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Definition: Bremen from Philip's Encyclopedia

City on the River Weser; capital of Bremen state, N Germany. Bremen suffered severe damage during World War 2, but many of its original buildings (including the Gothic city hall) survived. Industries: shipbuilding, electrical equipment, textiles. Pop. (1999) 542,300.


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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial port and capital of the Land (administrative region) of Bremen , Germany, on the River Weser 69 km/43 mi from the open sea; population (2003 est) 527,900, urban agglomeration 1,006,300. Germany's largest port after Hamburg, it is a commercial and industrial centre trading in cotton, wool, tobacco, and copper. Industries include iron, steel, oil refining, the manufacture of chemicals, aircraft, and cars, ship repairing, marine engineering, and electronics. The Bremer Vulkan Shipyards, which had been the city's largest employer, closed in 1996. Nearby Bremerhaven serves as an outport. Germany's oldest port, Bremen was a leading member of the Hanseatic League trade federation from 1358, and a free imperial city from 1646. It became a member of the North German Confederation in 1867 and of the German Empire in 1871. Features Bremen is divided by the Weser into two parts: the Altstadt (old town) on the right bank, with narrow, winding streets and irregular houses; and the…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
The plane in which the Irish aviator Colonel James Fitzmaurice and two German colleagues, Baron Von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl, made the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic, in 1928. Fitzmaurice was born in Dublin on 6 January 1898 and learned to fly in the Royal Flying Corps during the First…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Administrative region (German Land ) in northern Germany, formed in 1947, consisting of the cities of Bremen (the administrative capital) and Bremerhaven; area 404 sq km/156 sq mi; population (2003 est) 643,700. It is an enclave within the Land of Lower Saxony, bounded on the west by the River…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Former archbishopric and duchy, covering territory bet. lower Weser and lower Elbe rivers, Germany, NW of former duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg; ab. 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km.); made archbishopric in 13th cent.; created a duchy 1648 under supremacy of Sweden; became part of electorate of Hannover 1715. …
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(brā'mӘn), city (1994 pop. 551,600), capital of the state of Bremen, NW Germany, on the Weser River. Known as the Free Hanse City of Bremen (Ger. Freie Hansestadt Bremen ), it is Germany's largest port after Hamburg and is a commercial and industrial center trading in cotton, wool, tobacco, and…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial port and capital of the Land (administrative region) of Bremen , Germany, on the River Weser 69 km/43 mi from the open sea; population (2003 est) 527,900, urban agglomeration 1,006,300. Germany's largest port after Hamburg, it is a commercial and industrial centre trading in cotton, wool, …
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From The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
Four animals who strike out together to become musicians in the city of Bremen. On their way they use their unusual ‘musical’ skills to frighten robbers from a house, which the animals then occupy and decide to make their own. In the *Grimms ’ telling of ‘Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten’ (‘The Bremen…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City (pop., 2002 est.: city, 540,950; metro. area, 849,800), northwestern Germany. Located on the Weser River , it was established as a diocese in 787 by Charlemagne and was the seat of an archbishopric from 845. In the 10th century it became an economic centre of northern Germany, especially after…
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From The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
A story collected by the brothers *Grimm , now sometimes published as a stand-alone picture book. A group of ageing animals, wishing to escape being put to death by their owners, set out on the road to Bremen with the intention of finding work as musicians. On their journey they discover a band of…
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