Assignment #2

• • Hamburg, Bremen, & Nordrhein-Westfalen 
  • HISTORY
  • The history of Hamburg begins with its foundation in the 9th Century as a mission settlement to convert the saxons.  Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and is a major transportation Hub in N. Germany. 
  • Bremen was found in 1834 by George Berry.  Bremen has the second largest port hight after Hamburg
  • Nordrhein-Westfalen was established by the british military administration on Aug. 23, 1946.  Its the largest federal state by population and economically most powerful state in Germany.
  • HISTORY CONTINUED.
    • The history of Hamburg begins with its foundation in the 9th Century as a mission settlement to convert the saxons.  Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and is a major transportation Hub in N. Germany. 
    • Bremen was found in 1834 by George Berry.  Bremen has the second largest port hight after Hamburg
    • Nordrhein-Westfalen was established by the british military administration on Aug. 23, 1946.  Its the largest federal state by population and economically most powerful state in Germany.
    • CAPITALS
    • Hamburg, Hamburg
    • Bremen, Bremen
    • Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
    • SIZE
    • Bremen:  According to the United States Census Bureau in 2000, there were 4,486 people, 1,689 household, and 1,177 families residing in the town.
    • Hamburg:  Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest city in the European Union.  The city is home to over 1.8 million people, and has more than 4.3 million inhabitants.
    • Nordrhein-Westfalen: NRW is the westernmost, most populous, and economically most powerful state of German with four of the country’s ten largest cities.  According to Mygermancity.com, NRW has the highest density in population. (More than 18 million people live here!)
    • RANDOM FACTS
    • In 1811 Napoleon invaded Bremen
    • Bremen is the smallest state of the Federal Republic.
    • Only 15% of Bremen is free from annual floods
    • Hamburg became a city/state in the North German confederation 1866-1871, then the German Empire from 1871-1918.
    • On November 8, 1266 the contract between Henry the third and Hamburg’s traders allowed them to establish a hanse in London.
    • North Rhine-Westphalia is home to 14 universities  and over 50 partly postgraduate colleges, with a total of over 500,000 students.