Bremen is a city in northern Germany. It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 50 km south from its outflow into the North Sea. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen, the other being Bremerhaven. Population: 545,983 (1st June 2005).The metropolitan area (Bremen-Oldenburg) has a population more than 2,37 million.
History:
In the 8th century the troops of Charlemagne advanced to the Weser in order to christianise the tribes settling here. Bremen, which may have been an older settlement, became a bishopric2; a deed claiming the town's foundation in 788 has now been recognised as a forgery, so the exact date is unknown. In the following centuries the bishops of Bremen were the driving force behind the Christianisation of Scandinavia.
In the
12th century the power of the archbishops was challenged by Henry the Lion. The duke was successful and became the factual ruler of the town. These events led to a civil government and a loss of clerical power. Bremen became a merchants' town, and its ships dominated the southern portions of the North Sea. This dominance ended when the Hanseatic League, originally a trade alliance of the Baltic Sea only, expanded to the North Sea. In the early 14th century ships from Bremen acted as pirates to board hanseatic cogs. In order to avoid open war aldermen from Bremen went to the Hanseatic Council in Lübeck and agreed to becoming members of the league (1358).
Bremen remained a reluctant member of the Hanseatic League. The town demanded support for its wars against the chieftains of Frisia, who ruled the region around the Weser mouth, but they seldom joined campaigns in the Baltic Sea. In 1425 the conflict escalated, when the citizens burnt hanseatic documents in the market place. Bremen was expelled from the league in 1427. The consequences followed soon: the sudden loss of power led to territorial claims of neighbouring states (e.g. Oldenburg) and significant territorial losses.
Aerospace:
Bremen makes a contribution to the rapid rise of Europe's most successful jet generation by taking care of the end of assembly of wings for all the Airbus planes. And it has long played a part in conquering outer space for mankind. One of the most important centres of the European space programme is at DASA Aerospace in Bremen, which designs and produces important components for space labs, carrier rockets and satellite systems.
Bremen's products have their place in the world's markets and they are also to be found in the shopping bags of quality-conscious consumers the world over, thanks to Bremen's outstanding position in the field of luxury food and drink.
Bremen's unique network of high-powered food and beverage manufacturers makes it a European leader in the sector. There are top-class coffees from the brand leaders, Jacobs, Eduscho, Melitta and HAG, breakfast cereals from Kellogg's, chocolate and confectionery from Hachez, Feodora and Kraft Jacobs Suchard, beer brewed by Germany's number one beer exporter, the Becks group.
University:
Bremen has a large and famous university founded in 1971 5, the more practice-related University of Applied Sciences (earliest predecessor founded in 1799) more recently the International University Bremen, and several high-tech industries have settled in the city.
Many of Germany's space technology exports are manufactured in EADS SPACE Transportation facilities in Bremen, such as the Columbus module of the International Space Station, Europe's Ariane 5 rocket upper stages and the Automated Transfer Vehicle. Furthermore, Bremen is the home of the second biggest Airbus plant of Germany, producing wing equipment for the A300/A310, A330/A340 and A380 families of aircraft.
There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the C, CLK, SL, and SLK series of cars. Beck's beer is brewed in Bremen.
Twin Cities :
1. Gdansk (Poland), since 1976
2. Riga (Latvia), since 1985
3. Dalian (China), since 1985
4. Rostock (Germany) since 1987
5. Haifa (Israel), since 1988
6. Bratislava (Slovakia), since 1989
7. Corinto (Nicaragua), since 1989
8. Izmir (Turkey), since 1995
9. Yokohama (Japan), since 2001
10. Pune (India) This article is licensed under the [GNU Free Documentation License]. It uses material from Wikipedia
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Bremen is a city in northern Germany. It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 50 km south from its outflow into the North Sea. Bremen is one of two towns belonging to the state of Bremen, the other being Bremerhaven. Population: 545,983 (1st June 2005).The metropolitan area (Bremen-Oldenburg) has a population more than 2,37 million.