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Free City of Bremen
drawn on the map 1806, 1814–1870
A Weser port and Hanseatic city, an imperial free city from 1646 (the Diplom of Ferdinand III). Long in tension with its archbishops, Bremen preserved republican self-rule and, like Hamburg, endures as a modern German city-state.
- Shown on the map
- 1806, 1814–1870 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 516 km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A Weser port and Hanseatic city, an imperial free city from 1646 (the Diplom of Ferdinand III). Long in tension with its archbishops, Bremen preserved republican self-rule and, like Hamburg, endures as a modern German city-state.
Common questions
- What was Free City of Bremen?
- A Weser port and Hanseatic city, an imperial free city from 1646 (the Diplom of Ferdinand III). Long in tension with its archbishops, Bremen preserved republican self-rule and, like Hamburg, endures as a modern German city-state.
- When is Free City of Bremen shown on the map?
- The border data draws Free City of Bremen 1806, 1814–1870, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was Free City of Bremen?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Free City of Bremen covered about 1,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, German History in Documents and Images, national institutions such as the Swiss Federal Council and the National Museum of Denmark, and the scholarship of Peter H. Wilson and Joachim Whaley on the Holy Roman Empire. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Bremen (city) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen_(city)
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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