1. The Brother's Grimm fairytale Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Bremen Town Musicians). Here is the famous market square statue depicting the clever animals.
3. Roland, the knight who confronts the church as a representation of city rights opposed to the territorial claims of the prince-archbishop. Apparently in the late 1100s Bremen, freie Hansestadt Bremen, was granted several privileges, the most important of which being that property within the municipal boundaries could not be subjected to feudal over-lordship. If serfs managed to live in the city for a year and a day, they would henceforth be regarded as free. According to legend, Bremen will remain free and independent for as long as the Roland stands watch. Here he is:
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