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Burial places and settlements in Bremen-Mahndorf and Bremen-Osterholz date back to the 7th century AD. Since the Renaissance , chroniclers have assumed that Fabiranum or Phabiranon on Ptolemy 's Fourth Map of Europe [1] (dating from AD 150) refers to Bremen.
In the late nineteenth century, Bremen was drawn by Prussia into the German Empire. With its new sea anchorage and wharves at Bremerhaven, it was the principal port of embarkation for German and central European emigrants to the Americas, and an entrepôt for Germany's late developing colonial trade.
It was still in use by the Navy until 1960. Thousands of people from all over Europe were put to work here. And over 1,100 people died here during the facility’s construction. In 2010 the city of Bremen decided to run the site as a memorial, opening to the public in 2015. An information trail of 25 stations tells the horrific story of the bunker.
Bremen's history as an episcopal city and a merchants' settlement dates back to the 8th century. Alongside Bremerhaven, it forms the smallest federal state in Germany and wows tourists as a effervescent metropolis. This is a place where tradition meets modernity and urban quality of life meets northern German congeniality. Bremen is a compact city.
Apr 12, 2024 · In 1827, the state of Bremen bought the tract of land from the Kingdom of Hanover (Hannover), where future Bremerhaven would be established. Bremen became part of the North German Confederation in 1867 and became an autonomous component state of the new-founded German Empire in 1871.
The Schnoor, Bremen's oldest quarter. The name Schnoor means something like string in Low German. No wonder, because here burgher houses from the 15th to 18th centuries are strung together like a string of pearls. Only a good 300 meters as the crow flies from the market square lies Bremen's oldest district.
Today in German History. Events in Bremen History. Wilhelm II. 1901-03-06 In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II. 1919-02-04 City of Bremen's Soviet Republic overthrown. 1921-04-14 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route.
