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 ...
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-archbisho ...
, 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 con ...
in the state
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Bremen (), officially the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (german: Freie Hansestadt Bremen; nds, Free Hansestadt Bremen), is the smallest and least populous of Germany's 16 states. It is informally called ("State of Bremen"), although the term ...
, 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) (his ...
of
Oldenburg, and the districts of
Ammerland
Ammerland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Oldenburg and the districts of Oldenburg, Cloppenburg, Leer, Friesland and Wesermarsch.
History
The "Ammerland" was first mentio ...
and
Friesland.
Geography
The district is located at the western banks of the River
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Br ...
between Bremen and the river's mouth. Several rivers cross the district from west to east, the largest of them being the
Hunte
Hunte is a long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), a left tributary of the Weser.
The Hunte rises in the Wiehen Hills. In the North German Plain it flows through lake Dümmer. It flows generally northwards through the towns Bad Ess ...
, which runs through
Oldenburg before entering Wesermarsch. In the north the Weser mouth and the
Jade Bight (a bay off the North Sea) enclose the
Butjadingen peninsula. Here the largest town of the district is located:
Nordenham
Nordenham () is a town in the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located at the mouth (on the west bank) of the Weser river on the Butjadingen peninsula on the coast of the North Sea. The seaport city of Bremerhaven is located ...
, lying opposite to
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (, , Low German: ''Bremerhoben'') is a city at the Port, seaport of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, a States of Germany, state of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany.
It forms a enclave, semi-enclave in the st ...
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
Ludwigslust () is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Since 2011 it has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district.
Ludwigslust is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The former royal re ...
(
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). A partnership with the English Borough of
Havant
Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Cas ...
has existed for several decades already, and in 1989 a partnership with the
Russia
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n 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 Ded ...
: ''Wesermarsch. Ein Heimatbuch''. (1982)
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Districts of Lower Saxony