Colonial Footprints in Bremen
A tour of the places, street names and monuments that recall Bremen’s colonial past — and the questions they still raise today.
Map
Places across the city
Ten stations across Bremen. Click a point to learn more.
Tap a point for details
Places
All stations
Monuments, street names and institutions — each with background, images and sources.
Hachez
Die Bremer Handelskammer
Carl-Ronning-Straße
Hermann-Böse-Gymnasium
Ohamakari Mahnmal
Norddeutsche Mission
Vogelsangstraße
Brasilhaus
Edeka
Walle
An everyday place where colonial trade routes and their traces in consumption become visible.
Learn moreAnti-Colonial Memorial / The Elephant
Nelson-Mandela-Park
A ten-metre brick elephant — first a colonial memorial, an anti-colonial monument since 1990.
Learn moreWindhukstraße
Schwachhausen
Named after the capital of the former colony of German South-West Africa (today Namibia).
Learn moreGerhard-Rolfs-Straße
Karl-Peters-Straße
Schwachhausen
Named after the coloniser Carl Peters, notorious for his violent rule in East Africa.
Learn moreLüderitzstraße
Schwachhausen
Named after the Bremen merchant Adolf Lüderitz, whose land purchases founded the colony in South-West Africa.
Learn moreNettelbeckstraße
Neustadt
Named after Joachim Nettelbeck, who was involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
Learn moreThe North German Lloyd
Überseestadt
Bremen shipping company whose steamers carried goods, people and troops to the colonies.
Learn moreSchule an der Dechanatstraße / Hochschule für Künste
Überseemuseum
Brinkmann-Mosaik
Fruchthof
About the project
Making memory visible
The app and this website make colonial traces in Bremen’s cityscape visible and place them in historical context. Each site offers background, images, audio and sources for further research — a contribution to a critical culture of remembrance.
The project is aimed especially at schools, youth groups and educational work: it invites you to read your own city anew and to talk about colonial continuities.
“Remembrance begins where we start to question the street names and monuments of our city.”
How it works
Out and about with the app
Take the tour outside — the free app guides you from place to place.
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Discover on the map
Tap a pin to open a place near you.
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Browse the list
All places alphabetically — searchable by name.
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Listen & look
Many places offer audio, historical photos and sources.
Funding
Funded by
This project is made possible by:
Contact & legal
Publisher
LidiceHaus gGmbH
Managing director: Anne Dwertmann · Reg. no.: HRB 11620 · Design: koop-bremen.de