Coordinates: 53°4′N 8°49′E There are a number of places named Bremen: Bremen, Germany (city) Bremen, Germany (state) Bremen, Alabama, United States of America Bremen, Georgia, United States of America Bremen, Indiana, United States of America Bremen, Maine, United States of America Bremen, Ohio, United States of America. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

Freie Hansestadt Bremen Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Country	Germany
State	Bremen (state)
District	urban district
Population	547,162 (2006)
Area	326.72 km²
Population density	1,671 /km²
Elevation	12 m
Coordinates	53°4′ N 8°49′ E
Postal code	28001–28779
Area code	0421
Licence plate code	HB
Mayor	Jens Böhrnsen (SPD)
Website	bremen.de

The river Weser flows through Bremen to the estuary at Bremerhaven.

Bremen [ˈbʀeːmən] is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name: Stadtgemeinde Bremen (City Municipality of Bremen)). It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 50 km south from its outflow into the North Sea. 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. Population: 545,983 (1st June 2005). The metropolitan area (Bremen-Oldenburg) has a population of more than 2.37 million. Image File history File links Bremen_Wappen(Mittel). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name in German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germanys 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... This is a list of urban districts in Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Jens Böhrnsen (born June 12, 1949 in Bremen) is a German politician of the SPD. He is the current mayor of Bremen. ... SPD redirects here. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (514x641, 19 KB)Weser watershed Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. I used this [ online map creation] tool to create this map. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (514x641, 19 KB)Weser watershed Licensed for use in accordance with the GFDL. I used this [ online map creation] tool to create this map. ... Weser watershed Orthographic projection centred over Bremen The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name in German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germanys 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). ... Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ... Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ...

Politics

The 'Stadtbürgerschaft' (municipal assembly) is made up of 67 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 current President of the Senate of Bremen is Jens Böhrnsen. 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. He is the current mayor of Bremen. ...

History

In the 8th century the troops of Charlemagne advanced to the Weser in order to christianise the tribes settling here. Bremen, which may have been an older settlement, became a bishopric²; a deed claiming the town's foundation in 788 has now been recognised as a forgery, so the exact date is unknown. In the following centuries the bishops of Bremen were the driving force behind the Christianisation of Scandinavia. The Swedish viking Rurik, who had been given lands in Friesland, looted the city in 859, and as a result of this and other offences was expelled by Louis I. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... A portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer that was painted several centuries after Charlemagnes death. ... The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice of converting pagan cult practices, pagan religious imagery, pagan sites and the pagan calendar... Events Charlemagne conquers Bavaria. ... The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice of converting pagan cult practices, pagan religious imagery, pagan sites and the pagan calendar... For other uses, see Scandinavia (disambiguation). ... Rurik or Riurik (Russian: , Old East Norse Rørik, meaning famous ruler) (ca 830 – ca 879) was a Varangian who gained control of Ladoga in 862 and built the Holmgard settlement (Ryurikovo Gorodishche) in Novgorod. ... Events Battle of Abelda: Asturias beats the Muslims. ...

The main square (Market Square)

In the 12th century, the power of the archbishops was challenged by Henry the Lion. The duke was successful and became the ruler of the town. These events led to a civil government and a loss of clerical power. Bremen became a merchants' town, and its ships dominated the southern portions of the North Sea. This dominance ended when the Hanseatic League, originally a trade alliance of the Baltic Sea only, expanded to the North Sea. In the early 14th century, ships from Bremen acted as pirates to board hanseatic cogs. In order to avoid open war, aldermen from Bremen went to the Hanseatic Council in Lübeck and agreed to become members of the league (1358)³. Bremen main square. ... Bremen main square. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Coronation of Henry the Lion and Matilda of England (1188) Henry the Lion (face of statue on his tomb in Brunswick Cathedral) Henry the Lion (1129 - August 6, 1195; in German, Heinrich der Löwe) was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony as Henry III since... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Luebeck. ... Events Jacquerie. ...

Bremen remained a reluctant member of the Hanseatic League. The town demanded support for its wars against the chieftains of Frisia, who ruled the region around the Weser mouth, but they seldom joined campaigns in the Baltic Sea. In 1425, the conflict escalated when the citizens burnt hanseatic documents in the market place. Bremen was expelled from the league in 1427. The consequences soon followed: the sudden loss of power led to territorial claims of neighbouring states (e.g. Oldenburg) and significant territorial losses. Satellite view of the German Bight (the Frisian Coast). ... Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of... Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ... Oldenburg (Low German: Ollnborg) is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

Flag of Bremen, possibly inspired the Stars and Stripes

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On March 6, 1901 an assassin attempted to kill Wilhelm II of Germany in Bremen. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... German Emperor Wilhelm (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht, Prince of Prussia 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (de: Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen), ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ...

After World War II, Bremen became a part of the American occupation zone since the USA wanted to have one port town within their zone. This prevented the inclusion of Bremen into the new Land of Lower Saxony that was formed around it within the British zone, and secured Bremen's independence as a Federal State in its own right in the new West German federation. Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The C-Pennant Occupation zones in Germany (1945) Capital Berlin (de jure) Organizational structure Military occupation Governors (1945)  - US zone G.A. Eisenhower  - UK zone F.M. Montgomery  - French zone Gen. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ...

Historical population

1810: 35,800 inhabitants

1830: 43,700

1850: 55,100

1880: 111,900

1900: 161,200

1925: 295,000

1998: 550,000 ⁴

Sights

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 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 famous 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 other is Gerhard Marcks's famous 1953 bronze sculpture Die Stadtmusikanten (Town Musicians) which portrays the donkey, dog, cat, and rooster of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale.

• Other interesting buildings in the vicinity of the Marktplatz are the Schütting, a 16th-century Flemish-inspired guild hall, and the Stadtwaage, the former weighing house (built in 1588), with an ornate Renaissance façade. 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.

Moses on Cathedral St. Petri left door

• The impressive Cathedral St. Petri (13th century), to the east of the Marktplatz, with sculptures of Moses and David, Peter and Paul, and Charlemagne.

• 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. 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 street with one pub/bar next to the other on the one side and on the other side the river Weser.

More contemporary tourist attractions include: Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. ... The Town Musicians of Bremen, erected in 1951. ... The two brothers were in their early twenties when they began the linguistic and philological studies that would culminate in both Grimms Law and their collected editions of fairy and folk tales. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2880x2160, 1043 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bremen (city) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2880x2160, 1043 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Bremen (city) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt Moses or Mosheh (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: موسى, ; Geez: ሙሴ Musse) was an early Biblical Hebrew religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, and historian. ... David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ... Saint Peter, also known as Simon ben Jonah/BarJonah, Simon Peter, Cephas and Kepha — original name Simon or Simeon (Acts 15:14) — was one of the Twelve Apostles whom Jesus chose from among his original disciples. ... Paul of Tarsus (b. ... Ludwig Roselius (born June 2, 1874 in Bremen; died May 15, 1943) was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company KAFFEE HAG. As a patron, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Bernard Hoetger and turned the street Böttcherstraße in Bremen into an artwork. ... The Western (Royal) Portal at Chartres Cathedral ( 1145). ... Poster by Alfons Mucha Art Nouveau (IPA: , anglicised ) (French for new art) is an international style of art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

• 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 2004 26 September, since then a remarkable, and typical for the local government, investment ruin.
• 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

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Constructions

• Mediumwave transmitter Bremen
• Fallturm Bremen
• Telecommunication Tower Bremen

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Sister City

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Miscellaneous

Bremen has a large and famous university founded in 1971 ⁵, the more practice-related University of Applied Sciences (earliest predecessor founded in 1799) more recently the International University Bremen, and several high-tech industries have settled in the city. Many of Germany's space technology exports are manufactured in EADS SPACE Transportation 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. 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. There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the C, CLK, SL, and SLK series of cars. Beck's beer is brewed in Bremen. It also had a huge number of wine import merchants, 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 etc. The University of Bremen (Universität Bremen) is a university of about 23,000 students and 1,500 scientists in Bremen, Germany. ... International University Bremen (IUB) is an independent research university in Bremen, Germany. ... EADS SPACE Transportation (acronym: EADS-ST) was formed in June 2003 from the Space Infrastructure division of Astrium (whose core was originally ERNO) and the EADS Launch Vehicles division (formerly Aerospatiales Space division). ... Computer generated model of Columbus on the station Columbus is a science laboratory designed to be a part of the International Space Station. ... ISS redirects here. ... Ariane 5 mock-up Ariane 5 is a European expendable launch system designed to deliver satellites into geostationary transfer orbit and to send payloads to Low Earth orbit. ... ISS ESA Automated Transfer Vehicle (ESA) The Automated Transfer Vehicle or ATV is a European Space Agency spacecraft designed to supply the International Space Station with propellant, water, air, payload experiments and the like. ... This article is about the airliner manufacturer. ... The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. ... The Airbus A310 is a short to medium range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus Industrie. ... Air Canada Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a large_capacity medium_to_long_range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. ... Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340. ... The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying 800 passengers in a high density format or 555 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is an entry-level luxury car / compact executive car produced by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz. ... The Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class is a class of mid-size luxury rear-wheel drive coupés and convertibles. ... The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is a series of luxury automobiles. ... The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class is a luxury roadster built by the German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz since 1997. ... Becks is a brand of the brewery Brauerei Beck & Co KG in the north German city of Bremen. ...

Bremen has an international airport situated in the south of the city (ICAO code: EDDW / IATA code: BRE). Bremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen (IATA: BRE, ICAO: EDDW) serves the city of Bremen, Germany. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

It is home of the football team SV Werder Bremen which won the German Football Championship for the fourth 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. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Werder Bremen is a German football club playing in Bremen in the northwest German federal state of the same name. ...

Bremen is famous for a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen, although they never actually reach Bremen in the tale. The two brothers were in their early twenties when they began the linguistic and philological studies that would culminate in both Grimms Law and their collected editions of fairy and folk tales. ... The Town Musicians of Bremen, erected in 1951. ...

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. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Bremen is also host to one of the four big annual Techno parades, the Vision Parade, and also the birthplace of the American comedic industrial musician Kompressor. Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... KOMPRESSOR crushing logo KOMPRESSOR (born 1979) is an electronic musician and the alter-ego of Andreas K. from Washington Court House, Ohio, United States. ...

The city was also host to the 2004 Choir Olympics twice.

In October-November 2005, Bremen hosted the 14th ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM[1]) The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the worlds first scientific and educational computing society. ...

Bremen is the birthplace of 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 more celebrities. Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli (April 27, 1921 - August 14, 1998) was a German actor and showmaster, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987. ... Meret Becker (Meredith Becker, born 15 January 1969 in Bremen) is a German actress and singer. ... Sven Regener (born January 1, 1961 in Bremen) german musician and writer. ...

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

Gallery

The city hall (Rathaus) Image File history File linksMetadata Bremen-rathaus. ...	Swineherd and pigs sculpture in Bremen Bremen pig statue. ...	The Weser River in Bremen View over Weser river in Bremen photograph by PhHertzog Licence File links The following pages link to this file: Bremen Categories: GFDL images ... Weser watershed Orthographic projection centred over Bremen The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ...	Beck & Co Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 737 KB) Summary The becks brewery in bremen. ...
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Local beers brewed in Bremen

• Beck's
• Haake-Beck
• Kräusen
• Hemelinger
• St. Pauli Girl

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See also

• List of Mayors of Bremen

The German city-state of Bremen is governed by the Senat (senate, executive). ...

External links

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Miscellaneous

• Official city website
• Official visitors information (various languages)
• University of Bremen
• Hochschule or University of applied sciences
• International University Bremen
• City Panoramas Bremen - Panoramic Views of Bremen's Highlights
• Freimarkt website
• photographs from Bremen
• Images from Bremen
• Fullscreen QTVR panos - Shows 360° panos from Bremen
• [2] Official Site of Bremen Law Enforcement (City Police, Water and Harbour Police, Highway Patrol, Anti-Riot Unit]

History links

• 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

References

• Tristam Carrington-Windo, Katrin M. Kohl (1998). A Dictionary of Contemporary Germany. Routledge (UK). ISBN 1-57958-114-5. page 64
• Jürg Andermatt and Hermann Gutmann (1986). Bremen. J. H. Döll, Bremen. ISBN 3-88808-044-4.

Footnotes

• ¹ Kohl since 1815
• ² Kohl claims the Bishopric was created in 787
• ³ Kohl
• ⁴ Kohl population of around 550,000 in 1998 includes 25,000 students
• ⁵ Kohl

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World Heritage Sites in Germany

Aachen Cathedral · Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch · Augustusburg and Falkenlust · Bamberg · Bauhaus Sites · Berlin Museum Island · Classical Weimar · Cologne Cathedral · Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm · Dresden Elbe Valley · Goslar with Mines of Rammelsberg · Lübeck · Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg · Maulbronn Monastery Complex · Messel Pit Fossil Site · Muskauer Park (w/ Poland) · Monastic Island of Reichenau · Old Town of Quedlinburg · Pilgrimage Church of Wies · Regensburg · Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady, Trier · Sanssouci, New Palace, Berlin Pfaueninsel · St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim · Speyer Cathedral · Stralsund and Wismar · Town Hall and Roland in Bremen · Upper German Raetian Limes · Upper Middle Rhine Valley · Völklingen Ironworks · Wartburg Castle · Würzburg Residence · Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen This article is about the year 787. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Image File history File links World_Heritage_logo. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Image File history File links Flag_of_UNESCO.svg This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. ... Aachen Cathedral The Aachen Cathedral, frequently referred to as the Imperial Cathedral (in German: Kaiserdom) of Aachen, is the oldest cathedral in northern Europe. ... The Imperial Abbey of Lorsch (Laureshamense Monasterium, called also Laurissa and Lauresham) in the German state of Hesse about 10mi/6km east of Worms, was one of the most renowned monasteries of the Carolingian empire. ... The palace of Augustusburg. ... For other meanings, see Bamberg (disambiguation). ... Reconstructed main building of the Bauhaus Dessau (2003). ... Map of Museum Island (in red) Museum Island (or, in German, Museumsinsel) in Berlin, Germany, is the name of the northern half of the Spreeinsel, an island in the Spree river, in the center of the city. ... The city hall Goethe and Schiller in front of the Deutsche Nationaltheater Weimar is a city in Germany. ... The Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, official name ) is one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany and has been Colognes most famous landmark since its completion in the late 19th century. ... Landscape near Riesigk View from a gondola on one of the numerous canals The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, also known as the English Grounds of Wörlitz, is one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and contintental Europe. ... View over the river meadows and Dresden The Dresden Elbe Valley is a World Heritage Site in Dresden, Germany. ... Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Mines of Rammelsberg are part of the UNESCO World heritage. ... The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Luebeck. ... Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... Statue of Martin Luther in the main square Wittenberg, officially [Die] Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, at 12° 59 E, 51° 51 N, on the Elbe river. ... Maulbronn Abbey (Kloster Maulbronn) is a Protestant monastery in Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The Messel Pit is a disused quarry in which bituminous shale was mined. ... The Park von Muskau, officially Fürst-Pückler-Park, in Poland: Park Mużakowski, is the biggest and certainly most famous English-style park of Germany and Poland. ... 15th-century towers on the Romanesque church of Sts Peter and Paul in Reichenau-Niederzell Reichenau Island lies in Lake Constance in southern Germany, at approximately . ... Roland The city of Quedlinburg in the German Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt has existed since at least the early ninth century, when a settlement known as Gross Orden existed at the site of the modern Quedlinburg. ... The pilgrimage church of Wies (Wieskirche) is one of the most beautiful rococo churches in the world. ... Regensburg (also Ratisbon, Latin Ratisbona) is a city (population 129,175 in 2005) in Bavaria, south-east Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. ... The city of Trier (Latin: Augusta Treverorum; French: ; Luxembourgish Tréier; Italian: ; Spanish: ) is situated on the western bank of the Moselle River in a valley between low vine-covered hills of ruddy sandstone. ... The South or Garden façade and corps de logis of Sanssouci Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam, just outside Berlin. ... The New Palace in Sanssouci Park The New Palace from the south Front view of the New Palace The New Palace (German: Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam. ... Palmenhaus auf der Pfaueninsel bei Potsdam, Carl Blechen, 1832-1834 Castle on the Pfaueninsel The Pfaueninsel (Eng: Peacock Island) is an island situated in the Havel river near the Berlin Wannsee. ... Hildesheim Cathedral, view from the northwest St. ... Michaeliskirche: View from southeast. ... Speyer Cathedral West portal The Speyer Cathedral in Speyer, Germany is a very large and imposing basilica of red sandstone, and one of the noblest examples of Romanesque architecture now extant. ... Stralsund is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Wismar is a small port and Hanseatic League town in northern Germany on the Baltic Sea, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, about 45 km due east of Lübeck, and 30 km due north of Schwerin. ... The river Weser flows through Bremen to the estuary at Bremerhaven. ... Map of Upper Germanic Limes The Limes Germanicus (Latin for German frontier) was a remarkable line of frontier forts (limes) that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Raetia, and divided the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes, from the years 83 to 260. ... St. ... View from the A 620 The Völklinger Hütte (Völklingen Ironworks) is located in the German town of Völklingen, Saarland. ... Wartburg in Eisenach Wartburg Castle is situated on a 1230-foot (410 m) precipitous hill to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach in Thuringia. ... The entrance front The Wurzburg Residenz is a palace in Wurzburg, Germany. ... Essen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...