Ports of Bremen

Finding a more durable outer harbour site was difficult, as the neighbouring territorial states preferred to patronize their own ports.

Finally in 1827, the state of Bremen succeeded to buy the ground of the relics of Swedish foundation Carlsburg on the mouth of the Geeste river into the Weser estuary.

The goods station on the new quay, called Weserbahnhof, was one of the most modern links between land transport and sea trade of that age.

In the last quarter of the 19th century, a way was found to employ the help of natural powers to use the lower Weser as an efficient waterway for modern sea vessels.

When in 1888 the state of Bremen joined the German Customs Union, the Europahafen became a free port that was later enlarged by other new basins.