Bremen (Maine)

Lincoln County

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Bremen is a village in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Maine.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau United States Census Bureau Bremen had 806 inhabitants in 2010. The municipal area was 70.9 km ², of which 42.7 km ² land and 28.2 km ² water surface were. The population density is therefore 17 inh. / Km ².

History

Bremen in Bremen Maine is the oldest in the United States. It was founded in 1742 by three families, named from the nearby Waldoburg (now Waldoboro ), a company founded in 1736 settlement of German immigrants, went out and their new settlement after their hometown of Bremen. Towards the end of the 18th century attracted a number of German -speaking settlers of Waldoburg - which has since been inhabited increasingly by settlers from other origins had prevailed, that the place in Waldoboro was renamed and held worship in the local church in English rather than in German language was - to Bremen, where no non-German immigrants had settled to. Your Built in 1772 the church took them. This church still stands today and is considered one of the three oldest churches in Maine. On February 19, 1828 Bremen was as Town of Bremen " Incorporated ", which is considered the official founding. From about 100 inhabitants at this time Bremen grew to 1870 to a size of 840 residents. Today Bremen is a commuter village, working people exercise their professional activity largely in the surrounding cities.