Schnoor

During the Second World War the Schnoor suffered only slight damage, so that owners of the houses had to pay a Lastenausgleich after 1945.

The Senate of the Free Hanseatic Town of Bremen decided in 1959 to rebuild the historic area of the Schnoor.

House owners were invited to restore rundown buildings with financial support from the State of Bremen.

This development was in contrast to the common practice in many towns and cities in Germany and Europe until the late 1970s.

Another historic building is the Landherrnamt (1856) which initially housed the authorities administering the State of Bremen.