page_title: Schnoor
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Schnoor / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Schnoor, Part of the City Bremen, Germany Deutsch: Der Stadtteil "Schnoor" in Bremen
context_page_description: Schnoor is a neighbourhood in the medieval centre of the German city of Bremen, and the only part of it that has preserved a medieval character. The neighbourhood owes its name to old handicrafts associated with shipping. The alleys between the houses were often associated with occupations or objects: There was an area in which ropes and cables were produced and a neighboring area, where wire cables and anchor chains were manufactured.
  Schnoor is also the name of the main street in this neighbourhood. Another street there is Marterburg.
context_section_description: In the Hanseatic city of Bremen, the Schnoor was one of the poorer corners. While the rich merchants settled in the Obernstraße (Upper Street), which was meant as well geographically (ridge of the dune) as socially, or in the Langenstraße (Long street, along the Balge, Bremen's first harbour), the Schnoor developed in the 10th century as a district of fishermen. The inhabitants built thatched cottages on the little island between the rivers Weser and Balge. Therefore, during its first centuries it was liable to high floods.
  The first ferry service was established here, and the first bridge crossing the Weser was built around the year 1240. You can find an old wall and parts of a round tower which was erected around 1200, near the so-called Marterburg.
  In the 13th century Franciscan friars had settled and their St. John's church was constructed in the following decades.
caption: The street Schnoor today
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