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| Capital: | Bremen |
| Area: | 405 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 662,451 (2004) |
| pop. density: | 1,636 people/km² |
| Website: | bremen.de |
| ISO 3166-2: | DE-HB |
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| President of the Senate and Mayor: | Jens Böhrnsen (SPD) |
| Ruling party: | SPD/CDU coalition |
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Geography
The state of Bremen consists of two separated enclaves: the cities of Bremen, which is the state capital, and Bremerhaven. Both are located on the River Weser; Bremerhaven is further downstream and serves as a North Sea harbour (the name means "Bremen's harbour"). Both cities are completely surrounded by the neighbouring State of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The two cities are the only administrative subdivisions the state has.
History
The City of Bremen, a member of the Hanseatic League, became an imperial free city of the Holy Roman Empire, and hence a state, in 1646. After the state was dissolved during the Napoleonic period, in 1815 it became an independent country and was subsequently a member of the German Confederation and the North German Confederation. Several areas including the area on which the City of Bremerhaven was to be founded were purchased from Hanover in 1827. In 1871, Bremen joined the German Empire.
While surrounding Hanover was put under British control after the end of World War II in 1945, Bremen was put under administration of the USA because the US occupation zone needed ocean access. As a result, Bremen retained its statehood even though, at this time, all other small states were merged into larger ones.
In 1905, Bremen had an area of 256 km², and a population of 263,000. In 1939, population was 450,000.
Politics
The Bürgerschaft (city assembly) elects two mayors of the city (Bürgermeister). One of these is then elected by the senate (which forms the executive branch) as president of the senate (Senatspräsident) and is thus head of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
May 25, 2003 state elections
Dr. Henning Scherf (SPD) remained Mayor and Senate President, in a SPD-CDU grand coalition.| Party | Party List votes | Vote percentage | Total Seats | Seat percentage |
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| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 123,480 | 42.3% (-0,2) | 40 (-7) | 48.2% |
| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 86,819 | 29.8% (-7,2) | 29 (-13) | 34.9% |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 37,350 | 12.8% (+3,8) | 12 (+2) | 14.5% |
| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 12,294 | 4.2% (+1,7) | 1 (+1) | 1.2% |
| Deutsche Volksunion (DVU) | 6,642 | 2.3% (-0,7) | 1 (=) | 1.2% |
| Law and Order Offensive Party | 12,876 | 4.3% (+4,3) | 0 (=) | 0.0% |
| Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) | 4,885 | 1.7% (-1,2) | 0 (=) | 0.0% |
| All Others | 7420 | 2.6% (-0,5) | 0 (=) | 0.0% |
| Totals | 291,766 | 100.0% | 83 (-17) | 100.0% |
See also
External links
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