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The first Prince-Bishop — Tammo of Verden — ruled an area that was about a quarter of the extent of the diocesan territory. In 1195 Prince-Bishop Rudolph I founded the castle of Rotenburg upon Wümme as a stronghold against the neighbouring Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. Later the castle took on the function of a prince-episcopal Residenz .
Bremen-Verden. Bremen-Verden was een regio binnen het Duitse Rijk en sinds 1648 een overzeese bezitting van het koninkrijk Zweden, die in 1719 opging in het Keurvorstendom Hannover dat deel uitmaakte van de Britse Kroon. Het gebied wordt ook wel Elbe-Wezer-regio [ de] genoemd en gerekend tot het historische Landschap Bremen-Verden [ de] .
Stade (region) The Stade Region emerged in 1823 by an administrative reorganisation of the dominions of the Kingdom of Hanover, a sovereign state, whose then territory is almost completely part of today's German federal state of Lower Saxony. [1] Until 1837 the Kingdom of Hanover was ruled in personal union by the Kings of the United Kingdom of ...
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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.
The flag of Bremen (used by both the city of Bremen, Germany, and the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany) consists of at least eight equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, and checked at the hoist. It is colloquially known as Speckflagge (bacon flag). The civil flag does not contain the coat of arms .
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