St. Ansgarii Church

The name and tradition of St. Ansgarii go back to around 850, when Archbishop Ansgar of Bremen, known as the "Apostle of the North", established a foundation for twelve clergy here.

In the late 12th century, Archbishop Hartwig II set up a collegiate monastery with twelve canons, with the task of building a basilica in honor of St. Ansgar.

[1] A sermon by the Dutch Augustinian friar Heinrich von Zütphen, a colleague of Martin Luther, in the Ansgarii church was the starting point for the Reformation in Bremen in 1522 emphasizing the theological and historical importance of the St. Ansgarii community for the history of Bremen.

[5] The ruin was demolished in the 1950s and the "Bremer Carreé" city block and shopping center was built in its place.

- Association for the historical cityscape of Bremen" which promotes the reconstruction of the Ansgarii Church and the demolition of the "Bremer Carreé" city block that was built in its place.