Group 3
- Saarland
- Lower Saxony
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Bremen
From Wikipedia:
Officially
established as “Bremen” by Roman Emperor Charlemagne in the year 787. In 965 the market rights granted to Bremen
brought increased trade activity, this led to Bremen becoming one of the
religious and economic centers of northern Germany. The first stonewalls of Bremen were
built in 1032. In 1358 it joined the Hanseatic League, and became known as the
imperial free city. From 1618 to 1648,
it successfully defended its independence in the Thirty Years' War. Bremen joined the German confederation in
1815 and then the German Empire in 1871.
It was joined by Bremerhaven in 1947 and re-established as an
independent federal state. Bremen was bombed in World War II and was
captured by the British. In 1947, Bremen
became part of the American occupation zone to prevent its incorporation into
the state of Lower Saxony.
Bremen as a state has a population of 654,774. It is separated into two different
cities. The city of Bremen has a
population of 546,451 and the city of Bremerhaven has a population of 108,323. As of 2012, it is the 2nd most
populous city in northern Germany and 10th largest in Germany.
The legislature is called the “Bürgerschaft” or “Citizens’ assembly”. The current political party in charge
of the legislature is the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The City of Bremen has two mayors, as does
Bremerhaven. In Bremerhaven, one of the two
mayors is elected to be the President of the Senate and is the head of the city
and of the state. In the early 1300s,
Bremen has primarily Catholic roots. It
wasn’t until between 1532 and 1547 that Bremen became predominantly Lutheran
and appointed Albert Rizaeus as the first Cathedral pastor of Protestant
affiliation. It is still Protestant
today.
Bremen has two UNESCO world heritage sites: the Town Hall
and the Roland “statue of Liberty”. They
have been sites since 2004. The Town Hall was built in the early 15th
century and features a gothic style. In
the 17th century it was renovated to the Weser Renaissance
style. The Statue of Roland is 5 ½
meters tall and dates back to 1404.
From Wikipedia:
Modern day Bremen hosts a very mixed variety of industries
including: Aerospace, brewing, coffee,
IT, logistics, energy, steel, and many others.
Two very notable companies are Airbus and Mercedes Benz. Bremen forms part of the Airbus Deutschland
GmbH, where the equipping of the wing units for Airbus aircrafts and the
manufacture of small sheet of metal take place.
More than 3,100 people are employed here, the second largest Airbus site
in Germany. Beck & Co and St Pauli
Girl beers are also brewed in Bremen. In
the past, it was also a trading spot and producer of quality wines because of
its location.
Some notable Germans that come from Bremen include Edward
Voigt, a U.S. representative from Wisconsin; Frederick Charles Winkler, an
American Civil War Union Brigadier General; Bert Trautmann, a football
goalkeeper; Murat Kurnaz. a Guantanamo Bay prisoner for four years; and
Angelique Kerber, a professional tennis player.
KISS is band from playing in Bremen because in 1999, they
played a live show and were told by the fire marshal to not use fireworks. They refrained from using fireworks until the
very end of the show where they set off all the fireworks at once.
The largest wine cellar in the world is located below the
city’s main square and was once said to hold over 1 million bottles of wine
before WWII when it was looted by occupying forces.
Fallturm Bremen is a 146 m tall drop tube where 9 seconds of
weightlessness can be achieved. It is
located at the University of Bremen.
From brementourism.de
The song of the Bremen Town Musicians is the reward for
anyone who throws a coin into the Hole of Bremen. The money collected from the
Hole is donated to the Wilhelm Kaisen charity.
The Bremen Town Musicians is a Grimm Brothers’ fairytale
that involves a donkey, cat, dog, and cock on a journey to Bremen. They are all getting too old and aren’t
useful to their owners anymore. The
donkey starts out by himself and gradually collects the other three. They band together and never make it to
Bremen, but settle in a house that robbers happen upon. They scare the robbers and then continue to
live out the rest of their days in the house.
St. Peters Cathedral is between the Town Hall and the
Parliament in the Town Square. Its two
towers dominate the city skyline and one is open to visitors. It was originally a Catholic cathedral and
became first Calvinist and finally Lutheran.
You can discover the mysteries of the mummy in the cellar.
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