeaux wines were regarded as the cheap ones reserved for the lower classes of society. A large number of household name food producing companies are located in Bremen: Kellogg's, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Melitta, Vitakraft.

Events

• Every year since 1036, in the last two weeks of October, Bremen has hosted Freimarkt ("Free market"), one of the world's oldest and in Germany one of today's biggest continuously celebrated fairground festivals. Freimarkt ( lit Free Fair) in Bremen, Germany, first held in 1035, is the oldest Fair in Germany (the more famous

• Bremen is also host to one of the four big annual Techno parades, the Vision Parade. Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s

• Every year the city plays host to young musicians from across the world, playing in the International Youth Symphony Orchestra of Bremen (IYSOB).

• Bremen was host to the 2006 RoboCup competition.

• Bremen will host the 2009 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The International Mathematical Olympiad ( IMO) is an annual six-problem 42-point Mathematical olympiad for pre- collegiate students and is the oldest of

Sports

The Weserstadion (Football (soccer) stadium)

The AWD-Dome

It is home of the football team SV Werder Bremen which won the German Football Championship for the fourth time and the German Football Cup for the fifth time in 2004, making SV Werder Bremen just the fourth team in German football history to win the double. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the

Education

The Fallturm (Drop Tower) of the University of Bremen

The University of Bremen is the largest university in Bremen ⁵. Fallturm Bremen is a Drop tower at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen in Bremen. The University of Bremen ( German Universität Bremen) is a university of approximately 23500 people from 126 countries that are studying teaching researching and Furthermore Bremen has a University of the Arts and the University of Applied Sciences, more recently the Jacobs University Bremen. The University of the Arts Bremen (German Hochschule für Künste Bremen, HfK Bremen is a publicly funded university in Bremen, Germany and one of Jacobs University Bremen is an independent privately-funded and highly-selective research University in Bremen, Germany.

Miscellaneous

• Bremen is the birthplace of violinist Georg Kulenkampff, entertainer Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, actors Ben Becker and Meret Becker, singer, songwriter (current Band: Element of Crime), and novelist Sven Regener, James Last, President Karl Carstens (term 1979–1984) and others. Georg Kulenkampff ( 23 January 1898, Bremen - 4 October 1948, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) was a German Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli ( April 27, 1921 - August 14, 1998) was a German actor and TV host remembered mainly as host Ben Becker (born December 19, 1964 in Bremen) is a German film and theatre actor Element of Crime is a German rock band that plays melancholic chanson- pop- and rockmusic with Guitar, bass, drums Sven Regener, born January 1, 1961 in Bremen, is a German Musician and Writer living in Berlin. James Last (born Hans Last on April 17, 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and Big band leader Karl Carstens ( December 14, 1914 - May 29, 1992) was a German politician

• In December 1949, Bremen hosted the lecture cycle "Einblick in das, was ist" by the philosopher Martin Heidegger, in which Heidegger introduced his concept of a "fourfold" of earth and sky, gods and mortals. Martin Heidegger ( September 26, 1889 &ndash May 26, 1976) (ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈhaɪ̯dɛgɐ was an influential German philosopher This was also Heidegger's first public speaking engagement following his removal from his Freiburg professorship by the Denazification authorities. Denazification (Entnazifizierung was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society culture press economy judiciary and politics of any

• Bremen is connected with a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen, although they never actually reach Bremen in the tale. The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, The Bremen Town Musicians ( German Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten, also translated as The Musicians of Bremen) is a Fairy tale recorded

• The 1922 film "Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens" was set mostly in Bremen.

• A fictional mask in the Nintendo-made video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, is named the Bremen's Mask. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on is an Action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.

Beck & Co

• Local beers brewed in Bremen: Beck's, Haake-Beck, Kräusen, Hemelinger, St. Pauli Girl. Beck's is a brand of the Brewery Brauerei Beck & Co in the north German city of Bremen. St Pauli Girl Beers are brewed and bottled by the St Pauli Brauerei which is located within the Beck's brewery in Bremen, Germany.

Famous people

• Joachim Neander
• Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz
• Ludwig Quidde
• Karl Carstens
• Jürgen Trittin
• Wilhelm Wagenfeld
• Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff
• Sven Regener
• Klaus Kleinfeld
• James Last
• Wilhelm Olbers
• Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
• Johann Georg Kohl
• Henrich Focke
• Harald Genzmer
• Hermann Uhde
• Bert Trautmann
• Kai Warner
• Louis Krages
• Murat Kurnaz
• Adolf Bastian
• Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs

Sister cities

Bremen's sister cities are:

See also

• List of Mayors of Bremen
• Werder Bremen

External links

Miscellaneous

• Official city website
• Official visitors information (various languages)
• Wikitravel guide to Bremen

History

• http://www.genealogy.net/reg/BRE (Genealogical research in Bremen)
• http://www.schiffslisten.de (Database: Emigration via Bremen Ports 1920 - 1939)
• http://maus.genealogy.net (Die MAUS - Genealogical society of Bremen)
• http://www.historic.de (Military History of Bremen 1933-1945)
• Map of Lower Saxony in 1789

Footnotes

References

• Tristam Carrington-Windo, Katrin M. The term passive house ( Passivhaus in German) refers to the rigorous voluntary Passivhaus standard for energy use in buildings Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Kohl (1998). A Dictionary of Contemporary Germany. Routledge (UK). ISBN 1-57958-114-5.   page 64
• Claus Christian: A photographic excursion through Bremen, Bremen-North, Bremerhaven, Fischerhude and Worpswede, 2007 ISBN 978-3-00-015451-5