St. Jakobus-Packhaus
St. Jakobus-Packhaus stands in Bremen’s Schnoorviertel, among narrow streets shaped by the district’s medieval character. The four-storey gabled house has a saddle roof and rises beside the former Balge, once a waterway for fishermen, boatmen and craftsmen.
Built in the seventeenth century, the building became a home for twelve widows after the Bremer Jacobi Brüderschaft acquired it in 1661. Grote & Backhaus later converted it into a warehouse, where spices, tobacco, wine and coffee occupied large, unheated rooms. A complete rebuilding followed in 1862, while hand and motor winches moved goods through the packhouse. Bomb damage during the Second World War brought further repairs, including a clay-tiled roof, and Bremen acquired the property in 1971.
Since 2006, the Bremer Geschichtenhaus has filled the former warehouse with a living museum and training opportunities for unemployed people. A wooden sculpture of St. James the Greater watches over the entrance, preserving the building’s connection with the brotherhood that once supported Bremen’s poor.
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