. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. s.) once or twice weekly;to New York weekly in 15 days; travellers returning to England may availthemselves of the latter as far as Southampton {2 I. 5s., incl. food), andthus become acquainted with a Transatlantic steamer. To Bremerhafen andNorderney see p. 287. — To Heligoland s. p. 301. — To Oldenburg see p. 288. Bremen, a free Hanseatic city with 75,945 inhab. [4000 ), is next to Hamburg the most important commercial placein N. Germany. Many well preserved buildings of mediaevalorigin indicate the former importance of the
. The Rhine and northern Germany: handbook for travellers. s.) once or twice weekly;to New York weekly in 15 days; travellers returning to England may availthemselves of the latter as far as Southampton {2 I. 5s., incl. food), andthus become acquainted with a Transatlantic steamer. To Bremerhafen andNorderney see p. 287. — To Heligoland s. p. 301. — To Oldenburg see p. 288. Bremen, a free Hanseatic city with 75,945 inhab. [4000 ), is next to Hamburg the most important commercial placein N. Germany. Many well preserved buildings of mediaevalorigin indicate the former importance of the town, whilst thehandsome structures of the present century entitle it to rankamong the capitals of Europe. Its origin dates from the 8th cent.,and Charlemagne founded an episcopal see here in 788. As earlyas 934 the town enjoyed a political constitution, and in 1284became a member of the Hanseatic League. Bremen is chieflyindebted for its present prosperity to the foundation of Bremer-hafen (p. 287), or harbour of Bremen, which is visited by 3—4000. I)nT-infft:i<ftX(irWrt.»iu*i1
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