Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Bremerhaven, Germany

St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the centre of Bremerhaven, Germany. It belongs to the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bremerhaven-Lehe in the Bremerhaven deanery of the Diocese of Hildesheim and is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

Wikipedia: Maria Unbefleckte Empfängnis (Bremerhaven-Mitte) (DE), Website

The Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche in Bremerhaven belongs to a congregation of the United Churches consisting of Lutherans and Reformed. Belonging to the Bremen Evangelical Church from the beginning, it is still the only congregation of this regional church in Bremerhaven. The correct name of the "Great Church" is United Protestant Community to the Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche. Since 1927, Bremerhaven's main church, like the main shopping street, has been named after Mayor Johann Smidt.

Wikipedia: Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche (DE), Website

The Mayor Smidt Monument in Bremerhaven-Mitte, Theodor-Heuss-Platz, was erected in 1888.

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The list of cultural monuments in Bremerhaven lists all cultural monuments of the city of Bremerhaven and its districts.

Wikipedia: Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Bremerhaven (DE), Website

The Klimahaus Bremerhaven is a scientific exhibition house in Bremerhaven. It is located at the Old Harbour and is part of the Havenwelten; its shape resembles a boat. The exhibition offers the possibility of a virtual journey around the world in a north-south direction at about the geographical longitude of the starting point, 8°34′30" east of Greenwich, and in extension over the South Pole in a northerly direction along the 171st to 172nd degree west longitude. The approximately 11,500 square metre world of knowledge and experience takes up the topic of climate and climate change in various exhibition areas. Klaus Meier has been the new operator of the exhibition house since January 2024. While Arne Dunker headed the Klimahaus from 2004 to 2023, Ingrid Hayen took over the management at the turn of the year.

Wikipedia: Klimahaus Bremerhaven (DE), Website

The Auswandererdenkmal is a statue in the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, that depicts an emigrant family. Cast in bronze, it shows an emigrant family with the father looking forward toward the New World and the mother looking back as she leaves the old country. The statue stands by one of the city's main dikes, the Weserdeich, on the site of one of the original docks from which early emigrants departed.

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The Bremerhaven Zoo is located next to the river Weser and exhibits mainly species which live in the water or in northern environments; exceptions are, for instance, chimpanzees and White-headed marmosets.

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The German Emigration Center is a museum located in Bremerhaven, Germany dedicated to the history of German emigration, especially to the United States. It is Europe's largest theme museum about emigration. Visitors can experience the emigration process through interactive exhibits. The museum also provides access to databases of immigration records.

Wikipedia: German Emigration Center (EN), Website

The Greenland is the oldest seagoing vessel in Germany still sailing today and a former research vessel. Built in Norway in 1867, the Greenland was the ship of the First German North Polar Expedition in 1868. It now belongs to the fleet of the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.

Wikipedia: Grönland (Schiff) (DE), Website