Roland by sandra46
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Description
The Bremen Roland is a statue of the city's protector, Roland, erected in 1404, which stands in the market square of Bremen, facing the cathedral. Charlemagne's knight Roland bears Durendart, the "sword of justice" and a shield decorated with the two-headed imperial eagle. Statues of Roland appear in numerous cities of the former Holy Roman Empire, as emblems of city liberties. The standing figure in limestone from Elm was commissioned to replace the wooden one burnt in 1366 by Prince-Archbishop Albert II. It confronts the church as a representation of city rights opposed to the territorial claims of the prince-archbishop. The statue is 5.47 m tall, and stands on a 60 cm rostrum. A supporting column, crowned by a baldachin, brings the combined height to 10.21 m. Roland statues can be found in a number of German towns, they represent market rights and freedom.
Bremen was a member of the Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa), an alliance of trading cities and their guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland, during the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period (c.13th�17th centuries). The Hanseatic free imperial cities owed allegiance directly to the Holy Roman Emperor, without any intermediate tie to the local nobility or the Church.
In the photo on the right the statue and the Townhall are seen from the cathedral (the statue of a saint in the forefront).
Thank you for your kind comments.
Comments (27)
Amosicho
Wonderful shots
magnus073
What a stunning collection of photos and your background info on them brought it all to life for me
bmac62
Nicely done collage. A-1 presentation. Knew of the Hanseatic League by name but didn't know how it operated. Roland would have been a concern to the church at the time. Sounds like the Holy Roman Emperor believed in divide and conquor and I'm sure it worked for him at the time. Go Roland!
MOSKETON
collage genial. muchas gracias, por compartirla.
Miska7
Very nice shots and information! Well done.
durleybeachbum
So interesting, and lovely pics!
flora-crassella
wonderful photos and very interesting story!!!!
lior
Great shots!
starone_angel
Some great shots!
BessieB
An interesting tour of your shots, wonderful
Radar_rad-dude
A most beautiful set of photos and thank you so much for the description! A very excellent and informative dialogue! Thank you so much for sharing!
Digitaleagle
Interesting collage and capture thanks for the info very interesting as well!!!
allnaydi
Great collage and historical background Sandra. Fabulous work - again!
schonee
Super collage! love these.
jeroni
Excellent COLLAGE, fantastic colors and details
mickuk50
Loved the read and of course the pics are fantastic :o).. Mick
stevey3d
Wonderful collage and detailed narrative. Superb!
MC-Jay-One
Beautiful captures, great work!
armoric56
lovely capture and collage!
Minda
very beautiful pics and wonderful collage sandra!!
ledwolorz
Wonderful collage.
miwi
KLasse shot,like to see the"Bremer Stadtmusikanten"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lyron
Wonderful collage!!!
erlandpil
Nice shor again erland
qrud
I lovely site and spot.
virginiese Online Now!
I'll be there for my summer vacations... What a nice collage of this town... I know a little bit : I was there a few years ago:-)
mariogiannecchini
Tra foto e spiegazioni e' , prtaicamente una visita guidata al posto ; andando la' sembrerà di esserci gia' stati . grazie Sandra ! ( Per i personaggi ci sono ancora , siamo noi che andiamo troppo di corsa e non osserviamo attentamente. )