Gerhard II (archbishop of Bremen and Hamburg)

Gerhard II of Lippe was an archbishop of Bremen & Hamburg.

He fought some quarrels against the citizens of Bremen who gained for more autonomy of their city, with successes and defeats on both sides.

Under his rule, the first bridge across the Weser in Bremen was built, as an enterprise of the counts of Neubruchhausen.

And he made a great relaunch of Bremen Cathedral, he began to build the couple of huge western towers and he displaced the flat ceilings of the naves by vaults.

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