Wesermarsch is a ''
Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of
Lower Saxony,
Germany. Neighboring are (from the east clockwise) the districts of
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...
and
Osterholz
Osterholz is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Wesermarsch, Cuxhaven, Rotenburg and Verden, and by the city of Bremen.
History
Originally the prince-archbishops ...
, the city of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
in the state
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the urban district of
Delmenhorst, the
district of Oldenburg and the
urban district
Urban district may refer to:
* District
* Urban area
* Quarter (urban subdivision)
* Neighbourhood
Specific subdivisions in some countries:
* Urban districts of Denmark
* Urban districts of Germany
* Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...
of
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
, and the districts of
Ammerland and
Friesland.
Geography
The district is located at the western banks of the River
Weser between Bremen and the river's mouth. Several rivers cross the district from west to east, the largest of them being the
Hunte, which runs through
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
before entering Wesermarsch. In the north the Weser mouth and the
Jade Bight
The Jade Bight (or ''Jade Bay''; german: Jadebusen) is a bight or bay on the North Sea coast of Germany. It was formerly known simply as ''Jade'' or ''Jahde''. Because of the very low input of freshwater, it is classified as a bay rather than an ...
(a bay off the North Sea) enclose the
Butjadingen
Butjadingen is a peninsula and municipality in the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
Butjadingen is situated on the German North Sea coast. It is bordered on the west and southwest by the Jade River and the east by the We ...
peninsula. Here the largest town of the district is located:
Nordenham, lying opposite to
Bremerhaven at the Weser mouth.
History
The district was created in 1933 by merging the ''
Ämter'' of Butjadingen, Brake and Elsfleth, and parts of the ''Ämter'' of Delmenhorst and Varel.
Partnerships
Since February 1991 the district has had a partnership with the German districts of
Borken (
North Rhine-Westphalia) and
Ludwigslust (
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). A partnership with the English Borough of
Havant has existed for several decades already, and in 1989 a partnership with the
Russian city of
Voronezh was established.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
Literature
*
Klaus Dede
Klaus Dede (1 June 1935 in Nordenham, Oldenburg – 5 May 2018, Oldenburg) was a German writer and journalist.
Life
Dede was born 1935 in Nordenham-Blexen. His father was a Lutheran priest. After school Dede studied during the 1950s. Later Dede w ...
: ''Wesermarsch. Ein Heimatbuch''. (1982)
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Districts of Lower Saxony