Wednesday, September 29, 2010

States Presentation: Bremen

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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