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Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛɐ̯dən]; German: Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen ...
The Bremen-Verden Campaign (German: Bremen-Verdener Feldzug) was a conflict during the Northern Wars in Europe. From 15 September 1675 to 13 August 1676 [ 6 ] an anti-Swedish coalition comprising Brandenburg-Prussia , the neighbouring imperial princedoms of Lüneburg and Münster , and Denmark-Norway , conquered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden .
- 15 September 1675-13 August 1676
- Allied victory
- Duchies of Bremen and Verden
Die administrativ vereinigten Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden bildeten ein Reichsterritorium im Elbe-Weser-Dreieck im Bereich der heutigen Landkreise Cuxhaven, Stade, Rotenburg (Wümme), Harburg, Osterholz, eines kleinen Teils des heutigen Landkreises Heidekreis und Verden sowie im Bereich der heutigen Stadt Bremerhaven und einiger Gebiete, die heute zum Stadtgebiet Bremens und Hamburgs gehören.
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The Swedish wars on Bremen were fought between the Swedish Empire and the Hanseatic town of Bremen in 1654 and 1666. Bremen claimed to be subject to the Holy Roman Emperor , maintaining Imperial immediacy , while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominions of Bremen-Verden , themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor.
- 1654, 1666
- Bremen-Verden, Bremen
The Bremen-Verden Campaign was a conflict during the Northern Wars in Europe. From 15 September 1675 to 13 August 1676 an anti-Swedish coalition comprising Brandenburg-Prussia, the neighbouring imperial princedoms of Lüneburg and Münster, and Denmark-Norway, conquered the Duchies of Bremen and Verden.
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George 1 Louis, the Elector of Hannover (and from 1714, King of Great Britain and Ireland) who in 1715 acquired Bremen-Verden, recognized Bremen as a free city in 1720. [6] The city was captured in 1806 and then annexed by France in 1810, before it regained independence in 1815. [6] In 1871, Bremen was drawn by Prussia into the German Empire.
