Roland
The Bremen Roland is a statue of Roland, erected in 1404. It stands in the market square of Bremen, Germany, facing the cathedral, and shows Roland, paladin of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and hero of the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.Photo: Godewind, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Statue of Roland in Bremen, Germany
- Also known as: “Bremen Roland” and “UNESCO Weltkulturerbe”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Peter’s Cathedral and House of the Bürgerschaft.
Saint Peter’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Ulamm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bremen Cathedral, named after St. Peter, is a church situated in the market square in the center of Bremen. The cathedral belongs to the Bremian Evangelical Church, a member of the umbrella organization Evangelical Church in Germany. Saint Peter’s Cathedral is situated 130 metres east of Roland.
House of the Bürgerschaft
Public building
Photo: Godewind, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
House of the Bürgerschaft is a public building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitte and Viertel.
Viertel
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viertel is a centrally located neighborhood in the city of Bremen, Germany. It lies east of the old town on the border between two different administrative subdistricts: Ostertor and Steintor.
Roland
- Categories: Roland statue, colossal statue, building, tourism, historic site, and memorial
- Location: Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.07591° or 53° 4′ 33″ northLongitude
8.80733° or 8° 48′ 26″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Inception
1404Height
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9F5C3RG4+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 111389011OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q19665
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Roland” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բրեմենյան Ռոլանդ”
- Basque: “Errolanen estatua”
- Belarusian: “Брэменскі Роланд”
- Belarusian: “Брэмэнскі Ралянд”
- Belarusian: “Брэмэнскі Ролянд”
- Catalan: “estàtua de Rotllà”
- Catalan: “Estàtua de Rotllà”
- Chinese: “不萊梅的羅蘭像”
- Croatian: “Bremenski Roland”
- Czech: “Socha Rolanda”
- Danish: “Rolandstatuen”
- Dutch: “Rolandstandbeeld (Bremen)”
- Dutch: “Rolandstandbeeld”
- Finnish: “Bremer Roland”
- French: “statue de Roland”
- French: “Statue de Roland”
- Georgian: “როლანდის ძეგლი (ბრემენი)”
- Georgian: “როლანდის ძეგლი”
- German: “Bremer Roland”
- German: “Roland”
- German: “Rolandsäule”
- Hebrew: “פסל רולנד בברמן”
- Hindi: “ब्रेमेन रोलैंड”
- Hungarian: “Brémai Roland”
- Hungarian: “Roland-oszlop”
- Icelandic: “Rolandstyttan”
- Indonesian: “Patung Roland”
- Italian: “statua di Rolando”
- Italian: “Statua di Rolando”
- Japanese: “ブレーメンのローラント像”
- Japanese: “ローランド像”
- Lithuanian: “Brėmeno Rolandas”
- Macedonian: “Статуа на Роланд во Бремен”
- Maltese: “Statwa ta‘ Roland ta’ Bremen”
- Maltese: “Statwa ta’ Roland ta’ Bremen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rolandstatuen i Bremen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rolandstatuen”
- Norwegian: “Rolandstatuen i Bremen”
- Persian: “برمن رولاند”
- Polish: “Posąg Rolanda w Bremie”
- Polish: “Posąg Rolanda”
- Portuguese: “estátua de Roland em Bremen”
- Portuguese: “Estátua de Roland em Bremen”
- Russian: “Бременский Роланд”
- Russian: “Роланд”
- Serbian: “Статуа Роланда”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bremenski Roland”
- Slovak: “Socha Rolanda”
- Slovenian: “Bremenski Roland”
- Spanish: “estatua de Rolando”
- Spanish: “Estatua de Rolando”
- Turkish: “Bremen Roland”
- Ukrainian: “Бременський Роланд”
- Vietnamese: “Tượng Roland Bremen”
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