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The Elbe–Weser triangle region
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Location of the Elbe–Weser triangle within Germany
... lies in northern Lower Saxony between the estuaries of the rivers Weser and Elbe . Its corners are formed roughly by the two Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Hamburg, as well as the town of Cuxhaven at its northwestern tip. It largely coincides with the historic province of Stade province of Stade , and hence the former territory of Bremen-Verden (Duchy of Bremen and Duchy of Verden ).
Today the area includes the rural districts of:
Stade , Cuxhaven , Osterholz , Rotenburg , Verden (only part of the latter),
and the town of Bremerhaven .
The southern half of the district of Rotenburg forms the transition to the Lüneburg Heath , and the district of Verden to the Middle Weser Region and likewise to the Lüneburg Heath. More...
Geography and nature
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Regions :
Altes Land –
Kehdingen –
Land Hadeln -
Land Wursten -
Osterholz Geest -
Stade -
Wesermünde Geest -
Wümme Depression
Landscapes and natural regions :
Stade Geest
Rivers and streams :
Aue (Oste) -
Bever –
Drepte -
Elbe –
Este –
Geeste –
Hamme –
Lesum –
Lühe –
Lune -
Mehe –
Medem –
Oste –
Ramme –
Rodau –
Scharmbecker Bach –
Schönebecker Aue -
Schwinge (Elbe) -
Twiste –
Unterelbe –
Weser –
Wiedau –
Wienbeck -
Wümme –
Wörpe
Lakes :
Breites Wasser -
Bullenseen –
Hemmoorer Kreidesee
Canals : Elbe–Weser waterway – Hadeln Canal – Oste-Hamme Canal
Hills :
Ahrensberg –
Deutscher Olymp –
Litberg -
Silberberg –
Westerberg –
Weyerberg -
Wingst
Moors :
Teufelsmoor
Forests :
Islands :
Großer Knechtsand –
Krautsand –
Lühesand –
Neuwerk -
Nigehörn -
Scharhörn
National parks :
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park –
Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
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General :
Chauci –
Frisians –
Saxons
War and the military
Bremen-Verden Campaign -
Convention of Klosterzeven
Church :
Archdiocese of Bremen
Storm floods :
Burchardi flood –
1st St. Marcellus flood –
Grote Mandrenke –
North Sea flood of 1962 –
Christmas Flood of 1717 –
2nd St. Marcellus flood
Coastal defence and settlement :
Warft
Law :
Science :
Seliger Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH –
Operation Backfire (WWII) –
Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven
Economy :
Historic administrative units :
Bouches de l'Elbe –
Bouches du Weser –
Regierungsbezirk Lüneburg –
Regierungsbezirk Stade –
Greater Hamburg Act -
Town of Wesermünde
Special :
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Cultural monuments :
Bremerhaven lighthouse –
Kugelbake -
Low Saxon house –
Osten Transporter Bridge
Museums :
Aeronauticum –
Bremerhaven Zoo -
Deutsches Auswandererhaus –
Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum –
Wilhelm Bauer (U-boat)
Events :
Buxtehuder Bulle
Culture :
Language
Hamburg dialect –
Missingsch –
West Low German –
Plattdeutsch
Regional cuisine :
Fliederbeersuppe –
Grünkohlessen –
Klüten –
Köm –
Labskaus –
Pinkel –
Rote Grütze –
Steckrübeneintopf -
Smelt
Sport :
Boßeln –
REV Bremerhaven –
Eisbären Bremerhaven –
Bremerhaven 93
High schools and institutes :
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Schools :
Athenaeum Stade -
Halepaghen Grammar School
Special :
German Ferry Road
Economy and transport
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Industry :
Airbus –
Bacardi –
Beck's Brewery –
DaimlerChrysler –
Dow Chemical –
EADS –
Elbe Crossing 1 –
Elbe Crossing 2 –
E.ON AG –
FAUN Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG –
Friedrich Clemens Gerke Tower –
Hachez –
Hydro Aluminium -
Stade Nuclear Power Station –
Kraft Foods –
Schilling Power Station
Agriculture :
Newspapers and journals :
Hospitals :
Road :
A 1 –
A 20 –
A 22 –
A 26 –
A 27 –
B 6 –
B 3 –
B 71 –
B 73 –
Weser Tunnel –
Elbe Crossing
Rail :
Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser –
Lower Elbe Railway –
Moor Express –
Rollbahn –
Bremen–Bremerhaven railway –
Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven railway –
Bremervörde–Walsrode railway -
Weser-Aller Railway
Sea :
Bremerhaven Radar Tower
Air :
Bremerhaven Airport – Nordholz Naval Airbase
Sons and daughters of the region : (the asterisk (*) is a link to the place of birth)
Vincent Lübeck * (1654–1740) composer –
Aurora von Königsmarck * (um 1663–1728) paramour –
Carsten Niebuhr * (1733–1815) explorer –
August Karl von Goeben * (1816–1880) Prussian general –
Hermann Allmers * (1821–1902) author and local historian –
Gustav Wyneken * (1875–1964) pedagogue –
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf * (1893–1961) politician –
Heinrich Hellwege (1908–1991) politician –
Ulrich de Maizière * (1912) German general –
Stefan Aust * (1946) journalist –
Juliette Schoppmann * (1980) pop singer –
Other people connected with the region :
Arp Schnitger (1648–1719) organ maker –
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745-1816)) astronomer -
Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826) poet and translator –
Carl Schuchhardt (1859–1943) archaeologist –
Fritz Mackensen (1866–1953), artist –
Otto Modersohn (1865–1943), artist –
Agnes Sander-Plump (1888–1980), artist –
Heinrich Vogeler (1872–1942), artist –
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907), artist –
Clara Westhoff (1878–1954), artist –
Richard Oelze (1900–1980), artist –
Walter Kempowski (1929) author –
Peter Rühmkorf (1929) author –
Johannes Schenk (1941), playwright –
David McAllister (1971) politician and minister-president of Lower Saxony
Noble families :
Buxhoeveden family –
von der Decken –
von Düring –
von Hodenberg
Land lords :
List of the bishops of Bremen –
Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
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Towns : Bremen – Hamburg – Cuxhaven – Bremerhaven – Stade – Bremervörde – Rotenburg – Osterholz-Scharmbeck – Buxtehude – Zeven – Otterndorf – Langen
Collective municipalities : Am Dobrock – Apensen – Bederkesa – Beverstedt – Börde Lamstedt – Fredenbeck – Geestequelle – Hadeln – Hagen – Hambergen – Harsefeld – Hemmoor – Horneburg – Land Wursten – Lühe – Nordkehdingen – Oldendorf-Himmelpforten – Selsingen – Sietland – Sittensen – Sottrum – Tarmstedt – Zeven
Municipalities : Agathenburg – Ahausen – Ahlerstedt – Alfstedt – Anderlingen – Apensen – Appeln – Armstorf – Axstedt – Bad Bederkesa – Balje – Bargstedt – Basdahl – Beckdorf – Belum – Beverstedt – Bliedersdorf – Bokel – Bramstedt – Breddorf – Bremerhaven – Bremervörde – Brest – Burweg – Buxtehude – Bötersen – Bülkau – Bülstedt – Cadenberge – Cappel – Cuxhaven – Deinste – Deinstedt – Dollern – Dorum – Drangstedt – Driftsethe – Drochtersen – Düdenbüttel – Ebersdorf – Elmlohe – Elsdorf – Engelschoff – Estorf – Farven – Fintel – Flögeln – Fredenbeck – Freiburg/Elbe – Frelsdorf – Geversdorf – Gnarrenburg – Grasberg – Groß Meckelsen – Großenwörden – Grünendeich – Guderhandviertel – Gyhum – Hagen im Bremischen – Hambergen – Hamersen – Hammah – Harsefeld – Hassendorf – Hechthausen – Heerstedt – Heeslingen – Heinbockel – Hellwege – Helvesiek – Hemmoor – Hepstedt – Himmelpforten – Hipstedt – Hollen – Hollern-Twielenfleth – Hollnseth – Holste – Horneburg – Horstedt – Ihlienworth – Jork – Kalbe – Kirchtimke – Kirchwistedt – Klein Meckelsen – Kranenburg – Krummendeich – Kutenholz – Köhlen – Kührstedt – Lamstedt – Langen – Lauenbrück – Lengenbostel – Lilienthal – Lintig – Loxstedt – Lunestedt – Lübberstedt – Midlum – Misselwarden – Mittelnkirchen – Mittelstenahe – Mulsum – Neuenkirchen (Altes Land) – Neuenkirchen (Land Hadeln) – Neuhaus – Nordholz – Nordleda – Nottensdorf – Oberndorf – Odisheim – Oederquart – Oerel – Oldendorf – Osten – Osterbruch – Ostereistedt – Osterholz-Scharmbeck – Otterndorf – Ottersberg – Oyten – Padingbüttel – Reeßum – Rhade – Ringstedt – Ritterhude – Rotenburg (Wümme) – Sandbostel – Sandstedt – Sauensiek – Scheeßel – Schiffdorf – Schwanewede – Seedorf – Selsingen – Sittensen – Sottrum – Stade – Steinau – Steinkirchen – Stemmen – Stinstedt – Stubben – Tarmstedt – Tiste – Uthlede – Vahlde – Vierden – Vollersode – Vorwerk – Wanna – Westertimke – Wilstedt – Wingst – Wischhafen – Wohnste – Worpswede – Wremen – Wulsbüttel – Zeven
Important suburbs: Geestemünde