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Bremen is a city in northern Germany whose official title is the free Hanseatic City of Bremen, referring to its membership in the medieval Hanseatic League. It is a port city, situated along the river Weser, about 50 km south inland from the North Sea. Its history reaches back to the 8th century CE. "...Georg Braun & Franz Hogenberg’s Civitates Orbis Terrarum, stands as one of the greatest monuments of late 16th and early 17th Century European cartography. Published in Cologne, Germany in a series of six volumes between 1572 and 1617/8, and, when finally completed, comprising nearly 550 City views and plans, the Civitates is also one of the most valuable sources for the study of Renaissance urban cartography. " - Roderick M Barron.