Places to see in ( Hannover - Germany )
Places to see in ( Hannover - Germany )
Hanover is the capital city of the German state of Lower Saxony. It's known for trade fairs like the annual CeBIT tech expo. The red-brick Gothic Market Church and the Old Town Hall stand among half-timbered houses in the rebuilt old town. The ornate New Town Hall has views from its dome and 4 different scale models of the city through the ages. The 17th-century Herrenhäuser Gardens are just outside the city center.
Hannover on the River Leine, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital. From 1868 to 1946 Hanover was the capital of the Prussian Province of Hanover and afterwards of the Hanover administrative region until that was abolished in 2005. It is now the capital of the Land of Lower Saxony. Since 2001 it has been part of the Hanover district (Region Hannover), which is a municipal body made up from the former district (Landkreis Hannover) and city of Hanover (note: although both Region and Landkreis are translated as district they are not the same).
Hanover also hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and the CeBIT. Every year Hanover hosts the Schützenfest Hannover, the world's largest marksmen's festival, and the Oktoberfest Hannover, the second largest such festival in Germany. In 2000, Hanover hosted the world fair Expo 2000. The Hanover fairground, due to numerous extensions, especially for the Expo 2000, is the largest in the world. Hanover is of national importance because of its universities and medical school, its international airport and its large zoo. The city is also a major crossing point of railway lines and highways (Autobahnen), connecting European main lines in both the east-west (Berlin–Ruhr area) and north-south (Hamburg–Munich, etc.) directions.
The city's central station, Hannover Hauptbahnhof, is a hub of the German high-speed ICE network. It is the starting point of the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line and also the central hub for the Hanover S-Bahn. Hanover and its area is served by Hanover/Langenhagen International Airport. Hanover is also an important hub of Germany's Autobahn network; the junction of two major autobahns, the A2 and A7 is at Kreuz Hannover-Ost, at the northeastern edge of the city.
Alot to see in ( Hannover - Germany ) such as :
Herrenhausen Gardens
Maschsee
Marktkirche, Hanover
Hanover Zoo
Sprengel Museum
Eilenriede
New Town Hall , Hannover
Lower Saxony State Museum
Wilhelm Busch Museum
Museum August Kestner
Kestnergesellschaft
Kronsberg
Telemax
SEA LIFE Hannover
Georgengarten
Berggarten
Kröpcke
Historisches Museum
Schloss Herrenhausen
Herrenhäuser Straße
Aegidienkirche, Hanover
Masch Park
Kröpcke-Uhr
Leineschloss
Stadtpark
Ernst-August-Denkmal
Von-Alten-Garten
Spielbank Hannover
Casino RP5
Löwen Play
Anzeiger-Hochhaus
Fürstenhaus Herrenhausen Museum
Botanischer Schulgarten Burg
Spielbanken Niedersachsen
Schützenplatz Hannover
Hermann-Loens Park
Conti
Soccer & Racket Park GmbH
Kreuzkirche, Hanover
Leine
Exposeeum
Beginenturm
Spielpark Wakitu
Hinüberscher Garten
Schillerdenkmal
Herrenhäuser Church
Großer Garten
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Germany: On board view of a DB Regio class 218 diesel hauling a Munchen to Muhldorf train
Germany: On board view of a DB Regio class 218 diesel (number 218 404 ) hauling the 1707 Munchen Hbf to Muhldorf train. Another class 218 diesel was propelling on the rear of this train (number 218 421). Recorded 29th March 2017.
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The DB Class 218 (before 1968 the DB Class V 164) are a class of 4 axle, diesel hydraulic locomotives acquired by the Deutsche Bundesbahn for use on main and secondary lines for both passenger and freight trains.
The class represents the final major revision of the DB V 160 family of locomotives; having the preferred features of the antecedent locomotives, including a hydrodynamic brake, and a single engine providing electrical train heating via a generator as well as tractive power. The class were also the most numerous of the family, providing the backbone of the Deutsche Bundesbahn's main-line diesel locomotive traction from the 1970s up to the reunification of Germany.
With a power of 2500 to 2800 hp and a top speed of 140 km/h, and the ability to work in multiple with related classes 215, 216, 217 and 218 as well as other classes, and coupled with electric heating and a low speed gear for heavier freight trains the locomotives became the main source of motive power in West Germany on both passenger and freight trains outside electrified sections.
The turn of the second millennium and the preceding few years saw a change from locomotive hauled trains to increasing use of 'diesel railcars' (or DMUs, diesel multiple units). This led to a reduction in the demand for these locomotives on passenger services, with many falling out of use, or only finding work pulling freight trains.
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DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance commuter train services in Germany.
DB Regio train in Wrocław, Poland
Unlike its long-distance counterpart DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio does not operate trains on its own account. Services are ordered and paid for by the Bundesländer or their Landkreise. Some states have awarded long-term contracts to DB Regio (usually 10 to 15 years).
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Founded on 1 January 2006 Westfrankenbahn (WFB) (formerly Westfrankenbahn ) is the fifth RegioNetz of Deutsche Bahn AG , in which the western part of Franconia region the areas of infrastructure , stations, operation, service and sales are combined under one roof.
The company leased the Maintalbahn , the Taubertalbahn and the Seckach-Miltenberg railway from the parent company, and also operated passenger transport on the DB routes Crailsheim-Heilbronn and Würzburg - Lauda (section of the Frankenbahn ) and further to Bad Mergentheim . The total length covered by the Westfahnbahn is 401 kilometers, of which 204 kilometers are own infrastructure. An annual traffic of 3.6 million train kilometers is provided.
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Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG, DBAG or DB) is the German railway company, a private joint-stock company (AG) with the federal government being its majority shareholder with its headquarters in Berlin. It came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany. It also gained ownership of former railway assets in West Berlin held by the Verwaltung des ehemaligen Reichsbahnvermögens. Its name means German Railway in German.
Deutsche Bahn describes itself as the second-largest transport company in the world, after Deutsche Post AG, and is the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. It carries about two billion passengers each year.
At its creation, DBAG took over the abbreviation and logo DB from the West German state railway Deutsche Bundesbahn, although it has since modernised the logo. Erik Spiekermann designed the new corporate font DB type.
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Schutzstaffel | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:57 1 Origins
00:03:05 1.1 Forerunner of the SS
00:05:12 1.2 Early commanders
00:07:04 1.3 Himmler appointed
00:10:17 1.4 Ideology
00:15:08 2 Pre-war Germany
00:20:43 2.1 Hitler's personal bodyguards
00:24:49 2.2 Concentration camps founded
00:27:04 3 SS in World War II
00:28:27 3.1 Invasion of Poland
00:32:02 3.2 Battle of France
00:35:20 3.3 Campaign in the Balkans
00:37:19 4 War in the east
00:40:00 4.1 The Holocaust
00:42:43 4.2 Anti-partisan operations
00:45:03 4.3 Death camps
00:48:28 5 Business empire
00:54:11 6 Military reversals
00:55:10 6.1 Normandy landings
00:59:06 6.2 Battle for Germany
01:04:52 7 SS units and branches
01:05:02 7.1 Reich Main Security Office
01:06:55 7.2 iSS-Sonderkommandos/i
01:10:09 7.3 iEinsatzgruppen/i
01:12:38 7.4 SS Court Main Office
01:13:53 7.5 SS Cavalry
01:16:16 7.6 SS Medical Corps
01:18:41 7.7 Other SS units
01:18:49 7.7.1 iAhnenerbe/i
01:19:38 7.7.2 iSS-Frauenkorps/i
01:20:48 7.7.3 iSS-Mannschaften/i
01:21:15 8 Foreign legions and volunteers
01:24:36 9 Ranks and uniforms
01:26:20 10 SS membership estimates 1925–45
01:27:00 11 SS offices
01:28:13 12 Austrian SS
01:30:51 13 Post-war activity and aftermath
01:32:52 13.1 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
01:35:14 13.2 Escapes
01:39:15 14 See also
01:39:37 15 Informational notes
01:39:46 16 Citations
01:39:56 17 Bibliography
01:40:05 18 Further reading
01:40:14 19 External links
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The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylized as with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] (listen); literally Protection Squadron) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz (Hall Security) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–45) it grew from a small paramilitary formation to one of the most powerful organizations in Nazi Germany. From 1929 until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe.
The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of combat units within Nazi Germany's military. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) organizations. They were tasked with the detection of actual or potential enemies of the Nazi state, the neutralization of any opposition, policing the German people for their commitment to Nazi ideology, and providing domestic and foreign intelligence.
The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal killing of an estimated 5.5 to 6 million Jews and millions of other victims in the Holocaust. Members of all of its branches committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II (1939–45). The SS was also involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration camp inmates as slave labor. After Nazi Germany's defeat, the SS and the NSDAP were judged by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg to be criminal organizations. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the highest-ranking surviving SS main department chief, was found guilty of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials and hanged in 1946.
British Amphibious Descents (1757-61) | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:08 1 Summary
00:08:34 2 Nomenclature
00:10:40 3 Background
00:10:49 3.1 In Europe
00:19:39 3.2 In North America
00:23:18 4 Strategies
00:26:51 5 Europe
00:28:10 5.1 1756
00:32:55 5.2 1757
00:42:32 5.3 1758
00:46:53 5.4 1759–60
00:51:30 5.5 1761–62
00:57:28 5.6 1763
01:01:11 5.7 British amphibious descents
01:04:48 6 Colonies
01:06:00 6.1 North America
01:14:44 6.2 South America
01:16:28 6.3 India
01:17:49 6.4 West Africa
01:18:32 7 Outcome
01:32:32 8 Cultural references
01:36:13 9 See also
01:36:50 10 Footnotes
01:37:25 11 Bibliography
01:37:34 11.1 Other languages
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The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions, led by the Kingdom of Great Britain (including the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and other small German states) on one side and the Kingdom of France (including the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire), the Russian Empire (until 1762), the Kingdom of Spain, and the Swedish Empire on the other. Meanwhile, in India, some regional polities within the increasingly fragmented Mughal Empire, with the support of the French, tried to crush a British attempt to conquer Bengal. The war's extent has led some historians to describe it as World War Zero, similar in scale to other world wars.Although Anglo-French skirmishes over their American colonies had begun with what became the French and Indian War in 1754, the large-scale conflict that drew in most of the European powers was centered on Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Prussians. Seeing the opportunity to curtail Britain's and Prussia's ever-growing might, France and Austria put aside their ancient rivalry to form a grand coalition of their own, bringing most of the other European powers to their side. Faced with this sudden turn of events, Britain aligned itself with Prussia, in a series of political manoeuvres known as the Diplomatic Revolution. However, French efforts ended in failure when the Anglo-Prussian coalition prevailed, and Britain's rise as among the world's predominant powers destroyed France's supremacy in Europe, thus altering the European balance of power.
Hanseatic League | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:21 1 History
00:02:38 1.1 Foundation and formation
00:05:47 1.2 Commercial expansion
00:09:30 1.3 Zenith
00:13:00 1.4 Rise of rival powers
00:18:10 1.5 End of the Hansa
00:20:46 2 Modern Hanseatic connections
00:23:03 3 Organization
00:26:33 3.1 Quarters
00:27:28 4 Lists of former Hansa cities
00:28:36 4.1 Hansa Proper
00:28:44 4.2 Kontore
00:28:52 4.3 Ports with Hansa trading posts
00:29:18 4.4 Other cities with a Hansa community
00:29:28 5 Modern versions of the Hanseatic League
00:29:38 5.1 City League The Hanse
00:30:47 5.2 New Hanseatic League
00:31:16 6 Historical maps
00:31:26 7 See also
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The Hanseatic League (; Middle Low German: Hanse, Düdesche Hanse, Hansa; Standard German: Deutsche Hanse; Standard
Dutch: De Hanze; Latin: Hansa Teutonica) was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 1100s, the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe. Hansa territories stretched from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland during the Late Middle Ages, and diminished slowly after 1450.
Hanse, later spelled as Hansa, was the Old High German word for a convoy, and this word was applied to bands of merchants traveling between the Hanseatic cities – whether by land or by sea.Merchant circles established the league to protect the guilds' economic interests and diplomatic privileges in their affiliated cities and countries, as well as along the trade routes which the merchants used. The Hanseatic cities had their own legal system and operated their own armies for mutual protection and aid. Despite this, the organization was not a state, nor could it be called a confederation of city-states; only a very small number of the cities within the league enjoyed autonomy and liberties comparable to those of a free imperial city.
Hanover | Wikipedia audio article
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Hanover
00:03:02 1 History
00:06:24 1.1 19th century
00:08:39 1.2 Nazi Germany
00:10:43 1.3 World War II
00:12:13 1.4 Population development
00:12:22 2 Geography
00:12:31 2.1 Climate
00:12:47 2.2 Subdivisions
00:12:55 2.2.1 Districts
00:13:28 2.2.2 Quarters
00:13:47 3 Main sights
00:19:54 4 Society and culture
00:20:03 4.1 Religious life
00:20:41 4.2 Museums and galleries
00:24:54 4.3 Theatre, cabaret and musical
00:26:28 4.4 Music
00:26:36 4.4.1 Classical music
00:27:24 4.4.2 Popular music
00:27:54 4.5 Sport
00:31:33 4.6 Regular events
00:34:33 5 Transport
00:34:41 5.1 Rail
00:35:06 5.2 Air
00:35:23 5.3 Road
00:36:40 5.4 Bus and light rail
00:37:03 5.5 Bicycle
00:37:20 6 Economy
00:38:31 6.1 List of largest employers in Hanover
00:38:41 6.2 Key figures
00:39:47 7 Business development
00:40:38 8 Education
00:42:05 9 People and residents of Hanover
00:45:53 10 International relations
00:46:05 11 See also
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Hanover or Hannover (; German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ] (listen); Low German: Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Lower Saxony, and its 535,061 (2017) inhabitants make it the thirteenth largest city of Germany, as well as the third-largest city of Northern Germany after Hamburg and Bremen. The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine (progression: Aller→ Weser→ North Sea) and its tributary Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city of the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen, and Bremen.
Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636-1692), the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692-1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814-1866), the Province of Hanover of the Kingdom of Prussia (1868-1918), the Province of Hanover of the Free State of Prussia (1918-1946), and of the State of Hanover (1946). From 1714 to 1837, Hanover was by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).
The city is a major crossing point of railway lines and highways (Autobahnen), connecting European main lines in both the east-west (Berlin–Ruhr area/Düsseldorf/Cologne) and north-south (Hamburg–Frankfurt/Stuttgart/Munich) directions. Hannover Airport lies north of the city, in Langenhagen, and is Germany's ninth-busiest airport. The city's most notable institutions of higher education are the Hannover Medical School with its university hospital (Klinikum der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover), and the University of Hanover.
The Hanover fairground, due to numerous extensions, especially for the Expo 2000, is the largest in the world. Hanover hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and up to 2018 the CeBIT. The IAA Commercial Vehicles show takes place every two years. It is the world's leading trade show for transport, logistics and mobility. Every year Hanover hosts the Schützenfest Hannover, the world's largest marksmen's festival, and the Oktoberfest Hannover.
Hanover is the traditional English spelling. The German spelling (with a double n) is becoming more popular in English; recent editions of encyclopedias prefer the German spelling, and the local government uses the German spelling on English websites. The English pronunciation, with stress on the first syllable, is applied to both the German and English spellings, which is different from German pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable and a long second vowel. The traditional English spelling is still used in historical contexts, especially when referring to the British House of Hanover.
Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:34 1 History
00:00:43 1.1 Middle Ages
00:04:08 1.2 Early modern times
00:10:24 1.3 Napoleonic era and transfer to the Duchy of Brunswick
00:11:15 2 Collateral line in Bevern
00:12:03 3 Economic and social history
00:12:14 3.1 The role of farmers
00:14:00 4 See also
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The Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German: Fürstentum Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) was a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, whose history was characterised by numerous divisions and reunifications. Various dynastic lines of the House of Welf ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. As a result of the Congress of Vienna, its successor state, the Duchy of Brunswick, was created in 1815.
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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Frederick II (26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250; Sicilian: Fridiricu, Fidiricu, Italian: Federico, Latin: Federicus, German: Friedrich) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. His mother Constance was Queen of Sicily and his father was Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. Frederick's reign saw the Holy Roman Empire achieve its greatest territorial extent.
His political and cultural ambitions were enormous as he ruled a vast area beginning with Sicily and stretching through Italy all the way north to Germany. As the Crusades progressed, he acquired control of Jerusalem and styled himself its king. However, the Papacy became his enemy, and it eventually prevailed. His dynasty collapsed soon after his death. Historians have searched for superlatives to describe him, as in the case of Donald Detwiler, who wrote: A man of extraordinary culture, energy, and ability – called by a contemporary chronicler stupor mundi (the wonder of the world), by Nietzsche the first European, and by many historians the first modern ruler – Frederick established in Sicily and southern Italy something very much like a modern, centrally governed kingdom with an efficient bureaucracy.
Viewing himself as a direct successor to the Roman emperors of antiquity, he was Emperor of the Romans from his papal coronation in 1220 until his death; he was also a claimant to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. As such, he was King of Germany, of Italy, and of Burgundy. At the age of three, he was crowned King of Sicily as a co-ruler with his mother, Constance of Hauteville, the daughter of Roger II of Sicily. His other royal title was King of Jerusalem by virtue of marriage and his connection with the Sixth Crusade.
Frequently at war with the papacy, which was hemmed in between Frederick's lands in northern Italy and his Kingdom of Sicily (the Regno) to the south, he was excommunicated four times and often vilified in pro-papal chronicles of the time and after. Pope Gregory IX went so far as to call him an Antichrist.
Speaking six languages (Latin, Sicilian, Old Germanic, Langues d'oïl, Greek and Arabic), Frederick was an avid patron of science and the arts. He played a major role in promoting literature through the Sicilian School of poetry. His Sicilian royal court in Palermo, beginning around 1220, saw the first use of a literary form of an Italo-Romance language, Sicilian. The poetry that emanated from the school had a significant influence on literature and on what was to become the modern Italian language.He was also the first king to formally outlaw trial by ordeal, which had come to be viewed as superstitious mumbo-jumbo.His line did not survive long after his death and the House of Hohenstaufen came to an end.
Hanover | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:04 1 History
00:06:29 1.1 19th century
00:08:47 1.2 Nazi Germany
00:10:54 1.3 World War II
00:12:25 1.4 Population development
00:12:34 2 Geography
00:12:43 2.1 Climate
00:13:07 2.2 Subdivisions
00:13:16 2.2.1 Districts
00:13:51 2.2.2 Quarters
00:14:11 3 Main sights
00:20:28 4 Society and culture
00:20:38 4.1 Religious life
00:21:16 4.2 Museums and galleries
00:25:33 4.3 Theatre, cabaret and musical
00:27:07 4.4 Music
00:27:16 4.4.1 Classical music
00:28:05 4.4.2 Popular music
00:28:35 4.5 Sport
00:32:14 4.6 Regular events
00:35:17 5 Transport
00:35:26 5.1 Rail
00:35:51 5.2 Air
00:36:09 5.3 Road
00:37:25 5.4 Bus and light rail
00:37:49 5.5 Bicycle
00:38:06 6 Economy
00:39:18 6.1 List of largest employers in Hanover
00:39:29 6.2 Key figures
00:40:36 7 Business development
00:41:27 8 Education
00:42:56 9 People and residents of Hanover
00:46:55 10 International relations
00:47:08 11 See also
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Hanover or Hannover (; German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ] (listen); Low German: Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,061 (2017) inhabitants make it the thirteenth-largest city of Germany, as well as the third-largest city of Northern Germany after Hamburg and Bremen. The city lies at the confluence of the River Leine (progression: Aller→ Weser→ North Sea) and its tributary Ihme, in the south of the North German Plain, and is the largest city of the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region. It is the fifth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund, Essen, and Bremen.
Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866), the Province of Hanover of the Kingdom of Prussia (1868–1918), the Province of Hanover of the Free State of Prussia (1918–1946), and of the State of Hanover (1946). From 1714 to 1837, Hanover was by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).
The city is a major crossing point of railway lines and highways (Autobahnen), connecting European main lines in both the east-west (Berlin–Ruhr area/Düsseldorf/Cologne) and north-south (Hamburg–Frankfurt/Stuttgart/Munich) directions. Hannover Airport lies north of the city, in Langenhagen, and is Germany's ninth-busiest airport. The city's most notable institutions of higher education are the Hannover Medical School with its university hospital (Klinikum der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover), and the University of Hanover.
The Hanover fairground, due to numerous extensions, especially for the Expo 2000, is the largest in the world. Hanover hosts annual commercial trade fairs such as the Hanover Fair and up to 2018 the CeBIT. The IAA Commercial Vehicles show takes place every two years. It is the world's leading trade show for transport, logistics and mobility. Every year Hanover hosts the Schützenfest Hannover, the world's largest marksmen's festival, and the Oktoberfest Hannover.
Hanover is the traditional English spelling. The German spelling (with a double n) is becoming more popular in English; recent editions of encyclopedias prefer the German spelling, and the local government uses the German spelling on English websites. The English pronunciation, with stress on the first syllable, is applied to both the German and English spellings, which is different from German pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable and a long second vowel. The traditional English spelling is still used in historical con ...
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00:03:06 1 Etymology
00:08:24 2 Symbol
00:08:53 3 Demographics
00:13:23 4 Emigration and diaspora
00:14:35 5 History
00:14:45 5.1 Origins
00:18:00 5.2 Criticism and conflict with the Catholic Church
00:20:14 5.3 Reformation and growth
00:21:34 5.4 Wars of religion
00:22:46 5.5 Civil wars
00:24:15 5.6 St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
00:25:22 5.7 Edict of Nantes
00:28:29 5.8 Edict of Fontainebleau
00:31:13 5.9 End of persecution
00:32:21 5.10 Right of return to France in the 19th and 20th centuries
00:33:54 5.11 Modern times
00:36:31 6 Exodus
00:36:58 6.1 Early emigration to colonies
00:38:08 6.2 South Africa
00:41:21 6.3 North America
00:50:49 6.3.1 Spoken language
00:51:30 6.4 Netherlands
00:55:20 6.5 Wales
00:55:58 6.6 England
01:00:26 6.7 Ireland
01:02:36 6.8 Germany and Scandinavia
01:05:51 7 Effects of the exodus
01:07:51 8 1985 apology
01:08:26 9 Legacy
01:08:40 9.1 France
01:09:27 9.2 United States
01:12:13 9.3 England
01:13:21 9.4 Prussia
01:13:47 9.5 Ireland
01:14:04 9.6 South Africa
01:14:40 9.7 Australia
01:15:34 10 See also
01:16:37 11 Notes
01:16:46 12 Further reading
01:21:17 12.1 In French
01:22:10 13 External links
01:23:12 13.1 Texts
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Huguenots ( HEW-gə-nots, also UK: -nohz, French: [yɡ(ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants.
Huguenots were French protestants who held to the Reformed tradition of Protestantism. The term has its origin in early-16th-century France. It was frequently used in reference to those of the Reformed Church of France from the time of the Protestant Reformation. By contrast, the Protestant populations of eastern France, in Alsace, Moselle, and Montbéliard were mainly German Lutherans.
In his Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Hans Hillerbrand said that, on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, the Huguenot community included as much as 10% of the French population. By 1600 it had declined to 7–8%, and was reduced further after the return of severe persecution in 1685 under Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau.
The Huguenots were believed to be concentrated among the population in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of France. As Huguenots gained influence and more openly displayed their faith, Catholic hostility grew. A series of religious conflicts followed, known as the French Wars of Religion, fought intermittently from 1562 to 1598. The Huguenots were led by Jeanne d'Albret, her son, the future Henry IV (who would later convert to Catholicism in order to become king), and the princes of Condé. The wars ended with the Edict of Nantes, which granted the Huguenots substantial religious, political and military autonomy.
Huguenot rebellions in the 1620s resulted in the abolition of their political and military privileges. They retained the religious provisions of the Edict of Nantes until the rule of Louis XIV, who gradually increased persecution of Protestantism until he issued the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685). This ended legal recognition of Protestantism in France and the Huguenots were forced either to convert to Catholicism (possibly as Nicodemites) or flee as refugees; they were subject to violent dragonnades. Louis XIV claimed that the French Huguenot population was reduced from about 800,000 to 900,000 adherents to just 1,000 to 1,500. He exaggerated the decline, but the dragonnades were devastating for the French Protestant community.
The remaining Huguenots faced continued persecution under Louis XV. By the time of his death in 1774, Calvinism had been nearly eliminated from France. Persecution of Protestants officially ended with the Edict of Versailles, signed by Louis XVI in 1787. Two years later, with the Revolutionary Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789, P ...
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00:00:20 1 General information
00:03:36 2 History
00:03:45 2.1 Early history
00:04:38 2.2 Imperial palace of Grona
00:05:51 2.3 Foundation of the town
00:08:17 2.4 Expansion
00:12:14 2.5 Growth and independence
00:18:23 2.6 Loss of independence to the present day
00:19:34 2.6.1 University
00:20:44 2.6.2 Railway
00:21:05 2.6.3 Third Reich era
00:24:20 2.6.4 Contemporary history
00:24:45 3 Cultural relevance
00:26:10 4 Incorporations
00:26:40 5 Demographics
00:27:12 6 Transport
00:28:00 7 Religion
00:30:43 8 Politics
00:32:16 9 Coat of arms
00:33:08 10 International relations
00:33:18 10.1 Twin towns – sister cities
00:33:59 11 Notable people born in Göttingen
00:36:03 12 Notable people who died in Göttingen
00:37:50 13 Sport
00:38:38 14 Universities and colleges
00:40:15 15 Cultural establishments
00:40:25 15.1 Theatre
00:40:45 15.2 Museums, collections, exhibitions
00:41:42 15.3 Gardens
00:42:24 15.4 Local media
00:43:26 16 See also
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Göttingen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡœtɪŋən] listen ; Low German: Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The River Leine runs through the town. At the start of 2017, the population was 134,212.
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00:02:30 1 Origins
00:02:39 1.1 Forerunner of the SS
00:04:27 1.2 Early commanders
00:06:00 1.3 Himmler appointed
00:08:47 1.4 Ideology
00:12:55 2 Pre-war Germany
00:17:28 2.1 Hitler's personal bodyguards
00:20:56 2.2 Concentration camps founded
00:22:51 3 SS in World War II
00:24:04 3.1 Invasion of Poland
00:27:08 3.2 Battle of France
00:29:58 3.3 Campaign in the Balkans
00:31:39 4 War in the east
00:33:56 4.1 The Holocaust
00:36:12 4.2 Anti-partisan operations
00:38:14 4.3 Death camps
00:41:14 5 Business empire
00:46:08 6 Military reversals
00:46:59 6.1 Normandy landings
00:50:22 6.2 Battle for Germany
00:55:18 7 SS units and branches
00:55:28 7.1 Reich Main Security Office
00:57:07 7.2 iSS-Sonderkommandos/i
00:59:53 7.3 iEinsatzgruppen/i
01:02:02 7.4 SS Court Main Office
01:03:08 7.5 SS Cavalry
01:05:08 7.6 SS Medical Corps
01:07:14 7.7 Other SS units
01:07:23 7.7.1 iAhnenerbe/i
01:08:05 7.7.2 iSS-Frauenkops/i
01:09:06 7.7.3 iSS-Mannschaften/i
01:09:30 8 Foreign legions and volunteers
01:12:24 9 Ranks and uniforms
01:13:53 10 SS membership estimates 1925–45
01:14:29 11 SS offices
01:15:32 12 Austrian SS
01:17:49 13 Post-war activity and aftermath
01:19:34 13.1 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
01:21:36 13.2 Escapes
01:25:02 14 See also
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The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylized as with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] (listen); literally Protection Squadron) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz (Hall Security) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925 Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–45) it grew from a small paramilitary formation to one of the most powerful organizations in Nazi Germany. From 1929 until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe.
The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of combat units within Nazi Germany's military. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) organizations. They were tasked with the detection of actual or potential enemies of the Nazi state, the neutralization of any opposition, policing the German people for their commitment to Nazi ideology, and providing domestic and foreign intelligence.
The SS was the organization most responsible for the genocidal killing of an estimated 5.5 to 6 million Jews and millions of other victims in the Holocaust. Members of all of its branches committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II (1939–45). The SS was also involved in commercial enterprises and exploited concentration camp inmates as slave labor. After Nazi Germany's defeat, the SS and the NSDAP were judged by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg to be criminal organizations. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the highest-ranking surviving SS main department chief, was found guilty of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials and hanged in 1946.
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Huguenots (; French: Les huguenots [yɡ(ə)no]) are an ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition.
The term has its origin in early 16th century France. It was frequently used in reference to those of the Reformed Church of France from the time of the Protestant Reformation. Huguenots were French Protestants who held to the Reformed tradition of Protestantism, while the populations of Alsace, Moselle and Montbéliard were mainly German Lutherans. In his Encyclopedia of Protestantism, Hans Hillerbrand claimed that on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572, the Huguenot community included as much as 10% of the French population, but it declined to 7–8% by around 1600 and even further after the return of heavy persecution in 1685 with Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau.
Huguenot numbers peaked near an estimated two million by 1562, concentrated mainly in the southern and western parts of the Kingdom of France. As Huguenots gained influence and more openly displayed their faith, Catholic hostility grew. A series of religious conflicts followed, known as the French Wars of Religion, fought intermittently from 1562 to 1598. The Huguenots were led by Jeanne d'Albret, her son, the future Henry IV (who would later convert to Catholicism to become king) and the princes of Condé. The wars ended with the Edict of Nantes, which granted the Huguenots substantial religious, political and military autonomy.
Huguenot rebellions in the 1620s prompted the abolition of their political and military privileges. They retained the religious provisions of the Edict of Nantes until the rule of Louis XIV, who gradually increased persecution of Protestantism until he issued the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685), ultimately ending any legal recognition of Protestantism in France and forcing the Huguenots to either convert or flee in a wave of violent dragonnades. Louis XIV laid claim that the French Huguenot population was reduced from about 800,000 to 900,000 adherents down to just 1,000 to 1,500; although he overexaggerated the reduction, the dragonnades certainly were devastating for the French Protestant community. Nevertheless, the remaining Huguenots faced continued persecution under Louis XV. At the time of Louis XV's death in 1774, Calvinism had been nearly eliminated from France. Persecution of Protestants officially ended with the Edict of Versailles, signed by Louis XVI in 1787. Two years later, with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789, Protestants gained equal rights as citizens.The bulk of Huguenot émigrés relocated to Protestant states such as England and Wales, the Channel Islands, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, the Dutch Republic, the Electorate of Brandenburg and Electorate of the Palatinate in the Holy Roman Empire, the Duchy of Prussia, as well as majority Catholic but Protestant-controlled Ireland. They also fled to the Dutch Cape Colony in South Africa, the Dutch East Indies, the Caribbean, New Netherland and several of the English colonies in North America. A few families also went to Orthodox Russia and Catholic Quebec.
By now, most Huguenots have been assimilated into various societies and cultures, but remnant communities of Camisards in the Cévennes, most Reformed members of the United Protestant Church of France, French members of the largely German Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine and the Huguenot diaspora in England and Australia all still retain their beliefs and Huguenot designation.
Göttingen | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:21 1 General information
00:03:26 2 History
00:03:35 2.1 Early history
00:04:30 2.2 Imperial palace of Grona
00:05:48 2.3 Foundation of the town
00:08:23 2.4 Expansion
00:12:32 2.5 Growth and independence
00:19:12 2.6 Loss of independence to the present day
00:20:25 2.6.1 University
00:21:41 2.6.2 Railway
00:22:02 2.6.3 Third Reich era
00:25:30 2.6.4 Contemporary history
00:25:48 3 Cultural relevance
00:27:16 4 Incorporations
00:27:48 5 Demographics
00:28:22 6 Transport
00:29:08 7 Religion
00:32:03 8 Politics
00:33:45 9 Coat of arms
00:34:40 10 International relations
00:34:50 10.1 Twin towns – sister cities
00:35:33 11 Notable people born in Göttingen
00:37:51 12 Notable people who died in Göttingen
00:40:14 13 Sport
00:41:00 14 Universities and colleges
00:42:36 15 Cultural establishments
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00:45:55 16 See also
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Göttingen (, also US: , German: [ˈɡœtɪŋən] (listen); Low German: Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. It is run through by River Leine. At the start of 2017, the population was 134,212.
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George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire before becoming King of Hanover on 12 October 1814. He was the third British monarch of the House of Hanover, but unlike his two predecessors, he was born in Great Britain, spoke English as his first language, and never visited Hanover.His life and with it his reign, which were longer than those of any of his predecessors, were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Further wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France from 1793 concluded in the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
In the later part of his life, George III had recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. Although it has since been suggested that he had bipolar disorder or the blood disease porphyria, the cause of his illness remains unknown. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George III's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV.
Historical analysis of George III's life has gone through a kaleidoscope of changing views that have depended heavily on the prejudices of his biographers and the sources available to them. Until it was reassessed in the second half of the 20th century, his reputation in the United States was one of a tyrant; and in Britain he became the scapegoat for the failure of imperialism.
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00:07:09 2 Nomenclature
00:08:53 3 Background
00:09:02 3.1 In Europe
00:16:22 3.2 In North America
00:19:26 4 Strategies
00:22:26 5 Europe
00:23:33 5.1 1756
00:27:29 5.2 1757
00:35:29 5.3 1758
00:39:04 5.4 1759–60
00:42:53 5.5 1761–62
00:47:53 5.6 1763
00:50:58 5.7 British amphibious descents
00:53:58 6 Colonies
00:54:59 6.1 North America
01:02:16 6.2 South America
01:03:43 6.3 India
01:04:52 6.4 West Africa
01:05:30 7 Outcome
01:17:07 8 Cultural references
01:20:12 9 See also
01:20:44 10 Footnotes
01:21:14 11 Bibliography
01:21:24 11.1 Other languages
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The Seven Years' War was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions, led by the Kingdom of Great Britain (including the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and other small German states) on one side and the Kingdom of France (including the Austrian-led Holy Roman Empire), the Russian Empire (until 1762), the Kingdom of Spain, and the Swedish Empire on the other. Meanwhile, in India, some regional polities within the increasingly fragmented Mughal Empire, with the support of the French, tried to crush a British attempt to conquer Bengal. The war's extent has led some historians to describe it as World War Zero, similar in scale to other world wars.Although Anglo-French skirmishes over their American colonies had begun with what became the French and Indian War in 1754, the large-scale conflict that drew in most of the European powers was centered on Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Prussians. Seeing the opportunity to curtail Britain's and Prussia's ever-growing might, France and Austria put aside their ancient rivalry to form a grand coalition of their own, bringing most of the other European powers to their side. Faced with this sudden turn of events, Britain aligned itself with Prussia, in a series of political manoeuvres known as the Diplomatic Revolution. However, French efforts ended in failure when the Anglo-Prussian coalition prevailed, and Britain's rise as among the world's predominant powers destroyed France's supremacy in Europe, thus altering the European balance of power.
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00:01:29 1 History
00:04:46 1.1 Advent of territorial power
00:10:39 1.2 Bremen and the Reformation
00:12:37 1.3 Thirty Years' War
00:18:04 1.3.1 Swedish reaction
00:21:48 1.4 19th century
00:23:20 1.5 20th century
00:25:21 2 Geography
00:26:58 2.1 Hills of Bremen
00:27:45 2.2 Climate
00:31:22 3 Demographics
00:31:57 4 Politics
00:32:57 4.1 Last state election
00:33:21 4.2 Administrative structure
00:33:30 5 Main sights
00:38:50 5.1 Structures
00:39:13 6 Economy
00:42:30 7 Transport
00:43:30 8 Events
00:45:07 9 Sports
00:45:55 10 Education and sciences
00:47:05 11 Miscellanea
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00:48:00 13 International relations
00:48:10 13.1 Twin and sister cities
00:48:24 13.2 Other relations
00:48:36 14 See also
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- Socrates
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The City Municipality of Bremen (German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˌʃtatɡəmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] (listen)) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just Bremen for short), a federal state of Germany.
As a commercial and industrial city with a major port on the River Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region, with 2.5 million people. Bremen is the second most populous city in Northern Germany and eleventh in Germany.Bremen is a major cultural and economic hub in the northern regions of Germany. Bremen is home to dozens of historical galleries and museums, ranging from historical sculptures to major art museums, such as the Übersee-Museum Bremen. Bremen has a reputation as a working-class city. Bremen is home to a large number of multinational companies and manufacturing centers. Companies headquartered in Bremen include the Hachez chocolate company and Vector Foiltec. Four-time German football champions Werder Bremen are also based in the city. Weder Bremen share long feuds with the rival team in the neighbouring city of Hamburg, HSV with brawls at almost every match.
Bremen is some 60 km (37 mi) south of the mouth of the Weser on the North Sea. Bremen and Bremerhaven (at the mouth of the Weser) together comprise the state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official German name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen).
Bremen | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:29 1 History
00:05:06 1.1 Advent of territorial power
00:11:30 1.2 Bremen and the Reformation
00:13:36 1.3 Thirty Years' War
00:19:34 1.3.1 Swedish reaction
00:23:36 1.4 19th century
00:25:14 1.5 20th century
00:27:23 2 Geography and Population
00:29:09 2.1 Hills of Bremen
00:30:00 2.2 Climate
00:34:05 2.3 Population
00:34:41 3 Politics
00:35:46 3.1 Last state election
00:36:12 3.2 Administrative structure
00:36:22 4 Main sights
00:42:18 4.1 Structures
00:42:43 5 Economy
00:46:14 6 Transport
00:47:19 7 Events
00:49:04 8 Sports
00:49:56 9 Education and sciences
00:51:12 10 Miscellanea
00:52:02 11 Notable people
00:52:11 12 International relations
00:52:21 12.1 Twin and sister cities
00:52:36 12.2 Other relations
00:52:49 13 See also
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The City Municipality of Bremen (, also US: ; German: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, IPA: [ˈʃtatɡəˌmaɪndə ˈbʁeːmən] (listen)) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just Bremen for short), a federal state of Germany.
As a commercial and industrial city with a major port on the River Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region, with 2.5 million people. Bremen is the second most populous city in Northern Germany and eleventh in Germany.Bremen is a major cultural and economic hub in the northern regions of Germany. Bremen is home to dozens of historical galleries and museums, ranging from historical sculptures to major art museums, such as the Übersee-Museum Bremen. Bremen has a reputation as a working-class city. Bremen is home to a large number of multinational companies and manufacturing centers. Companies headquartered in Bremen include the Hachez chocolate company and Vector Foiltec. Four-time German football champions Werder Bremen are also based in the city.
Bremen is some 60 km (37 mi) south of the mouth of the Weser on the North Sea. Bremen and Bremerhaven (at the mouth of the Weser) together comprise the state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official German name: Freie Hansestadt Bremen).