348. What type of federal state (Land) is Bremen?

Answer options

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Explanation

The Land of Bremen is a city-state (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen), one of three city-states of the Federal Republic alongside Berlin and Hamburg. It comprises the two non-contiguous cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven and is the smallest Land by area and population; under Article 51 of the Basic Law it holds three votes in the Bundesrat. Its constitutional position follows from Articles 20(1) and 28 GG (federal order; municipal self-government), with a tight interlocking of municipal and Land tiers (Bremische Bürgerschaft/City Bürgerschaft). Historically it builds on Hanseatic and Free City traditions and was reconstituted as a Land in 1947; the 1949 Basic Law recognized this continuity.