Colonial Footprints in Bremen

Hachez

Hachez is a Bremen-based chocolate factory, co-founded in 1890 by Joseph Hachez.

The Bremen Chamber of Commerce

The Bremen Chamber of Commerce, seated in the Schütting on Bremen's market square opposite the town hall, has represented the interests of Bremen's economy since 1849.

Carl-Ronning-Straße

On 26 May 1950, at the request of building senator Emil Theil, the Bremen Senate resolved to name the planned road between Knochenhauerstraße and Pelzerstraße "Carl-Ronning-Straße".

Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium

During the National Socialist era, the school was named after a colonial-era commander, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.

Ohamakari Memorial

The Ohamakari Memorial, inaugurated on 11 August 2009, stands right beside the anti-colonial monument, "the Elephant", behind Bremen's main station.

North German Mission

The North German Mission is a Protestant missionary society that spread Christianity in the German colonies of Ghana and Togo in West Africa.

Vogelsangstraße

Vogelsangstraße is located in the Schwachhausen district.

Brasilhaus

The so-called "Brasilhaus" in the Schnoor is Bremen's oldest residential building.

Edeka

Walle

An everyday place where colonial trade routes and their traces in consumption become visible.

Anti-Colonial Memorial / The Elephant

Nelson-Mandela-Park

A ten-metre brick elephant — first a colonial memorial, an anti-colonial monument since 1990.

Windhukstraße

Schwachhausen

Named after the capital of the former colony of German South-West Africa (today Namibia).

Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße

Vegesack

Named after the Africa explorer Gerhard Rohlfs, whose expeditions served colonial interests.

Karl-Peters-Straße

Schwachhausen

Named after the coloniser Carl Peters, notorious for his violent rule in East Africa.

Lüderitzstraße

Schwachhausen

Named after the Bremen merchant Adolf Lüderitz, whose land purchases founded the colony in South-West Africa.

Nettelbeckstraße

Neustadt

Named after Joachim Nettelbeck, who was involved in the transatlantic slave trade.

The North German Lloyd

Überseestadt

Bremen shipping company whose steamers carried goods, people and troops to the colonies.

School on Dechanatstraße / HfK

Altstadt

A place where the colonial history of education and exhibitions becomes visible.

Übersee-Museum

Bahnhofsvorplatz

An ethnographic and trade museum whose collections are closely tied to the colonial trade.

Brinkmann Mosaic

Created in 1957 as advertising for the Bremen cigarette factory Martin Brinkmann AG.

Fruchthof

The Fruchthof illustrates Bremen's important role in the history of German tropical-fruit imports.