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The Leher Tor is a street area in Bremerhaven. It marks the border between “Bremerhaven” (center) and “Lehe”.

history

Until the customs connection in 1888, the Prussian Lehe and the Bremen Bremerhaven were strictly separated by customs borders . Customs control was at the Leher gate. Newly laid out in 1930, the street “Am Leher Tor” lies on the criss-cross border between Mitte (Bremerhaven) and Lehe (Bremerhaven) . The city of Lehe came to Wesermünde in 1924 . The magistrate of the city of Wesermünde suggested the name "Als-ob-Straße"; because they wanted to shape the cooperation between the two communities as if they were not separated by borders. The Bremerhaven magistrate suggested Reichsstrasse or Reichseck. It was agreed on the simple street name Am Leher Tor as the beginning of the city of Lehe. It was the large confluence of three streets in Hafenstrasse (Bremerhaven) . On the way to the Old Harbor , the Bremen Railway, completed in 1862, crossed Hafenstrasse here. A wooden footbridge spanned the railroad track. The railway connection of the Kaiserhafen via Speckenbüttel and Weddewarden made the Leh track superfluous in 1923. Nevertheless, old residents called the “Leher Tor” the “level crossing” for a long time. The Carlsburg (Lehe) from 1672 had a "Leher Gate" on the north side. In May 1945, first the British and then the Americans celebrated their victory parades at the Leher Tor.

Today's hotel (Am Leher Tor 2) served as the commandant's office for the Navy (1939–1945) and as the headquarters in Bremerhaven - Port of Embarkation (1945–1949). In a solemn roll call on June 5, 1970, the Americans handed the building over to the German Navy . The site administration and the professional development service were accommodated .

  • Teacher Gate (1901)

  • British-American surrender (1945)

  • Flag change (1970)

  • Most important building

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Gabcke : Bremerhaven in two centuries , vol. 1, p. 138.
  2. ↑ Herbert Körtge: The street names of the seaside city of Bremerhaven , 3rd edition Heimatbund, Bremerhaven 1992.