Bremen

This article is about the city in Germany. For other articles subjects named Bremen, see Bremen (disambiguation).

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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 on 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.

On March 6, 1901 an assassin attempted to kill Wilhelm II of Germany here.

Sights

• Town hall (1410); in front of the town hall there are the statues of Roland (1404) and of the Town Musicians (1953).
• Cathedral St. Petri (13th century), with sculptures of Moses and David, Peter and Paul, and Charlemagne.
• Liebfrauenkirche, oldest church of the town (11th century)
• Martinikirche (St. Martin), church on the Weser bank (1229)
• Schütting (1538), house of the merchants' guild
• Schnoor, a medieval quarter with narrow streets and nostalgic pubs
• Schlachte, the medieval harbour of Bremen (the modern port is some kilometres downstream)

Miscellaneous

Bremen has a large and famous university, 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 Arianespace rocket upper stages and many space probes and communication satellites. There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the SL and SLK series of cars.

It is home of the soccer team SV Werder Bremen[?].

Bremen is famous for a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the Town Musicians of Bremen.