His position and the missionary activity of the church of Bremen allowed him to gather information on the history and the geography of Northern Germany.

Adam based his works in part on Einhard, Cassiodorus, and other earlier historians, as he had the whole library of the church of Bremen at his fingertips.

Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states, together with Hamburg and Bremen, among the present 16 states of Germany.

In Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ( Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church ), Adam of Bremen mentions Birka many times, and the book is the main source of information on the city.

After three months of intense work, he predicted a position for Ceres in December 1801 — just about a year after its first sighting — and this turned out to be accurate within a half-degree when it was rediscovered by Franz Xaver von Zach on 31 December at Gotha, and one day later by Heinrich Olbers in Bremen.

A Bremen guild chronicle of 1570 reports that a small tree decorated with " apples, nuts, dates, pretzels and paper flowers " was erected in the guild-house for the benefit of the guild members ' children, who collected the dainties on Christmas Day.

The chief cities were Cologne on the Rhine River, Hamburg and Bremen on the North Sea, and Lübeck on the Baltic.

The emperor then sent a delegation to see Gregory, headed by St. Anschar, the Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen, to question the Pope on the events which led to Louis ’ s removal from the throne by Lothair.

She died on September 18, 1996 at Bremen, Lincoln County, Maine.

In talks, interviews and round-table discussions broadcast on Hessen Radio, South-West Radio and Radio Bremen, Adorno discussed topics as diverse as “ The Administered World ” ( September 1950 ), “ What is the Meaning of ‘ Working Through the Past ?”’ ( February 1960 ) to “ The Teaching Profession and its Taboos ” ( August 1965 ).

Following the Teletubbies ' appearance in New York City, they went on their first live European tour, performing shows in London, Paris, Bremen, Darmstadt, Halle ( Saale ), Hamburg, Köln, and Hannover.

Both these works, with Adam of Bremen as a possible source, were confused about the location of what they called Wintland — the Malmesbury monk had it on the ocean east of Norway, while Higden put it west of Denmark but failed to explain the distance.

* March 6 – In Bremen, an assassination attempt is made on Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

Many of the bookmakers are sponsoring some of the major football teams in the major European football leagues, although Werder Bremen are currently fighting the German courts for the freedom to continue featuring bookmaker Bwin on their shirts, as Germany and France take action against online gamers.

This company with it ´ s premises was situated on an area called Stephanikirchenweide at the periphery of the ancient town of Bremen.

Because of increasing importance of shipbuilding industry some influential Bremen merchants, bankers and politicians decided in 1872 to establish a new and greater company on shares.

The Bremen shipyard A. G. „ Weser ” concentrated the manufacturing program on all kinds of ships up to approx.

In later Scandinavian practice, human sacrifice appears to have become more institutionalised, and was repeated as part of a larger sacrifice on a periodic basis ( according to Adam of Bremen every nine years ).

The Black Guard invaded the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, crossing through and ravaging areas in the Prince-Bishopric of Verden and the Brunswick-Lunenburgian Principality of Lunenburg-Celle, leaving behind a wake of devastation on the countryside and especially in the looted monasteries.

The German Bremen took the Blue Riband at in 1933, the Italian Rex recorded on a westbound voyage the same year, and the French Normandie crossed the Atlantic in just under four days at in 1937.

The town of Kramer was incorporated on September 5, 1883, and given the name Bremen.

The Roland in Wedel was erected in 1450 as symbol of market justice, and the Roland statue in front of the town hall of Bremen ( 1404 ) is listed together with the town hall on the List of World Heritage Site from the UNESCO since 2004.

The Town of New Bremen is on the eastern side of the county.

* April 12 – April 14 – The first ever east – west transatlantic aeroplane flight takes place from Dublin, Ireland, to Greenly Island, Canada, using German Junkers W33 Bremen.

After delivery of the Bremen more than 5, 000 of altogether about 12, 000 coworkers of the shipyard were set free because of lack of new orders.

He traveled on April 2, 1786, to the modern-day Dubrovnik ( a vassal city of the Ottoman Empire, then better known with other, Italian name Ragusa ), and then to Constantinople in Turkey ( until September 23, 1786 ), Russia, ( from September 26, 1786 until September 7, 1787, slightly under one year ), Sweden, ( in Stockholm as from September 10, 1787 until November 2, 1787 ), Norway, from November 10, 1787 until departing from Karlskrona in Sweden from December 17, 1787 ), Denmark ( from September 23, 1787 until March 10, 1788 after being received in Denmark orders of capture from Spain no later than January 22, 1788 ), the Free Hanseatic Town of Hamburg, ( from ( April 1, 1788 until the April 27, 1788 ), the Free Town of Bremen, ( leaving on April 27 ), Holland, ( from around the May 2, 1788 until around June 16, 1788 ), some actual Belgian towns and German cities along the Rhine river, Swiss Basel, ( arrival July 30, 1788, and then again after touring German-speaking Switzerland on October 12, 1788 ), Swiss Geneva ( arrival September 25, 1788 ), and France, ( entry around the 3rd and 4th weeks of September 1788, two stays in Marseilles, the second departing there towards Bordeaux on February 26, 1789 via inland waterways ), travels to Rouen, Le Havre and Paris around May 5, 1789, getting papers as " Mr. Meeroff from Livonia " to arrive in Dover, ( England ) and then London on June 19, 1789, taking lodgings at the house of his British friend, " A Barlow ", at 47 Jermyn Street ).

* July 22 – Luft Hansa uses a catapult to launch a Heinkel He 12 mail plane from the passenger liner Bremen, 400 km ( 248 miles ; 216 nautical miles ) out of New York, New York, speeding the mail on its way before the ship reaches port.

In the case of Bremen, 12, 000 imperial soldiers under the command of Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Calenberg unsuccessfully laid siege from January until May.

He was a member of the crew of the Bremen, which made the first successful Trans-Atlantic aircraft flight from East to West on 12 – 13 April 1928.

On 12 – 13 April 1928, Fitzmaurice flew in the crew of the Bremen on the first transatlantic aircraft flight from East to West.

If fully effected, it would have affected the already secularized archbishoprics of Bremen and Magdeburg, 12 bishoprics and over 100 religious houses around the German states.

The development of the University of Bremen can be divided up into steps of 10 to 12 years – foundation, restructuring, consolidation and profile building: at the beginning of the 1970s, the University was set up as a “ science complex ” before the city gates, a city oriented towards trade and seafaring that had no experience with restless academic minds, particularly not with leftist professors.

The airfield was the one from which the first successful east-west Atlantic crossing by a Junkers W33 aeroplane, the Bremen, took off on 12 April 1928 with Baron Hünefeld, Hermann Köhl and Captain James Fitzmaurice as co-pilot, as well as the first Aer Lingus flight took place on May 27, 1936.

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At the end of the 2011 – 12 season, Werder Bremen decided to not extend Rosenberg's contract.

Jones appeared in the Bundesliga 20 times during the 2011 – 12 season, making his last appearance in a 3 – 2 win over Werder Bremen on the final day of the season, playing the full 90 minutes.

The following season Essien scored several important goals including his first Champions League goal for Chelsea in a 2 – 0 victory over Werder Bremen of Germany on 12 September 2006.

He moved to Bremen, where he worked for Bremer Bürgerzeitung, in 1911 and was one of several who attacked Karl Kautsky's analysis of imperialism in Die Neue Zeit in May 1912.

* Johann " Hans " Rickmers, retired cavalry captain who had fought in World War I ; born 7 May 1881 in Bremen.

By May 2011 however his party had collapsed in several states, including Rhineland-Palatinate and Bremen where they failed to secure the 5 % threshold necessary for a seat in parliament.

On May 27, 2006 Columbus was flown from Bremen, Germany to Kennedy Space Center on board an Airbus Beluga.

Corinna May ( born 10 October 1970 in Bremen, Germany as Corinna Meyer ) is a blind singer from Germany.

It was only on 2 May that Prussian and Wurttemberg Freikorps units put an end using the same violent methods as in Berlin and Bremen.

In recent time, performances at the Theater Bremen were given in April / May 2009 and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Oper Leipzig in April / May 2010.

* May 17 – 18 ( overnight ) – 72 British bombers attack Bremen, Cologne, and Hamburg, killing at least 47 and injuring 127 in Bremen and Hamburg.

* May 27 – 28 ( overnight ) – 120 British bombers attack Bremen, Hamburg, Duisburg, Dortmund, Neuss, and other German cities.

The campaign started with the landings in Normandy and ended on 4 May 1945 with Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery taking the German military surrender of all German forces in Holland, north west Germany and Denmark on Lüneburg Heath, ( situated between the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen ).

On 25 May the disruption spread to Northern Germany-airports at Hamburg and Bremen were closed for a few hours.

It flew on the 1000 bomber raids to Cologne, Essen and Bremen in May and June 1942.

In the 2008 – 09 season, under Magath, Wolfsburg claimed their biggest success by winning their first Bundesliga title after defeating Werder Bremen 5 – 1 on 23 May 2009.

On 15 May 2012, Pizarro announced that he would leave Werder Bremen in the summer.

No 2 FAU was heavily involved with the care and support of inmates at the newly liberated Stalag X-B prisoner-of-war camp near Sandbostel, between Bremen and Hamburg in northern Germany in May 1945.

The Bremen state election, 2003, was conducted on May 25, 2003, to elect members to the Bürgerschaft of Bremen.

On 6 May 2000, Santa Cruz was substituted onto the field on 73 minutes for Carsten Jancker during the 1999 – 2000 DFB-Pokal final as Bayern Munich beat SV Werder Bremen 3 – 0.

On 20 May 2009, he captained Shakhtar in the 2-1 victory over Werder Bremen in the UEFA Cup Final.