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66-691: Bremen is the largest city on the River Weser , the longest river flowing entirely in Germany, lying some 60 km (37 mi) upstream from its mouth into the North Sea at Bremerhaven , and is completely surrounded by the state of Lower Saxony . Bremen is the centre of the Northwest Metropolitan Region , which also includes the cities of Oldenburg and Bremerhaven, and has a population of around 2.8 million people. Bremen

132-456: A bill that subsequently formalized his circumvention of parliamentary budgetary rights. At voting time on 3 September, the political division of the liberals was confirmed when 19 National Liberal deputies opted for his Indemnity Law. While the Liberals who opposed the bill argued that Bismarck was asking them to compromise on constitutional government, the bill’s supporters believed opposition

198-660: A free city in 1720. The city was captured in 1806 and then annexed by France in 1810, before it regained independence in 1815. In 1871, Bremen was drawn by Prussia into the German Empire . With its new sea anchorage and wharves at Bremerhaven, it was the principal port of embarkation for German and central European emigrants to the Americas, and an entrepôt for Germany's late developing colonial trade. The Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), founded in Bremen in 1857, became one of

264-677: A parliamentary majority for Bismarck until his resignation in 1890. As for the Kulturkampf , Bismarck deserted the liberals, came to terms with a new less confrontational Pope and started working politically with the Catholic Centre Party . Historian Hajo Holborn examines the contradictions between the Kulturkampf and liberal values: David Blackbourn says the liberal attacks on the Catholic Church "left

330-505: A political legacy that was the opposite of what liberals wanted. It made them beholden to Bismarck; and helped consolidate political Catholicism in Germany". In 1905, Ernst Bassermann became chairman of National Liberal Party. He followed chairman Johannes von Miquel . The National Liberals came to be closely associated with the interests of big business , maintaining strong relations with mighty industrialist advocacy groups as well as with imperialist and nationalist associations like

396-624: A reputation as a working-class city. The city is home to many multinationals and manufacturing companies headquartered in Bremen include Hachez chocolate and Vector Foiltec . Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen play in the Weserstadion on the bank of the Weser. For most of its 1,200 year history, Bremen was an independent city within the confederal jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire . Its governing merchants and guilds were at

462-417: A somewhat wider temperature range than Bremerhaven that is located on the mouth of Weser. Average temperatures have risen continually over the last decades, leading to a 0.6 °C (1.1 °F) rise in the mean annual temperature between 1961–90 and 1981–2010 reference periods. As in most parts of Germany, the year 2014 has been the warmest year on record averaging 11.1 °C (52.0 °F), making Bremen

528-430: A third of the total population, could be classified as having non-German origin/ethnicity. Number of minorities in Bremen by nationality as of 31 December 2022: The recent influx has somewhat moderated the tendency toward an accelerated ageing of the population. As it is, more than half the population of the state of Bremen are over 50, and more than a quarter are over 60. The Stadtbürgerschaft (municipal assembly)

594-530: A worldwide operating company for manufacturing wool and trading in wool and similar products, is headquartered in Bremen. Gleistein is a German cordage factory with head office in Bremen. Bremen has an international airport situated 3 km (2 mi) south of the city centre. Trams in Bremen and local bus services are offered by the Bremer Straßenbahn AG (translates from German as Bremen Tramways Corporation ), often abbreviated BSAG,

660-532: Is twinned with: Circles est. 1500: Bavarian , Swabian , Upper Rhenish , Lower Rhenish–Westphalian , Franconian , (Lower) Saxon River Weser The Weser ( pronounced [ˈveːzɐ] ) is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany . It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda . It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen . Its mouth

726-633: Is 14.4 metres (47 feet, 3 inches) above sea level and lies to the east at the Polizeihaus , Am Wall 196. The highest natural feature in the city of Bremen is 32.5 metres (107 feet) above sea level and lies in Friedehorst Park in the northwestern borough of Burglesum. As a result, Bremen has the lowest high point of all the German states . Bremen has a moderate oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ) due to its proximity to

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792-565: Is 50 km (31 mi) further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham . The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula . It then merges into the North Sea via two highly saline , estuarine mouths. It connects to the canal network running east–west across the North German Plain . The river, when combined with the Werra (a dialectal form of Weser ), is 744 km (462 mi) long and thus,

858-408: Is a plant of EADS Astrium and the headquarters of OHB-System , respectively the first and the third space companies of European Union. There is also a Mercedes-Benz factory in Bremen, building the C , CLK , SL , SLK , and GLK series of cars. Beck & Co 's headlining brew Beck's and St Pauli Girl beers are brewed in Bremen. In past centuries when Bremen's port was the "key to Europe",

924-586: Is contiguous with the Lower Saxon towns of Delmenhorst , Stuhr , Achim , Weyhe , Schwanewede and Lilienthal . There is an exclave of Bremen in Bremerhaven, the "Citybremian Overseas Port Area Bremerhaven" ( Stadtbremisches Überseehafengebiet Bremerhaven ). Bremen is the fourth-largest city in the Low German dialect area after Hamburg, Dortmund and Essen . Bremen's port , together with

990-603: Is currently made up of 72 of the 87 legislators of the state legislature, the Bremische Bürgerschaft who reside in the city of Bremen. The legislature is elected by the citizens of Bremen every four years. Bremen has a reputation as a left-wing city. The port, shipyards and related industries sustained a large and unionised working class. This translated into support for the Social Democrats , considered Bremen's natural governing party. However, in

1056-476: Is distributed fairly even around the year with a small peak in summer mainly due to convective precipitation, i.e. showers and thunderstorms. Snowfall and the period of snow cover are variable; whereas in some years, hardly any snow accumulation occurs, there has recently been a series of unusually snowy winters, peaking in the record year 2010 counting 84 days with a snow cover. Nevertheless, snow accumulation of more than 20 centimetres (8 in) remains exceptional,

1122-791: Is linked west to the Dortmund–Ems Canal via the Coastal Canal . It is linked east at Bremerhaven to the Elbe . A large reservoir, the Edersee , on the Eder , the main tributary of the Fulda, is used to allow enough water depth for shipping year-round. The dam, built in 1914, was bombed and severely damaged by British aircraft in May 1943, causing great destruction and about 70 deaths downstream. It

1188-740: Is the Weserstadion , a pure football stadium, almost completely surrounded by solar cells. It is one of the biggest buildings in Europe delivering renewable energy. With 18,000 students, the University of Bremen is the largest university in Bremen, and is also home to the international Goethe-Institut and the Fallturm Bremen . Additionally, Bremen has a University of the Arts and the Bremen University of Applied Sciences . In 2001,

1254-816: The Bremen Overseas Museum ( Übersee-Museum Bremen ) or the Weserburg . The Bremen City Hall and the Bremen Roland form the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen". Bremen is well-known through the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale " Town Musicians of Bremen " ( Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten ), and there is a statue dedicated to it in front of the city hall. Bremen has

1320-570: The European Union , and after 2015 with the settlement of refugees from Syria and other war-torn regions. Today Bremen has a population of 567,000 and is the 11th largest city in Germany and 5th largest city by area with area of 318.21 km (122.86 sq mi), which makes this city area bigger than Munich . By the second decade of the century out of a population (including Bremerhaven ) of approximately 680,000, over 115,000 had foreign citizenship, and nearly twice that number, almost

1386-548: The German Empire . Weights and measurements were standardized, a common German market and a national bank, the Reichsbank , created and the numerous regional currencies replaced with the Goldmark. The liberal economic policies, although temporarily unpopular in the recession of the 1870s, laid the groundworks for the economic boom the German nation experienced at the turn of the 19th century. In 1879, Bismarck's alliance with

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1452-578: The Pan-German League . Increasingly threatened by the growing strength of the Social Democrats , the party gradually became more conservative, although it was generally split between a more liberal wing that sought to strengthen ties with the dissident liberals to their left and a right-wing that came to support more protectionist policies and close relations with the Conservatives and the imperial government. During World War I , most of

1518-597: The liberal German Progress Party in the Prussian House of Representatives during a constitutional conflict sparked by Minister President Otto von Bismarck : In 1862, he had overruled the Liberal opposition in parliament using the so-called Lückentheorie ("Gap Theory") to justify proceeding with taxes for military reforms of the Prussian Army , accompanied by his martial " Blood and Iron " speech. In

1584-611: The public transport provider for Bremen. The Bremen S-Bahn covers the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region , from Bremerhaven in the north to Twistringen in the south and from Oldenburg in the west, centred on Bremen Central Station . It has been in operation since 2010. This network unified existing regional transport in Bremen as well as surrounding cities, including Bremerhaven , Delmenhorst , Twistringen , Nordenham , Oldenburg , and Verden an der Aller . The network lies completely within

1650-788: The "Lower Weser" and, from the area of Bremen's port, the river has been made navigable to ocean-going vessels. The region on the left bank of the Lower Weser, through which the Ochtum flows, is the Weser Marshes, the landscape on its right bank is part of the Elbe-Weser Triangle . The Lesum , and its tributaries, the Wümme and Hamme , the Schönebecker Aue and Blumenthaler Aue , are the downstream tributaries of

1716-534: The 1980s mechanization of the port and closure of the city's leading shipbuilder induced an employment crisis and shook the confidence of the party's traditional voter base. The SPD, which had still polled 51% in 1987, lost its effective majority. The once dominant left-liberal vote split, and coalition government became the norm. The state today is governed by a coalition of the Social Democratic Party, The Greens and The Left . In November 2019

1782-647: The BIW did not reach the threshold in Bremen (and will only receive one seat in Bremerhaven, none in Bremen). Neustadt, Südervorstadt and Gartenstadt Süd between Alte Neustadt and the airport city More contemporary tourist attractions include: The Freie Waldorfschule in Bremen-Sebaldsbrück was Germany's first school built to the Passivhaus low-energy building standard. According to data from

1848-545: The National Liberals broke over his abandonment of free trade by the adoption of a tariff . In the economic crisis following the Panic of 1873 , several lobbying associations exerted pressure on Bismarck who increasingly favoured a more protectionist approach. However, these policies violated the liberal principles of both the National Liberals and the more left-leaning liberal German Progress Party . The shift

1914-427: The National Liberals, including such leaders of their left wing as Gustav Stresemann , avidly supported the expansionist goals of the imperial government, although they also called for reform at home. Following the war, the party broke up. Stresemann led the main body of the party, including most of its moderate and conservative elements, into the conservative liberal German People's Party . Its left wing merged with

1980-631: The North Sea coast and temperate maritime air masses that move in with the predominantly westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean. However, periods in which continental air masses predominate may occur at any time of the year and can lead to heat waves in the summer and prolonged periods of frost in the winter. In general though, extremes are rare in Bremen and temperatures below −15 °C (5.0 °F) and above 35 °C (95.0 °F) occur only once every couple of years. The record high temperature

2046-795: The Old Germanic *waisōn "flow, ooze". It is cognate with the Wear in England and Vistula (Polish Wisła, German Weichsel) in Poland, all of which are derived from the Proto-Indo-European root * weys- "to flow", which also gives rise to Old English/Old Frisian wāse "mud, ooze", Old Norse veisa "slime, stagnant pool", Dutch waas "haze; soggy land" (see Waasland ), Old Saxon waso "wet ground, mire", Old High German wasal "rain" and French vase "mud, sludge". The Weser starts at

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2112-571: The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Bremen had a GDP per capita of $ 53,379 in 2013, higher than the average for Germany as a whole. For comparison, in 2013, the World Bank reported Germany had a GDP per capita of $ 46,268, and the EU overall had a GDP per capita of $ 35,408 in the same year. Bremen is the second development centre of the region, after Hamburg . It forms part of

2178-638: The Progress Party into the German Free-minded Party by 1884. The remaining partisans approached to the Conservatives , later the strongest supporters of Alfred von Tirpitz 's various Fleet Acts starting in 1898, which pushed Great Britain into an arms race with Germany until World War I . In the federal election of 1887 , a right-wing cartel of National Liberals, Conservatives and Free Conservatives once again ensured

2244-404: The Weser. The city's municipal area is about 38 kilometres (24 miles) long and 16 kilometres (10 miles) wide. In terms of area, Bremen is the eleventh largest city in Germany; and in terms of population the second largest city in northwest Germany after Hamburg and the eleventh largest in the whole of Germany (see: List of cities in Germany ) . Bremen lies about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of

2310-733: The aforementioned institutes, especially within the MARUM a center for marine environmental sciences, affiliated to the University of Bremen. Furthermore, The Fraunhofer Society is present in Bremen with centers for applied material research (IFAM) and medical image computing (MEVIS). The Centre for Economics Education in the Unterwesergebiet (BWU) is a vocational education and training institution based in Bremen. It specializes in providing business-related education and professional development programs for individuals and businesses. Bremen

2376-701: The area of the Bremen-Lower Saxony Transport Association , whose tariff structure applies. Bremen is home to the football team Werder Bremen , who won the German Football Championship for the fourth time and the German Football Cup for the fifth time in 2004, making them only the fourth team in German football history to win the double; the club won the German Football Cup for the sixth time in 2009. The home stadium of SV Werder Bremen

2442-786: The centre of the Hanseatic League that sought to monopolise the North Sea and Baltic Sea trade. To enlarge and confirm its independence, the city had, until the Reformation , to contend with the temporal power of the Church , and after the Thirty Years' War with Sweden , the masters of the surrounding Duchy of Bremen-Verden . George 1 Louis , the Elector of Hannover (and from 1714, King of Great Britain and Ireland ) who in 1715 acquired Bremen-Verden, recognized Bremen as

2508-974: The city also had a large number of wine importers, but the number is down to a precious few. Apart from that there is another link between Bremen and wine: about 800 years ago, quality wines were produced here. Bremen is not the place where the largest wine cellar in the world is located although it was once said to hold over 1 million bottles, but during WWII was raided by occupying forces. A large number of food producing or trading companies are located in Bremen with their German or European headquarters: Anheuser-Busch InBev (Beck's Brewery), Kellogg's , Kraft Foods (Kraft, Jacobs Coffee, Milka Chocolate, Milram, Miràcoli), Frosta (frosted food), Nordsee (chain of sea fast food), Melitta Kaffee, Eduscho Kaffee, Azul Kaffee, Vitakraft (pet articles and food for cats, dogs, birds, fish, rodents and other pets), Atlanta AG (Chiquita banana), chocolatier Hachez (fine chocolate and confiserie), feodora chocolatier. Bremer Woll-Kämmerei (BWK),

2574-527: The city of Oldenburg , 110 kilometres (68 miles) southwest of Hamburg , 120 kilometres (75 miles) northwest of Hanover , 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Minden and 105 kilometres (65 miles) northeast of Osnabrück . Part of Bremerhaven 's port territory forms an exclave of the City of Bremen. The inner city lies on a Weser dune, which reaches a natural height of 10.5 metres (34 feet, 6 inches) above sea level at Bremen Cathedral ; its highest point, though,

2640-641: The confluence of the Fulda and the Werra. It then runs down to the Porta Westfalica between two high hill ranges, the Wiehengebirge , west and the Weserbergland in the east. Between Minden and the North Sea, humans have largely canalised the river up to a limit of 1,200-ton ships. Eight hydroelectric dams stand at the ends of adjacent weirstreams that make up the river. The navigation

2706-568: The following years, he aimed to reconcile with his opponents by strengthening Prussian hegemony, which culminated in the Seven Weeks' War of 1866. Upon the victory over the Austrian forces at the Battle of Königgrätz on 3 July, many of the liberals finally put aside their differences due to their support for Bismarck's highly successful foreign policy. Seizing the opportunity, he introduced

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2772-415: The fuselage section (excluding the cockpit) of the A400M military transport aircraft takes place before delivery on to Spain. More than 3,100 persons are employed at Airbus Bremen, the second largest Airbus site in Germany. As part of the Centre of Excellence – Wing/Pylon, Bremen is responsible for the design and manufacture of high-lift systems for the wings of Airbus aircraft. The entire process chain for

2838-442: The high-lift elements is established here, including the project office, technology engineering, flight physics, system engineering, structure development, verification tests, structural assembly, wing equipping and ultimate delivery to the final assembly line. In addition, Bremen manufactures sheet metal parts like clips and thrust crests for all Airbus aircraft as part of the Centre of Excellence – Fuselage and Cabin. In Bremen there

2904-474: The interests of the Grand Burgher (German: Großbürger ) dynasties and business magnates as well as nationalist -minded Protestant circles of the educated bourgeoisie ( Bildungsbürgertum ). The key points of the party manifesto focused on national unification and Bismarck's policies, which resulted in the emergence of a German nation state as a constitutional monarchy and highly industrialized country . The National Liberals' period of great dominance

2970-445: The last 10 years (2011–2020), which average 1680 hours of sunshine, almost 200 hours more than in the international reference period of 1961–90. Nevertheless, especially the winters remain extremely gloomy by international standards with December averaging hardly more than one hour of sunshine (out of 7 astronomically possible) per day, a feature that Bremen shares with most of Germany and its neighbouring countries, though. Precipitation

3036-506: The longest river entirely situated within Germany (the Main , however, is the longest if the Weser and Werra are not combined). The Weser itself is 452 km (281 mi) long. The Werra rises in Thuringia , the German state south of the main projection (tongue) of Lower Saxony. "Weser" and "Werra" are the same words in different dialects. The difference reflects the old linguistic border between Central and Low German , passing through Hannoversch Münden. The name likely derives from

3102-412: The political centre of power as the party never attained a large number of members. Chairman of National Liberal Party was Rudolf von Bennigsen . The stabilization of the new state was in a large degree only feasible because of National Liberals' support as de facto ruling party and their guidance of Bismarck's domestic policies, especially in regards to national economics and the legal foundations of

3168-472: The port of Bremerhaven at the mouth of the Weser, is the second-largest port in Germany after the Port of Hamburg . The airport of Bremen ( Flughafen Bremen " Hans Koschnick " ) lies in the southern borough of Neustadt-Neuenland and is Germany's 12th-busiest airport . Bremen is a major cultural and economic hub of Northern Germany. The city is home to dozens of historical galleries and museums, ranging from historical sculptures to major art museums, such as

3234-409: The ports of Bremerhaven , Nordenham , and Bremen . The Alte Weser Lighthouse marks the northernmost point of the Weser. This replaced the Roter Sand Lighthouse in 1964. The largest tributary of the Weser is the Aller , which joins south of Bremen. Tributaries of the Weser and the Werra (from source to mouth) are: Modes of the list: List: Main towns along the Weser are (from the head of

3300-446: The power of the state through the Nationalstaat , and the other emphasized the civil liberties of the Rechtsstaat . Although that cleavage later proved fatal for its unity, the National Liberals managed to remain the pivotal party in the decades after unification by cooperating with both the Progressives and the Free Conservatives on various issues. A first national liberal parliamentary group arose among right-wing deputies of

3366-447: The private Jacobs University Bremen was founded. All major German research foundations maintain institutes in Bremen, with a focus on marine sciences: The Max Planck Society with the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology , and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community with the Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (zmt). The Bremerhaven-based Alfred-Wegener-Institute of the Helmholtz Association closely cooperates with

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3432-408: The production network of Airbus SAS and this is where equipping of the wing units for all widebody Airbus aircraft and the manufacture of small sheet metal parts takes place. Structural assembly, including that of metal landing flaps, is another focal point. Within the framework of Airbus A380 production, assembly of the landing flaps (high lift systems) is carried out here. The pre-final assembly of

3498-455: The record being 68 centimetres (26.8 in) of snow on 18 February 1979. The warmest months in Bremen are June, July, and August, with average high temperatures of 20.2 to 22.6 °C (68.4 to 72.7 °F). The coldest are December, January, and February, with average low temperatures of −1.1 to 0.3 °C (30.0 to 32.5 °F). Typical of its maritime location, autumn tends to remain mild well into October, while spring arrives later than in

3564-408: The right-wing group Phalanx 18 was banned by the city-state of Bremen. One of the two mayors ( Bürgermeister ) is elected President of the Senate ( Präsident des Senats ) and serves as head of the city and the state. The current mayor is Andreas Bovenschulte . Provisional results; the AfD did not reach the 5% threshold in Bremerhaven (and will hence only receive seats for votes from Bremen),

3630-476: The river to its mouth): Hann. Münden , Beverungen , Höxter , Holzminden , Bodenwerder , Hamelin , Hessisch Oldendorf , Rinteln , Vlotho , Bad Oeynhausen , Porta Westfalica , Minden , Petershagen , Nienburg , Achim , Bremen , Brake , Nordenham , Bremerhaven . The river features in the legend and folk tale the Pied Piper of Hamelin . National Liberal Party (Germany) The National Liberal Party ( German : Nationalliberale Partei , NLP )

3696-403: The second-warmest German state after Berlin in 2014. While Bremen is located in the comparatively cloudy northwestern part of Germany, there has been a significant increase in average sunshine hours over the last decades, especially in the months of April, May, and July, causing the annual mean to rise by 121 hours between the reference periods of 1961–90 and 1991–2020. This trend has continued over

3762-425: The southwestern parts of the country. Bremen's economy boomed in line with the West German Wirtschaftswunder of the 1950s and 60s. This saw the growth, and permanent settlement, of a large migrant worker population, drawn largely from Turkey and southern Europe. A new wave immigration occurred after the turn of new century, following the entry of Poland , Bulgaria and other former East Bloc countries into

3828-400: The world's leading shipping companies. In the twentieth century, Bremen, a broadly liberal and social-democratic city, lost its autonomy under the Hitler regime . During World War II , it was the location of nine subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp , mostly for French, Polish, Soviet and Jewish men and Jewish women. After the war, in which almost two thirds of the city's fabric

3894-434: Was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on 9 August 1992, while the official record low temperature was −23.6 °C (−10.5 °F) on 13 February 1940. On 13 October 2018, Bremen recorded its warmest October day on record with 28.6 °C (83.4 °F). However, the astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers reported to have measured −27.3 °C on 23 January 1823. Being at some distance from the main North Sea, Bremen still has

3960-441: Was a liberal party of the North German Confederation and the German Empire which flourished between 1867 and 1918. During the Prussian -led unification of Germany , the National Liberals became the dominant party in the Reichstag . While supporting the common ideals of liberalism and nationalism, the party contained two wings, which reflected the conflicting claims of its Hegelian and idealistic heritage: one emphasized

4026-400: Was between 1871 and 1879, when they were Bismarck's chief allies in the Reichstag where they were avid supporters of the anti-Catholic Kulturkampf measures and the Anti-Socialist Laws . In the first all-German federal election held on 3 March 1871, the party reached 30.1% of the votes, becoming the strongest group in the Reichstag parliament with 119 seats. The Reichstag faction remained

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4092-400: Was destroyed, the autonomy was restored. Bremen became one of the founding Bundesländer (or states) of the Federal Republic (West Germany) . Bremen lies on both sides of the River Weser , about 60 kilometres (37 miles) upstream of its estuary on the North Sea and its transition to the Outer Weser by Bremerhaven. Opposite Bremen's Altstadt is the point where the "Middle Weser" becomes

4158-435: Was founded in the course of the North German federal election held on 12 February 1867. They gathered support from the Prussian annexed territories of Hanover and Hesse-Nassau as well as from the other states of the Confederation, emerging as the largest faction in the North German Reichstag . An inaugural declaration was adopted on 12 June. The first party chairman was Rudolf von Bennigsen . The party strongly advocated

4224-460: Was fruitless because Bismarck had the firm support of King Wilhelm I (under the constitution, the minister-president was responsible to the king, not parliament). They believed that if they accepted the Indemnity Law, they would be in a better position to press for greater freedom. This, the first National Liberal faction in the Prussian parliament was formed on 17 November around Eduard Lasker and Hans Victor von Unruh . The National Liberal Party

4290-427: Was rebuilt within four months. The reservoir is a major summer resort area. Turbines driven by its sluices provide electricity . The Weser enters the North Sea in the southernmost part of the German Bight . In the sea it splits into two arms – the riverbed at the end of the last ice age . These sea arms are called Alte Weser (old Weser) and Neue Weser (new Weser). They are the waterways for ships heading for

4356-437: Was so important that it has been characterized as Bismarck's conservative turn. This meant an enduring shift of the Chancellor to the right , which changed the political climate of the fledgling nation and soured relations between Bismarck and a number of leading German liberals. The National Liberals lost their status as the dominant party in 1880, when the left-wing represented by the Liberal Union split off and merged with

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