List of municipalities in the Wesermarsch district

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Map of the Wesermarsch district

The list of municipalities in the Wesermarsch district gives an overview of the nine smallest administrative units in the district . Three of the municipalities are cities . Nordenham is a medium-sized town , the district town of Brake and Elsfleth are small towns .

The district was founded in the course of the Oldenburg administrative reform in 1933 from the offices of Butjadingen , Brake and Elsfleth and part of the office of Varel . The Wesermarsch district got its current size in the course of the territorial reform carried out in 1974 . The district gave the former municipality of Landwürden on the eastern side of the Weser , which historically belonged to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg like the entire district , to the district of Cuxhaven .

All communities in the district are unitary communities .

The island of Mellum is neither part of a municipality nor part of a district (→ see section "Affiliation" in the article about the island ).

description

The district has a total area of ​​821.92 km 2 . The municipalities of Butjadingen with 129.02 km 2 and Ovelgönne with 123.81 km 2 have the largest area within the district . Two municipalities have an area larger than 110 km 2 , including the city of Elsfleth , one municipality has an area of ​​over 90 km 2 and two municipalities have an area of ​​over 80 km 2 , including the city of Nordenham . The two smallest municipalities have an area of ​​over 30 km 2 , that is, the district town of Brake with 38.18 km 2 and the municipality of Lemwerder with 36.38 km 2 .

The cities of Nordenham with 26,139 inhabitants, Brake with 14,860 inhabitants and Elsfleth with 9114 inhabitants have the largest share of the population of the district of 88,583 inhabitants. Of the remaining municipalities, two each have over 7,000, 6,000 and 5,000 inhabitants. The three smallest municipalities in terms of population are Butjadingen with 6049 inhabitants, Jade with 5830 and Ovelgönne with 5176 inhabitants.

The entire Wesermarsch district has a population density of 108 inhabitants per km 2 . The cities of Brake with 389 inhabitants per km 2 and Nordenham with 300 have the greatest population density within the district , followed by the municipality of Lemwerder with 196. All other municipalities have a population density of less than 100 inhabitants per km 2 . The most sparsely populated communities are Jade with 62, Butjadingen with 47 and Ovelgönne with 42 inhabitants per km 2 .

Legend

  • Municipality : Name of the municipality or city
  • Subsites : Enumerated are the formerly independent municipalities of the administrative unit. The year of incorporation is also given.
  • Coat of arms : coat of arms of the municipality or city
  • Map : Shows the location of the municipality or city in the district
  • Area : Area of ​​the city or municipality, given in square kilometers
  • Population : number of people living in the municipality or city (as of December 31, 2019)
  • Population density : The population density is given, calculated on the area of ​​the administrative unit, given in population per km 2 (as of December 31, 2019)
  • Altitude : Altitude of the eponymous town or town in meters above sea ​​level
  • Image : Image from the respective municipality or city

Communities

local community Sub-locations coat of arms map surface Residents EW
density 		height image
Wesermarsch district Coat of arms of the Wesermarsch district Location of the Wesermarsch district in Lower Saxony 000000000000821.9200000000821.92 000000000088583.000000000088,583 000000000000108.0000000000108 Memorial "Hartwarder Friese" in Rodenkirchen (municipality of Stadland) - commemorates the battle of Altenesch on May 27, 1234, the decisive battle of the Stedinger War
Berne Berne Coat of arms of the municipality of Berne Location of the municipality of Berne in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000085.200000000085.2 000000000006889.00000000006,889 000000000000081.000000000081 000000000000006.00000000006th St. Marien church in the Neuenhuntorf district
Brake (district town) Brake
Golzwarden (1974)
Schmalenfleth (1974)		 Coat of arms of the city of Brake Location of the city of Brake in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000038.180000000038.18 000000000014860.000000000014,860 000000000000389.0000000000389 000000000000003.00000000003 the optical telegraph in Brake, built in 1846, the city's landmark - since 1960 the "shipping museum of the Oldenburg Weser ports"
Butjadingen Burhave
Langwarden
Stollham
(merger 1974)		 Coat of arms of the municipality of Butjadingen Location of the municipality of Butjadingen in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000129.0200000000129.02 000000000006049.00000000006,049 000000000000047.000000000047 000000000000002.00000000002 Typical landscape for the municipality with a drainage canal and wind turbines in the background
Elsfleth (city) Elsfleth
Moorriem (1974)		 Coat of arms of the city of Elsfleth Location of the city of Elsfleth in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000115.1500000000115.15 000000000009114.00000000009.114 000000000000079.000000000079 000000000000003.00000000003 Huntebrück lift bridge near Elsfleth. The oldest (1953) and largest still existing lift bridge in Germany
jade jade Coat of arms of the municipality of Jade Location of the municipality of Jade in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000093.570000000093.57 000000000005830.00000000005,830 000000000000062.000000000062 000000000000005.00000000005 Jaderberg Zoo and Leisure Park
Lemwerder (the municipality was called Altenesch until 1972) Lemwerder Coat of arms of the municipality of Lemwerder Location of the municipality of Lemwerder in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000036.380000000036.38 000000000007122.00000000007.122 000000000000196.0000000000196 000000000000001.00000000001 Chapel on the dike in Lemwerder - the oldest building in Lemwerder
Nordenham (city) Nordenham
Abbehausen (1974)
Ellwürden (1974)
Esenshamm (1974)		 Coat of arms of the city of Nordenham Location of the city of Nordenham in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000087.200000000087.2 000000000026139.000000000026,139 000000000000300.0000000000300 000000000000003.00000000003 Harbor crane in the port of Nordenham
Ovelgönne Ovelgönne Location of the municipality of Ovelgönne in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000123.8100000000123.81 000000000005176.00000000005,176 000000000000042.000000000042 000000000000004.00000000004th
Stadland Rodenkirchen
Schwei
Seefeld
Kleinensiel (belonged to the municipality of Esenshamm before the regional reform)
(merger 1974)		 Coat of arms of the municipality of Stadland Location of the municipality of Stadland in the Wesermarsch district 000000000000113.3800000000113.38 000000000007404.00000000007,404 000000000000065.000000000065 000000000000001.00000000001 Decommissioned low-pressure turbine rotor from the Unterweser nuclear power plant, which is located in the municipality

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).