Broodeheim

**Broodeheim** is, with roughly eight hundred thousand inhabitants in the wider area one of the largest cities of Ridderli and a major center of trade and commerce, but also industry.

The harbour cities is known for being the homeport of the fleet of Hurscht Fisheries as well as for its seafood cuisine, as well as the usually annual harbour festivals (2020 was not held due to COVID). The city is home to a small university, the University of Broodeheim, a Chokanna-Kata Team, the Broodeheim CKT, and one of Ridderli's major football clubs.

## History

* 2021 Broodeheim Harbour Festival
* founded in 1689 by Isbert Grun

## Geography

* Gluckselwasser (river in Ridderli)
* Sannbann

### Climate

* tropical rainforest climate
* humid trade wind climate
* Dec-April Rainy Season
* May-Nov 'dry season'
* generally hot, humid and rainy - year round
* day time climate:
	+ dawn: 6 o'clock a.m.
	+ early afternoon (ca. 1 p.m.-3/4 p.m.): rain
	+ dusk: 6 o'clock p.m.

## Government

### City Council

Broodeheim's current mayor is Nela Rood of the Umweltpartei. The city is ruled by a coalition government composed of the Umweltpartei, the SDPR and the Wiesenpartei. The city's parliament convenes in the Rothaus.

Several of the main concerns in city politics are tourism, ecology and the galopping debt of the city.

The city is divided into two electoral circles, being represented by Tjark Wehschutz (Ökologische Partei) and Nela Uffera (Bündnis der Linksliberalen Parteien).

### Crime and Organized Crime

Broodeheim was once known as a city of crime, but the local police forces have a lid on it nowadays - rumours, however, persist of a local chapter of the LCN and of the Sandpanthers existing. The police is focussed on these persisting rumours about the their activities.

A popular crime in Broodeheim is money laundering.

## Economy

* CCVF-Importeur: Leona Biig.
* Hurscht Fisheries
* Baim und Dusel Shipyards

## Infrastructure

### Harbours

The maximum depth of the main industrial harbour is fifteen meters, while the Old Town Harbour has a depth of nine meters. The outlying marinas vary from 4 to 8 meters.

### Old Town Harbour

Deeply connected to the Old Town, the Old Town Harbour is a living, breathing museum to Broodeheim's history and position as a major trade hub. Indeed, the harbour in its protected estuary was the main reason for the foundation of the harbour. Here, where the Gluckselwasser opens into the Broodeheim Bay and ultimately into the ocean, the position for a harbour was seen as ideal.

With its old quay walls and wharfs, warehouses and counting houses, but also shebeens and houses offering *other* services, it has kept much of its charme of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, when the Seehandlungsgesellschaft ruled the islands of Ridderli. Much like Prinzenhafen, Broodeheim was a pirate den, though it could also produce 'legitimate' traders. Their infrastructure was in the Old Town Harbour.

While today, the old criminal underbelly has vanished under the strict eyes of the City's Police, the old memories are still there - and, as the rumours go, some of the old underbelly still remains.

One part of the Old Town Harbour is the harbour fortress on the small island of Broodeburg, which is nowadays mostly a museum, tourist trap and place of restaurants. The most renown of those is the Zofenturm, the most infamous is the Kieselstrand.

## Education

*Also see: School in Ridderli.*
* 75,000 students (not counting university)
* 30 Gymnasien, 15 comprehensive schools, 22 Realgymnasien, 4 trade schools, 2 night schools, 3 special schools
	+ Alexander von Sykane Gesamtschule Broodeheim
	+ Prinz Falk von Ridderli Gymnasium Broodeheim
	+ Leni Zieg Technische Hochschule Broodeheim

## Culture

### Sports

* Shooting Sports:
	+ Ella Adaug.
* Broodeheim CKT
* Broodeheimer Fußball Club

### The Old City

One of the many hearts of the Old City, as far as culture, arts and architecture are concerned, is the Palais Husedahl near the harbourfront.

### Seefahrtsmuseum Broodeheim

The Seefahrtsmuseum Broodeheim is another good address for culture, situated at the border between the new Industrial Harbour and the Old Town Harbour, where the Gluckselwasser meets the ocean. It has an extensive collection pertaining shipbuilding and seafaring in Ridderli, including several museum ships.