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  Bremen (state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The state of Bremen consists of two separated enclaves: the cities of Bremen, which is the state capital, and Bremerhaven.
The City of Bremen, a member of the Hanseatic League, became an imperial free city of the Holy Roman Empire, and hence a state, in 1646.
In 1905, Bremen had an area of 256 km², and a population of 263,000.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bremen_(state)   (299 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Bremen, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Freie Hansestadt Bremen), it is Germany's largest port after Hamburg and is a commercial and industrial center trading in cotton, wool, tobacco, and copper.
It stubbornly fought to preserve this status after the archbishopric had been assigned to Sweden by the Peace of Westphalia and later was ceded (1719) by Sweden to the elector of Hanover (George I of England).
Bremen was occupied by France from 1810 to 1813.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bremen.html   (418 words)

  
 Bremen (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bremen (state), which comprises the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven
Archbishopric of Bremen, a historical state to the north of the city
SS Bremen (1957), an ocean liner; formerly the SS Pasteur
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bremen   (143 words)

  
 WorldTravelGate.net® - Culture of Bremen, Germany, Europe,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bremen's theatres, museums, concert halls and art collections offer an inexhaustible diversity with regard to both the artistic spectrum they cover and the cultural events they put on.
This highlight of the Bremen music season is held in autumn every year and sets the highest possible standards with concerts by the most brilliant orchestras, the most famous conductors and soloists.
The modern "Haus der Bürgerschaft", Bremen's state parliament building, was built in 1966 and forms a sensitive counterpoint to the rest of the square.
www.eurotravelling.net /germany/bremen/bremen_culture.htm   (1574 words)

  
 Bremen Infos
The "Made in Bremen" label is attached to satellite systems, to essential parts used in producing the Airbus and to Bremen's share in building "Ariane", the civilian European rocket.
Here, Mercedes-Benz builds luxury vehicles that bear its famous star, and Bremen's ports are still the internationally operating hub for a city that boasts Europe's largest self-contained terminal for container traffic and ranks first as a centre for international automobile import and export.
People in Bremen, one of the most important centres of the food, beverage and tobacco industry in Europe, are connoisseurs of good food and drink.
www2.bremen.de /info/bremen/Willkommene.html   (429 words)

  
 Tarnold's World - beer on the web: beer from Bremen - history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bremen, being a seaport, has always been a place of international trade, and therefore it was quite comfortable for the brewers to export their beer.
Moreover, Bremen was a member of the Hansa, a medieval league of cities founded to protect seagoing ships from piracy and to support international trade.
The breweries of Bremen were ahead of their time: in 1489 they founded the first brewer's guild in Germany, the "Bremer Brauer-Societät".
www.uni-bremen.de /~hiha/bremhist.htm   (1142 words)

  
 TheTravelzine.com Forty Days Celebrating Forty Years! Bremen, Germany
It was in Bremen that Germany's first coffee shop was opened in 1673 and it is Bremen's coffee roasters that process the beans for one in every two cups of coffee drunk each day in the whole of Germany.
In the center, facing the cathedral, is the sandstone statue of Knight Roland, which has been a symbol of Bremen's civil rights and privileges since 1404, replacing an earlier wooden one, burned down by the archbishop's troops in a fight for Bremen's emerging independence in 1366.
At the west end of the town hall, immortalized in bronze, is the sculpture of the Bremen Town Musicians.
www.thetravelzine.com /40-40-bremen.htm   (2383 words)

  
 Bremen Infos
Bremen makes a contribution to the rapid rise of Europe's most successful jet generation by taking care of the end of assembly of wings for all the Airbus planes.
Bremen's products have their place in the world's markets and they are also to be found in the shopping bags of quality-conscious consumers the world over, thanks to Bremen's outstanding position in the field of luxury food and drink.
Bremen's food, beverage and tobacco industry employs 13,000 people and accounts for a yearly turnover of eight billion marks.
www2.bremen.de /info/bremen/Wirtschafte.html   (413 words)

  
 Mission 18: Bremen, Germany
American heavy bombers attacked Bremen, Germany's principal seaport, in daylight yesterday, less than 24 hours after Fortresses and Liberators based in Italy had bombed Augsburg and Innsbruck in the deepest penetration yet of the Greater Reich from bases to the south.
The raid on Bremen was the fourth announced by the USAAF in 37 days, and German radio reported an additional raid on the key port five days ago, when stories from neutral sources began to speculate on whether Bremen was being "Hamburged" in the manner in which that city was destroyed last summer.
Bremen's population has been swollen, by its war-time importance, to something more than 350,000, but how many of these have been driven from the city by the heavy pounding is not known.
www.stelzriede.com /ms/html/mshwm18.htm   (1887 words)

  
 Federal Foreign Office - Facts about Germany: Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Together with Bavaria, Hamburg and Saxony, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is one of the political entities that existed before 1945 and consists of the city of Bremen itself, plus the city of Bremerhaven, located 65 kilometers further down the river Weser.
Bremen is also a center for the German food and luxury food and beverages industries: coffee, chocolate, flour, milk products, spices, fish products and beer are the best-known products.
Bremen's major sights are: the marketplace with its Renaissance Town Hall, the Roland Statue and the Gothic Saint Peter's Cathedral, the famous Böttcherstrasse and the historic Schnoor Quarter.
www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de /796.0.html   (419 words)

  
 luxury hotel Bremen | Park Hotel Bremen | Germany luxury hotel
Park Hotel Bremen is delightfully situated in the middle of the Bürgerpark, Bremen's centrally located oasis of greenery.
The enchanting and unhurried ambience of a stylish country estate is recreated at the heart of one of Germany's most lively and attractive cities.
The charming Schnoor Quarter in Bremen's historic centre has 15th and 16th Century gabled brick houses, home to artisans, goldsmiths, galleries, cafés, restaurants, theatres, a toy museum, Christmas shop and the inspiring St Petri Cathedral.
www.ghotw.com /hotel/home/park-hotel-bremen.htm   (567 words)

  
 Bremen (Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The relevant regulation in Bremen was the Proclamation of 1895.
Furthermore it is used on Bremen state ships, but not as ensign (the German state flag is used as ensign); it is hoisted at the jackstaff and at the top of the mast.
The key is the atribute of Saint Peter, patron saint of the church of Bremen, and it was first represented in the seal of the City of Bremen in 1366 and later became the main element of the city's coat-of-arms.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/de-hb.html   (1807 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: Automotive Alternative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BREMEN, Germany –– The automobile has long been revered as an emblem of freedom and prosperity in Germany.
Bremen officials say it is hard to pin down the impact of the program, but they believe the combination of car sharing, bicycle use and public transport has enabled one-third of Bremen's households to dispense with their automobiles.
While car ownership is still growing fast in the suburbs and elsewhere in Germany, Bremen has reduced daily traffic circulation in the canal-lined, cobblestoned streets of the inner city by about 500 cars per year.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/feed/a18346-1999sep20.htm   (1135 words)

  
 Bremen GermanyGenWeb Page
Two cities, one state: Bremen and Bremerhaven, 65 km apart.The old merchant city and the young maritime town constitute the smallest german state in terms of both area (400 sqkm) and population (660 000).
Bremen becomes a member of the Hansa, a union of Hanseatic cities, which dominated trade in the North Sea and Baltic regions until well into the 16th century.
Wahrhafte, kurtze und einfältige Beschreibung dessen, was sich von Anno 1600 bishero in der kayserlich Freyen Reichs- und Hanse-Stadt Bremen Merkwürdiges zu Kriegs- und Friedenszeiten, auch in anderen Begebenheiten zugetragen.
www.rootsweb.com /~deubre   (1112 words)

  
 City: BREMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
But Bremen is also an exciting modern city with many exciting new attractions, including the Schlachte promenade on the Weser river, the spectacular building of the Universum Science Centre, guided tours of the Space Travel Visitors Centre and the brand-new production of the hit musical Hair.
Bremen lies in the northern German plain, approx.
Open-air performances of the Musicians of Bremen drama on Sundays from May to early October.
www.germany-tourism.de /e/dest_cities_bremen_e.html   (395 words)

  
 International Higher Education--20/12
The founding of the new International University Bremen (IUB) in the last year of the 20th century by the city-state of Bremen, Rice University, and the University of Bremen is an outgrowth of the links between Bremen and Rice University.
Bremen´s progressive city-state government agreed to the idea of creating the first true private university in Germany on the site of the former military academy.
The white paper was followed shortly by a memorandum of understanding between Rice and the city-state of Bremen, which in turn called for the creation of a planning committee to begin conceptualizing the new university´s structure.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/newsletter/News20/text12.htm   (852 words)

  
 Bremen --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The oldest seaport of Germany, Bremen is situated on the Weser River about 43 miles (70 kilometers) from the North Sea.
Bremen Land, the overall administrative unit, has a total area of 156 square miles (404 square km).
The city of Bremerhaven, which covers 31 square miles, was founded as an outer port for Bremen because of the silting up of the lower Weser; it joined the Bremen Land in 1947.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9273346?tocId=9273346   (664 words)

  
 Charophytes in man-made lakes in Bremen, Germany,,charophyte, bremen, kranswier,kranswieren, alg,algen, ...
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Bremen is situated in the northern part of Germany, about 70 kilometres south of the Northsea.
Characeae of Holland (Groningen), Slovenia, Germany and Estonia
www.ahospers.scarlet.nl /chara/trappbremen.htm   (2642 words)

  
 Bremen
131,490), in the state of Bremen, NW Germany, at the mouth of the...
Henry Timken - Henry Timken inventor Born: 1831 Birthplace: Bremen, Germany Emigrating to America as a child with...
Bremen travels to Schalke in clash of the week (AP Worldstream)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0808837.html   (472 words)

  
 Ancestry.com - German Ports: Gateway to America
It was not until 1830 that the trickle of emigration from Germany began to increase dramatically.
As silt on the bed of the Weser began to reduce access to Bremen's docks, the mayor and senate of Bremen purchased land near the mouth of the river from the King of Hannover in 1825 for a new port for Bremen's ships and merchants.
The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven today are much smaller than the port of Hamburg, with a combined population of 683,096 (as of 1993), and carry much less traffic than the port on the Elbe.
ancestry.com /library/view/ancmag/686.asp   (2487 words)

  
 IBC Bremen Homepage
Welcome to the homepage of IBC Bremen, a truly international English-speaking fellowship of Christians living in and around the great city of Bremen in northern Germany.
Whether you are a longtime member, a recent visitor, or if this is the first time you have heard of IBC Bremen, we are glad you have found us and we hope you find our website to be interesting and informative.
IBC Bremen is a member of the International Baptist Convention.
www.ibc-bremen.de   (163 words)

  
 Bremen hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Germany, by All-Hotels(tm)
This is one of the most stylish and modern hotels in North Germany.
Famous sport events in Bremen almost always take place in the "Stadthalle" and this hotel is best located for attending these...
The Park Hotel Bremen enjoys a well-deserved reputation for distinguished hospitality in a country house atmosphere.
www.all-hotels.com /europe/germany/bremen_e1.htm   (340 words)

  
 Mission 17: Bremen, Germany
Flying Fortresses of the Eighth Air Force struck in force yesterday at Bremen, great North Sea port which harbors Germany's long-range U-boats and industrial center which includes the biggest of the Focke-Wulf assembling plants.
Bomber crews who went to Bremen, a major shipbuilding port which is the largest producer of 750 and 1,200-ton Nazi submarines, reported good bombing results, but one force of Fortresses which went to France found its target covered by clouds and returned without dropping bombs.
While the heavies hammered Bremen Marauders ripped up airfields in the Pas de Calais area of northern France.
www.stelzriede.com /ms/html/mshwm17.htm   (689 words)

  
 Historical Flags (Bremen, Germany)
The state ensign of 8 bars may be charged with the white square with the lesser arms.
The central white square appeared for the first time on Bremen ensigns after 1744.
Schurdel 1995 says that the flag has in its practical use always had an even number of stripes (despite what was said in some 18th and 19th century flag charts), with red at the top.
www.fotw.net /Flags/de-hb_hi.html   (377 words)

  
 Bremen Hotels, hotels in Bremen, Germany | Germany Hotels Database
With the charm of a country house the Park Hotel Bremen invites you to rediscover the joys of native and good living.
Centrally located in the traditional German trading town of Bremen, the Bremen Marriott is an attractive six floor contemporary property opposite the World...
The Hotel Bremer Haus is one of the historical buildings in the center of Bremen.
bremen.germanyhotelsdb.com   (266 words)

  
 Bremen Infos
Independent state of the Federal Republic of Germany, consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven Two-city state covering an area of 400 square kilometres - smallest of the 16 German states.
State's total population: 681,722, thereof 550,392 in Bremen, making it the tenth largest town in Germany, and 131,330 in Bremerhaven.
History: 1,200 years old, early centre of the Christian missions to North and Northeast Europe, major role among the towns of the mediaeval Hanseatic League, historically evolved as city republic in the tradition of a trading centre on which patricians left their mark.
www.bremen.de /info/bremen/homee.html   (285 words)

  
 Cheap hotels in Bremen, Germany: 5 star hotel deals
The luxurious and beautiful Park Hotel Bremen, which is rich in tradition, is situated at the amazing, large park Bürgerpark and the romantic lake Hollersee.
The Park Hotel Bremen is located uniquely in the middle of the 202-hectare Bürgerpark with its pretty fountain, beautiful gardens and lake.
The InterCityHotel Bremen is situated directly to the railway station Bremen.
www.cheapaccommodation.com /Bremen/5-star-hotel   (553 words)

  
 Channelnewsasia.com
BREMEN, Germany: German champions Werder Bremen face a daunting trip to Spanish champions Valencia in 12 days time if they are to qualify for the last sixteen of the Champions League following a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan here on Wednesday.
Bremen have ten points compared to Valencia's seven and have already defeated the Spaniards 2-1.
Bremen must now show their metal at the Mestalla Stadium where Valencia are typically strong.
www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/afp_sports/view/118946/1/.html   (737 words)

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