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Bremen Hotspots

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This tour will take you around the beautiful city of Bremen. You will walk from its central railway station to the Old Town - heart of the city. The tour features most important and interesting sites of Bremen, so you could get yourself familiarised with local history, culture, cuisine and atmosphere. Enjoy your stay in Bremen!Photo RathausBremen-01-2 by Jürgen Howaldt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 _______Podcast based on audio guide Bremen Hotspots Author: Tours around the world In the podcast

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Episode 16: Bremen Art Museum

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2020/12/27

The Bremen Art Museum is very popular as well as renowned due to its diverse exhibitions. It is the only museum in Germany featuring an extensive art collection from the 14th to the 21st century that is still privately owned. Senator Hieronymus Klugkist in collaboration with 34 merchants interested in art founded the Bremen artist association in 1824 with the goal to “expand and educate the sense for beautiful things”, whereas they wanted to limit it to educational art. Initially there were only 50

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Episode 15: The Schnoor District

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2020/12/27

The “Schnorr” district was first mentioned in the 13th century. At the same time a Franciscan monastery was constructed at the edge of the “Schnorr” district of which only the monastery church has been preserved.The oldest preserved buildings at the “Schnorr” are the Haus Schnoor 15 (Brasilhaus) from 1402 and das Packhaus Schnoor 2 from 1401. Some of the buildings, such as the “Amtsfischerhaus” consist of façades only, which were originally located elsewhere.Many of the street names are associated

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Episode 14: Die Glocke

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2020/12/27

„Die Glocke“ (the bell) is a renowned Bremen concert hall, which was built at the Domsheide next to the Bremen Dome. In the 15th century the building was used for consultations regarding the dome capital and after 1648 it was also used for Supreme Court operations.The new octagon shaped building was used as a secondary school (formerly higher education), for court proceedings and deputation sessions as well as file storage. In 1857 the building changed ownership to the artist association. Almost

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Episode 13: Bremen Cathedral

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2020/12/27

Bishop Willehald built first wooden dome in Bremen in 789, one week before he died. Historian Adam of Bremen once stated it was of “Von wunderbarer Schönheit“ (incredible beauty). However, it was totally destroyed between 792 – 799 and in 805 the first sandstone dome replaced it. The cathedral primarily built of sandstone features a triple-nave pillar basilica with two crypts and hailed from the 11th century. Chapel extensions and dual towers facades were added in the 13th century.On January 27,

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Episode 12: Haus des Glockenspiels - Carillon

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2020/12/27

In 1922-1924 Ludwig Roselius built the Bremen – Amerika – Bank with architects Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge. The bank was headquartered in two renovated warehouses. Today the building is the archive and administration for Böttcherstraße GmbH, the film-music-theatre Atlantis as well as other offices and stores. The carillon, for which this building is mostly known, was dedicated in May of 1934. It consisted of 30 Meißener Porcelain bells which were blue on the outside with gold-plated insides.The

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Episode 11: Böttcherstraße

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2020/12/27

Let’s go to one of the most popular streets in Bremen, which was placed under monumental protection in 1973. This street is one of the greatest sites in Bremen and it houses the Böttcherstraße Museums, art workshops, gastronomy, retail stores and a hotel. The Bremen Sparkasse owns most buildings in the Böttcherstraße.Majority of the buildings here were constructed between 1922 and 1931. Bremen merchant Ludwig Roselius contracted Bernhard Hoetger, a famous craftsman to take over the artistic design

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Episode 10: Schütting

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2020/12/27

The building located at the Marktplatz is the Bremer trade community, the former guild and cost house for merchants; it has been the headquarters for the Bremen trade registry since 1849.The “Schütting" has been under monumental protection since 1973From 1537 to 1538 the merchants of Bremen commissioned a new project that was to be executed in a delicate Flemish Renaissance style. The façade facing the Marktplatz was modified several times during the 18th century, and in 1818 the entrance which was

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Episode 9: Bremen Roland

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2020/12/27

Just a stone’s throw away from the Bremen city hall is the “Bremer Roland”, which was built in 1404 and placed under monumental protection in 1973 and declared as World Cultural Heritage together with the Bremen city hall. The statue measures 5,47 metres in height and stands on a 60 cm high base, it is supported by a beam in the back, which is topped by an exquisite canopy executed in Gothic style. The entire statue reaches a height of 10.21 metres and appears to be the largest freestanding

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Episode 8: Bremen City Hall

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2020/12/27

Bremen’s city hall, one of the most important Gothic and Weser Renaissance buildings in Europe has been placed under monumental protection in 1973. Bremen’s natives lovingly call it “Das Schmuckstück der guten Stube (the jewel of the cosy quarters). It is the only European city hall from the late medieval age, which was never destroyed or modified.Now the building serves as headquarters for the Senate, the Senate‘s President and the Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.Around 1400 at the peak

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Episode 7: “The Bremer Ratskeller”

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2020/12/27

Here you can contemplate on the past while having dinner. The “Ratskeller” is a traditional guesthouse located the basement of Bremen’s city hall. It was placed under monumental protection in 1973.With effect of 1342, a prohibition to serve was imposed to prevent that “ not any citizen can taste the wine, only the city council”, such as the wine-masters appointed by the city council. A city wine cellar was established for storing the merchant’s and gastronomist’s wines to ensure that prices and tax

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Episode 6: Bremen Town Musicians

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2020/12/27

“The Bremer Stadtmusikanten” (town musicians), is probably the most recognised statue in Bremen. The fairy tale written by the Grimm brothers tells us about four animals (donkey, dog, cat and rooster), who were deemed useless by their owners because they were old and designated to be killed. The animals successfully escaped and eventually met each other. The animals thought the donkey’s idea to become town musicians in Bremen was fabulous and therefore they began their journey to Bremen. On their

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Episode 5: Liebfrauenkirche - Church of Our Lady

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2020/12/27

The former market church (previously named St. Veit) was expanded to a basilica, in the 12th century. In 1220 it was dedicated to “Unser Lieben Frauen (der Jungfrau Maria)” - Our Dear Lady – Virgin Mary. Later it was restructured to an Early Gothic style church. The West project included two towers. The archive of the Bremen city council was located in the North tower for a long period of time.The “Liebfrauenkirche” features two towers and it is the third-largest church tower in Bremen. The tower

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Episode 4: Sögestraße

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2020/12/27

The Sögestraße is part of a larger pedestrian area with eight additional streets. The pig memorial designed by sculptor Peter Lehmann, a small herd with its shepherds and the herding dog, is located on the North-end of the pedestrian zone. The horse well, which was donated by Brinkmann & Lange jewellers, is located at the South-end of the Sögestraße.The Sögestraße was one of the first main streets in medieval Bremen and most likely received its name because of the pig sties formerly located there

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Episode 3: “Herdentorswallmühle and Wallanlagen”

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2020/12/27

The mill in its full glory is visible from the Brücke vom Herdentor (Herdentor bridge) already. It is especially beautiful in the summer when flowers bloom and the sun is shining bright. A place to enjoy and feel great.A windmill was located on the “Gießhausbastion” since approx. 1815, but it burned down in 1832. The mill builder Berend Erling built a new windmill in 1833 in the same place.The mill has been the property of the Hanseatic City of Bremen since 1889. It had to be rebuilt in 1898 and

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Episode 2: The “Übersee-Museum”

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2020/12/27

The “Übersee-Museum” (overseas museum) is located next to Bremen’s train station. After 3 years of construction the museum was initially opened under the name of „Städtische Museum für Natur-, Völker- und Handelskunde“(City Museum for Nature, Ethnology and Commerce) on January 15, 1896. The founding director, Hugo Schauinsland, presented the exhibition showing animals and people in their natural habitat. His central theme was “The whole world under one roof”. Schauinsland took several trips to

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Episode 1: Bremer Hauptbahnhof - Bremen Railway Station

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2020/12/27

Initially the train station was built to the West of the current one in 1874 (route from Wunsdorf) by the “Hannöversche Staatseisenbahn”. It featured an expansive yard with lawns, paths, trees, flower beds and bushes. Other train routes, such as Bremen-Bremerhaven, Bremen-Oldenburg and the Bremer Staatseisenbahn to Uelzen (later “America line“) were built in the following years.The former “Hamburger Bahnhof“, also called “Venloer Bahnhof“ or “Parkbahnhof“ opened on August 16,1873. In the 1870’s the

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