https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen

It's been a self-governing city for centuries

>>220790955
They were big enough to retain special priveledges from hansa times, but small enough to fly under the radar.
Originally Lübeck and Oldenburg were also independent states, but Lübeck was too small and irrelevant, and Oldenburg held too much land and became a target, so the zainichi britishers let them get annexed by the other federal states

>>220790955
Bremen, like Hamburg, was historically its own thing; Hanseatic City State and Free Imperial City. Most of those Free City states were absorbed into larger entities over time, Lübeck being absorbed as late as 1937 leaving only Bremen and Hamburg. There were serious talks of handing Bremen over to Lower Saxony after WW2. However, the British occupied the northwest of Germany and the USA the south. The Americans wanted their own port and therefore insisted on Bremen (and its port city Bremerhaven) retaining its state status and being under American control.
So, the answer is effectively the USA.

>>220791170
>americunts and britishers are responsible for ugly eyesore borders
honestly not even surprised

>>220791242
well deserved for them moscow managed east germany way better then Washington. We see the result right here in the entire western world fucking niggers and muslims running amock believing themself that they are white folks

>>220790955
People in lower Saxony are white