Bremen City report - By Jörg Plöger ASE

Figure 2 shows the extension of Bremen at the end of the medieval era and at the beginning of the 20th century. [...] Figure 8 shows the steep rises in unemployment in the 1980s, contrasting the German average with the rate for the state of Bremen and for the two cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. [...] Following the model of campus universities in the US, it was located outside the urban area, to the east of the city centre. [...] In 2005, as a result of the investments made and their success, the Association of German Foundations and the 27 Ministry of Education awarded Bremen the title ‘Centre of Excellence’ for the performance of the six institutes of higher education. [...] The federal state of Bremen and the surrounding state of Lower Saxony began a joint regional planning approach in the 1970s to coordinate large-scale developments such as the proposed deep-water harbour in Wilhelmshaven, the construction of a coastal highway and the location of the four Airbus plants in the region.