Encyclopedia > Bremen (state)

  Article Content

Bremen (state)

Flag

Statistics
Capital:Bremen
Area:404 kmē
Inhabitants:662,000 (2001)
pop. density:1,549 people/kmē
Homepage:bremen.de (http://www.bremen.de/)
Politics
Minister-President:Henning Scherf[?] (SPD)
Ruling party:SPD/CDU coalition
Map

Bremen is one of Germany's 16 Bundesländer, the federal states of the country.

History

While Lower Saxony was under British control after World War II, Bremen was under American administration because of its strategic importance as a harbour town.

Politics

Generally the mayor of the city of Bremen is at the same time head of the government of the federal state.

Geography

The state of Bremen consists of two separated enclaves, the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven further downstream, on the shore of the North Sea (the name means Bremen's harbour). Both cities are completely surrounded by the neighbouring Bundesland of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). Administratively both cities are district-free cities.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Grand Prix

... ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 38.7 ms