Lübberstedt

Lübberstedt
Lübberstedt
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osterholz
Municipal assoc. Hambergen
Mayor Dieter Langmaack (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Elevation 14 m  (46 ft)
Population 737 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 60 /km2 (155 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OHZ
Postal code 27729
Area code 04793

Lübberstedt is a town located in the district of Osterholz in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located north of Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Together with the villages of Hambergen, Axstedt, Holste and Vollersode, it forms the Samtgemeinde of Hambergen.

History

During the last year of the war (1944) a Neuengamme sub-camp was erected near the small town[2] for Jewesses from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several female guards (Aufseherin) staffed the camp and maltreated the prisoners who were starved, overworked and brutalized.

Traffic

Lübberstedt has a railway station on the Bremerhaven to Bremen line that opened in 1862. The main road is the B 74 connecting Bremen and Stade.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsdichte der kreisfreien Städte und Landkreise - Stand 31.12.2010" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. July 2011. http://www.lskn.niedersachsen.de/download/59963. 
  2. ^ "Anlage zu § 1: Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German) (html). http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html. "883 Lübberstedt, Kreis Wesermünde" 
Towns and municipalities in Osterholz