Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Bremen, Germany
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Experience Bremen in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in BremenIndividual Sights in BremenSight 1: Haus 8
The list of cultural monuments in Östliche Vorstadt lists all cultural monuments in the Bremen district of Östliche Vorstadt.
Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Östliche Vorstadt (DE), Website
Sight 2: Körner-Denkmal
The bronze monument on the Theodor-Körner-Wall in Bremen for the poet and fighter in the Wars of Liberation was donated by citizens of the Hanseatic city and erected in 1865. It has been a listed building since 1973.
Sight 3: Wiener Hof
The Wiener Hof ensemble in Bremen-Mitte, district Ostertor, Weberstraße 7 to 23 was built after 1900.
Sight 4: Cinema im Ostertor
The Cinema im Ostertor, formerly Cinema Ostertor, is a cinema founded on 7 November 1969 as the first art house cinema in Germany on Ostertorsteinweg in Bremen, district of Ostertor, the so-called Viertel.
Sight 5: Köpkenstift
The Gottesbuden Foundation, also known as the Senator Heinrich Köpken Foundation, founded in 1564, is the second oldest of the 342 foundations in the state of Bremen. It is based at Friesenstraße 48.
Sight 6: Theater am Goetheplatz
The Theater am Goetheplatz, also incorrectly known as the Goethetheater, is the main theatre of the city of Bremen in the north of Germany, the main venue of Theater Bremen. Completed in 1913 in the Neoclassical style, it is located in the cultural district to the east of the old town. After reconstruction with major extensions after the Second World War, it was fully modernized in 2004. Since 2005, it has been a listed building.
Sight 7: Villa Ichon
The Villa Ichon in Bremen (Mitte) in the Ostertorviertel at Goetheplatz 3 and on the Bremen Wallanlagen, dates from 1849 and is known nationwide as a forum for cultural and peace work. On the other side of the building is now the Theater am Goetheplatz.
Sight 8: Kriegsgefangenendenkmal
Herbert Kubica's prisoner of war in the Bremen ramparts was devoted to the soldiers of the First World War in 1934. Since 1951, an expansion of the inscription has also reminded of the prisoners of war of the Second World War.
Sight 9: Kriegerehrenmal Altmannshöhe
The memorial for the Bremen soldiers who died in 1914–1918, the fallen of the Gerstenberg Division and the Freikorps Caspari stands on the Altmannhöhe at the eastern foothills of the Bremen ramparts. It was designed in 1933 by the sculptor Ernst Gorsemann and the landscape architect Heinrich Wiepking-Jürgensmann and inaugurated in 1935.
Wikipedia: Ehrenmal für die im Ersten Weltkrieg gefallenen Bremer (DE), Website
Sight 10: Kunsthalle Bremen
The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile". The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded several more times, most notably in 2011. Since 1977, the building has been designated a Kulturdenkmal on Germany's buildings heritage list.
Sight 11: Gerhard-Marcks-Haus
The Gerhard Marcks Museum or Gerhard Marcks House is a museum in Bremen, Germany, inspired by the work of the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks. The museum exhibits contemporary sculpture, including the work of Marcks.
Sight 12: Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
The Heinrich Heine Monument in Bremen-Mitte stands on Altenwall next to the Kunsthalle Bremen. It was erected in 2010 and is included in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.
Sight 13: Ottjen-Alldag-Brunnen
This list of fountains in the city of Bremen lists the fountains and gargoyles in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Some of them have been removed from their original location, relocated, redesigned or destroyed over the decades. This is noted under the status attachment. Monuments and statues are expressly not listed.
Sight 14: Jacobus Major
The list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Mitte lists all cultural monuments in the Bremen district of Mitte.
Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Mitte (DE), Website
Sight 15: Bremer Geschichtenhaus
The Bremen Story House in Schnoor is a "living" museum. As part of qualification and employment measures, unemployed people present historical events and personalities of Bremen life in historical settings from the middle of the 17th to the 20th century. In self-made costumes true to the original, they accompany and guide visitors through the exhibition and tell Bremen history and stories.
Sight 16: St. Jakobus-Packhaus
The St.-Jakobus-Packhaus is a well-known architectural monument in Bremen in the small old town district of Schnoor on the streets Wüstestätte 10 and Stavendamm 8.
Sight 17: H.J. Kratschke
The H.-J. Kratschke is a former rescue cruiser of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked Persons (DGzRS) of the 19 m class, which was built in 1969 by the shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder under shipyard no. 6313. The DGzRS internal designation was KRS 03.
Sight 18: Neptun, der Gott der Meere
The list of cultural monuments in Bremen-Neustadt lists all cultural monuments in the Bremen district of Neustadt.
Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremen-Neustadt (DE), Website
Sight 19: Olbers-Planetarium
The Olbers-Gesellschaft e.V. Bremen was founded in Bremen in 1920 by Max Völkel, Wilhelm Finke (1884–1950) and Friedrich Nölke (1877–1947) in honour of the city's great astronomer, Wilhelm Olbers (1758–1840).
Wikipedia: Olbers-Gesellschaft (DE), Opening_hours , Website
Sight 20: H-Trakt
The teaching building of the Bremen Maritime School now serves Faculty 5 and Faculty 1 (Economics) of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences in Neustadt (Bremen).
Sight 21: Kleiner Roland
The Little Roland Monument, also known as the Roland Fountain, stands in Bremen's Neustadt district, at the southern end of the Neuer Markt. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.
Sight 22: Gymn. Oberstufe am Leibnizplatz
Barracks IV of the "Bremen" Infantry Regiment in Bremen, Neustadt district, Neustadtscontrescarpe 49/51 and Schulstraße 11 was built around 1890. In 2010, Barracks IV was placed under monument protection.
Wikipedia: Kaserne IV des Infanterieregiments Bremen (DE), Website
Sight 23: Sitzendes Paar
The sculpture Seated Couple stands in Bremen's Neustadt in the green area on Schulstraße at the corner of Neustadtscontrescarpe, near Leibnizplatz, which is part of the Neustadtswallanlagen. It is listed in the list of monuments and statues of the city of Bremen.
Sight 24: Gymnasium Leibnizplatz & Realschule
The Oberschule am Leibnizplatz is a secondary school in Bremen, Germany. It was a Realschule, Oberrealschule, Oberschule, Gymnasium and school centre of the secondary level II and integrated district school and is now again a secondary school in Bremen with an upper school as an all-day school. Since 1984, the building has been a listed building in Bremen. The bremer shakespeare company has been playing in the school since 1988.
Sight 25: Theater am Leibnizplatz
The Bremer Shakespeare Company e.V. is a theatre collective in the legal form of a non-profit association with its headquarters in Bremen.
Sight 26: Zentaurenbrunnen
The centaur fountain from 1891 is a fountain in Bremen. Its centrepiece is the bronze sculpture of a horseman fighting with a snake by the sculptor August Sommer. The fountain is now located in Leibnizplatzpark in Bremen's Neustadt district, which borders Leibnizplatz as part of the Neustadtswallanlagen.
Sight 27: Zionskirche
The Evangelical Zionskirche and the community center in Bremen in the Neustadt district, Kornstraße 31, were built until 1957.
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