Bremen-Vegesack
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| district of Bremen Vegesack |
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| Area: | 11,87 km² | 13/23 |
| Inhabitants: | 34,505 | 7/23 |
| Population density: | 2,908 inhabitants/km² | 9/23 |
| Alien population: | 13,46 % | 10/23 |
| Unemployment rate: | 18,4 % | 2/23 |
| status: | as of 2003 | |
| districts (Ortsteile): | Vegesack Grohn Schönebeck Aumund-Hammersbeck Fähr-Lobbendorf |
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| Website: | Website Ortsamt Vegesack | |
| e-mail address: | office@vegesack.ortsamt.bremen.de | |
Vegesack is a northern district of Bremen, a city in northern Germany.
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[edit] Geography
Vegesack is located at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the Weser River, at ]. Abutting the district of Vegesack to the northwest is the district of Blumenthal, in the southeast the district of Burglesum. Across the river Weser is Lemwerder, connected by a ferry service.
[edit] History
Vegesack has been affected by navy and shipbuilding for almost 400 years:
- whaling ships set sail bound for Greenland,
- the forerunner of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), the German life boat service, was founded here,
- by the beginning of the 20th century, Vegesack was the port of registry of Europe's biggest herring fleet,
- until 1997 the shipyard Bremer Vulkan was employer for many citizens,
- today traditional ships and historic captain's houses remind of the long history.
- 14th century: first mention of a ferry across the Weser.
- 1453: first mention of the name "Vegesack" (starting from the pub "Thom Fegesacke").
- 1619-1623 the first artificial river harbour of Germany is built in Vegesack
- 1852 Vegesack receives town privileges
- 1939 integration of the town of Vegesack into the town of Bremen.
Until September 30, 1944 a concentration camp was established in Vegesack. [1] The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.
[edit] Historical population
[edit] Culture and Sights
[edit] Museums
The former school ship "de:Schulschiff Deutschland" can be visited.
[edit] Theatre
Since 1989, the Statt-Theater-Vegesack [1], a semi-professional troupe of actors, has performed both classical and self-composed plays. The performances take place in the Bürgerhaus Vegesack community centre.
[edit] Music
The event centre KITO [2], hosted in an old storehouse, offers jazz, blues, folk and classical concerts and political theatre.
[edit] Parks
Along the river Weser is the Stadtgarten (town garden) stretches along the Weserpromenade between the ferry and the Gläserne Werft (shipyard showcase). At the bottom of the scarp you can find many foreign trees and a rose garden, at the top are villas and captain's houses.
[edit] Regular Events
The Vegesacker Hafenfest [3] (Vegesack harbour festival) takes place on the first weekend in June. Three days full of live music, shanty choirs, maritime attractions and happy people.
The Festival Maritim [4] (beginning of August) also offers a lot of international maritime live music, Kleinkunst, open-air cinema and "Kutterpullen", a rowing contest.
At the beginning of September, Vegesack celebrates the Vegesacker Markt (Vegesack market); a fair with fairground rides, raffle booths, shooting galleries and much more. In 2005 the fair was held for the 197th time. It starts with the pageant across the city, and ends with the wet funeral in the Weser.
[edit] Transportation
Vegesack is connected to the A 27 by the Autobahn 270 .
A railway branch line, operated by DB Regio, links Vegesack to Bremen central station and Verden. Public transport is served by several bus lines of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG.
A car ferry connects Vegesack and Lemwerder.
[edit] Education and Science
Jacobs University Bremen in Grohn.
[edit] Districts
[edit] Vegesack
Area 1.7 km², 6,617 inhabitants
[edit] Grohn
Area 2 km², 6,159 inhabitants
[edit] Schönebeck
Area 2.5 km², 5,562 inhabitants
[edit] Aumund-Hammersbeck
Area 3.1 km², 7,980 inhabitants
[edit] Fähr-Lobbendorf
Area 2.3 km², 8,187 inhabitants
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ The camp is listed as No. 184 Bremen-Vegesack in the official German list.
[edit] References
- Official German list of concentration camps Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos (German)
