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While Bremen is located in the comparatively cloudy northwestern part of Germany, there has been a significant increase in average sunshine hours over the last decades, especially in the months of April, May, and July, causing the annual mean to rise by 121 hours between the reference periods of 1961–90 and 1991–2020. [13]
Bremen (German: [ˈbʁeːmən] ⓘ), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen; Low German: Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called Land Bremen ('State of Bremen'), although the
Bremen's present status as "Germany's coffee capital" (with well-known brands and roasteries such as Jacobs, Azul or HAG) [20] represents a legacy from that period. Another trace of this colonial past (though it was not completed until 1931) is the Reichskolonial-Ehrenmal, a ten-metre brick figure of an elephant, designed by Fritz Behn.
Bremen sought this territory to retain its share of Germany's overseas trade, which was threatened by the silting up of the Weser around the old inland port of Bremen. Bremerhaven (literally in English: Bremer Haven/Harbour ) was founded to be a haven for Bremen's merchant marine, becoming the second harbour for Bremen, despite being 50 km (31 ...
The sculpture of the Town Musicians of Bremen in Bremen, Germany, is the starting point of a tourist attraction, the German Fairy Tale Route (Deutsche Märchenstraße). The German Fairy Tale Route is a popular tourist attraction in Germany that celebrates the country's rich heritage of fairy tales.
1283 - Bremen admitted to the Hanseatic League but was excluded in 1285. [2] 1304 - "The commonalty rose against the patricians and drove them from the city." [2] 1358 - Bremen re-admitted to the Hanseatic League. [2] 1409 – Town Hall built. 1427 – Bremen re-excluded from the Hanseatic League. [2] 1433 – Bremen re-admitted to the ...
This article provides a list of people from the city of Bremen. Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just "Bremen" for short), a federal state of Germany.
The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404.It stands in the market square (Rathausplatz) of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral, and shows Roland, paladin of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and hero of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.