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Official open geodata for Bremen — ALKIS, DTM1, DSM1, nDSM1, DOP and Sentinel-2 — the same data as in the state geoportals, but uniformly processed and ready to download.
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | 493 MB · with a free account |
| Parcels only | 132 MB · with a free account |
| Building footprints only | 198 MB · with a free account |
| Land use only | 162 MB · with a free account |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE / Landesamt GeoInformation Bremen · Licence CC BY 4.0
Smaller areas, such as most municipalities, can be downloaded without signing in with a click right here on this page. Large areas such as whole districts and state packages are available with a free account, and scripts or GIS software need an API key. Account and API key →
⛰️ DTM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
524 tiles of 1 km² each (1.42 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (524 tiles, JSON) | 1.42 GB |
🏙️ DSM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
706 tiles of 1 km² each (2.13 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (706 tiles, JSON) | 2.13 GB |
🌳 nDSM1 — Normalised surface model: object height above ground on a 1-metre grid
706 tiles of 1 km² (383 MB), 1 m resolution, metres above ground, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (706 tiles, JSON) | 383 MB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
2 tiles, period 2025-03-06–2025-03-06.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (2 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
🛰️ Sentinel-2 — Cloud-free satellite mosaics per district and state, multiband extracts from the map
latest monthly mosaic 2026-11.
| Access | Source |
|---|---|
| Monthly mosaics (JSON) | directly from LGLN geoLabs |
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Figures & areas in Bremen
Calculated from the ALKIS data itself — not taken from official statistics.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Forest area | 598 ha |
| Buildings | 277,640 |
| Residential land | 7,027 ha |
| of which built-up | 23.2 % |
| Parcel size (median) | 339 m² |
“of which built-up” is the share of residential land covered by buildings — a measure of building density. The median tells how large a typical parcel is (historical partible inheritance makes parcels in the south-west much smaller than in the north-east).
Land use in Bremen
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the state area of 412 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 112 km² | 27.2 % |
| Residential land | 70 km² | 17.1 % |
| Industry & commerce | 51 km² | 12.3 % |
| Water bodies | 49 km² | 11.9 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 40 km² | 9.8 % |
| Road transport | 27 km² | 6.7 % |
| Special-purpose area | 14 km² | 3.5 % |
| Paths and tracks | 11 km² | 2.8 % |
| Woodland | 10 km² | 2.4 % |
| Mixed-use area | 8 km² | 1.9 % |
| Rail transport | 7 km² | 1.8 % |
| Forest | 6 km² | 1.5 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 420 ha | 1.0 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 343 ha | 0.8 % |
| Cemetery | 302 ha | 0.7 % |
| Air transport | 290 ha | 0.7 % |
| Shipping | 181 ha | 0.4 % |
| Squares | 133 ha | 0.3 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 51 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the state area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Bremen
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DTM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | -12.1 m |
| Mean | 4.5 m |
| Maximum | 48.5 m |
Districts in Bremen
The same data, clipped to a single district — generated fresh on click.
View parcels and buildings directly, from zoom level 16.
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Data as of: 2026-11-01.