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Bremen
Clockwise from top: Bremer Marktplatz, Bremen Hauptbahnhof, the Werdersee and the Town Musicians statue
Clockwise from top: Bremer Marktplatz, Bremen Hauptbahnhof, the Werdersee and the Town Musicians statue
Flag of Bremen
Flag
 Coat of arms of Bremen
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Bremen
Area
 • Metro
11,627 km2 (4,489 sq mi)
Elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • City 567,559
 • Metro
2,400,000
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
28001–28779
Dialling codes 0421
Vehicle registration HB (with 1 to 2 letters and 1 to 4 digits)
Website Bremen online

Bremen is a city in north Germany. It is the capital of the State of Bremen.

About 550,000 people live in Bremen. It has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).

The city's official name today includes the name Hansestadt (hanseatic city) in memory of its history, where it has been important part in the hanseatic league. The architecture of the city and the region as well is influenced by this historic period.

Other hanseatic cities today are: Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Lübeck, Greifswald and Demmin.

Cities in Germany by population
1,000,000+
Flag of Germany
500,000+
Bremen · Dortmund · Dresden · Düsseldorf · Essen · Frankfurt · Hanover · Leipzig · Nuremberg · Stuttgart
200,000+
100,000+

Bergisch Gladbach · Bottrop · Bremerhaven · Cottbus · Darmstadt · Erlangen · Fürth · Gera · Göttingen · Hagen · Hamm · Heidelberg · Heilbronn · Herne · Hildesheim · Ingolstadt · Jena · Kassel · Koblenz · Leverkusen · Ludwigshafen · Mainz · Moers · Mülheim an der Ruhr · Neuss · Offenbach am Main · Oldenburg · Osnabrück · Paderborn · Pforzheim · Potsdam · Recklinghausen · Regensburg · Remscheid · Reutlingen · Saarbrücken · Salzgitter · Siegen · Solingen · Trier · Ulm · Wolfsburg · Würzburg
Members of the Hanseatic League
Wendish and
Pomeranian circle
Lübeck*† · Hamburg† · Kiel · Lüneburg · Rostock · Stade · Stettin · Stralsund · Wismar
Saxony, Thuringia,
Brandenburg circle
Poland, Prussia,
Livonia, Sweden circle
Danzig (Gdańsk) · Breslau (Wrocław)  · Dorpat (Tartu) · Fellin (Viljandi) · Elbing (Elbląg)  · Königsberg  · Kraków  · Reval (Tallinn) · Riga · Stockholm · Toruń (Thorn)* · Visby
Rhine, Westphalia,
Netherlands circle
Dortmund*† · Bochum · Breckerfeld · Cologne† · Deventer · Duisburg · Groningen · Haltern · Hamm · Hattem · Hasselt · Kampen · Münster · Oldenzaal · Osnabrück · Recklinghausen · Roermond · Soest† · Unna · Werl · Zutphen · Zwolle
Principal Kontore
(counting houses)
Bryggen (in Bergen) · Hanzekantoor (in Brugge (Bruges)) · Steelyard (in London) · Peterhof (in Novgorod)
Subsidiary Kontore
Antwerp · Berwick · Boston · Damme · Edinburgh · Hull · Ipswich · King's Lynn · Kaunas · Newcastle · Polotsk · Pskov · Yarmouth · York

Images for kids

  • HB 2016-0607 photo20 Haus Atlantis

    A building on Böttcherstraße

  • Braun Bremen UBHD

    Bremen, 16th century

  • Ancient Germania - New York, Harper and Brothers 1849

    Germania, in the early 2nd century (Harper and Brothers, 1849)

  • Landgebiete der Freien Stadt Bremen

    14th to 18th century: territories of the Free City of Bremen (red) and of the Archbishopric of Bremen (yellow); straits between lower Weser and Jadebusen

  • Rathaus Bremen 116thd

    Bremen town hall

  • Bremen Roland

    Roland

  • Reichsstadt Bremen Territorium - F.A. Schrämbl, 1797

    Territory of the Imperial City of Bremen on a late 18th century map

  • Bremer Staatsgebiet seit 1800

    Territory of the Free City of Bremen since 1800

  • Rathaus Bremen 15111918

    Proclamation of the Revolutionary Republic of Bremen (Bremer Räterepublik) in front of the town hall, 15 November 1918

  • RathausDomBuergerschaft-01

    Bremen's city hall, cathedral and Bürgerschaft

  • Bremen fallturm2

    The Fallturm (Drop Tower) of the University of Bremen

  • Bremen Hbf pano

    Bremen Central Station

  • 2012-08-08-fotoflug-bremen zweiter flug 0434

    Weser-Stadion is the home ground of Werder Bremen

  • Weserhb2

    View from the Stephani-Bridge in the direction of the Cathedral

  • Bremen Schlachte von Teerhofbrücke

    Schlachte

  • BaumwollboerseBremen-1

    Baumwollbörse (Cotton exchange)

  • HB 2016-0607 photo24 Park-Hotel

    The Parkhotel in the Bürgerpark (central park)

  • Musicaltheater Bremen front left

    Musical-Theater

  • Windmill rose garden, bremen 05

    Central Park Wallanlagen

  • Bremen-rathaus

    The city hall (Rathaus)

  • Bremen.pigs.750pix

    Swineherd and pigs sculpture in Bremen

  • HB 2016-0607 photo19 Martini-Kirche

    The Weser River in Bremen

  • Bremenbank

    Bremer Bank

  • P7032981

    Central Bremen and the Weser from St. Petri Dom

  • Flughafen Bremen 1

    Bremen Airport

  • Kleine Weser

    The skyscraper Weser Tower designed by Helmut Jahn

  • Boettcherstrasse04

    Böttcherstraße

  • Schnoor

    Schnoor

  • Bremen-Becks Brewery

    Beck & Co

  • HB 2016-0607 photo23 OVBArena

    Bremen-Arena

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