Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Bremen Germany

By: Krystal Dube and Jen Teachout


Population- ~661,716 (2009)
Area- ~157.5 sq mi
Capital- Bremen
It is the smallest of the 16 states in Germany.
Located on the river Weser




86,943 square miles of Minnesota
So you can fit about 552 Bremen’s in Minnesota

The town of Musicians of Bremen
  
The Brothers Grimm- Wrote The Town Musicians of Bremen
The story is about a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, who were mistreated by their masters
They fled to Bremen which was known for its beauty, freedom and art.
On there way to a cottage there was 4 thieves inside and so they stood on each others backs and sang a song in hopes to receive food. 
But the music was so horrible the thieves ran out

 
Largest port in Germany second only to Hamburg and is the oldest port city in Germany
Bremen is involved in industrial and commercial trading and production of ships, and machinery. 
Bremen and Bremerhaven were joined together in 1947 to create the State of Bremen.
"Free Hanseatic City of Bremen”
 
market settlement ---> city--->merchants' town--->
In 1806 Bremen independent sovereign free state called itself "the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen"---> "Federal state of German Empire in 1871"--->temporarily lost independence and then regained in 1947---> after WWII Bremen was an American occupation zone--->Today is the "largest port after Hamburg"
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