Bremerhaven
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Bremerhaven | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | |
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State | Bremen |
District | Urban district |
City subdivisions | 2 boroughs with 9 districts |
Lord Mayor | Jörg Schulz (SPD) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 78.867 km² (30.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population | 116,241 (28/02/2007)[1] |
- Density | 1,474 /km² (3,817 /sq mi) |
Founded | 1827 |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | HB |
Postal codes | 27501-27580 |
Area code | 0471 |
Website | bremerhaven.de |
Bremerhaven is a city in the north of Germany, belonging to the state of Bremen. It is where the rivers Weser and Geeste meet.
Bremerhaven has more than 115,000 inhabitants. It lives mostly on marine industry. The city was founded in 1827.
Near by Bremerhaven another city was founded in 1847 as "rival": Geestemünde. Some villages around Bremerhaven are older. Geestemünde and Lehe were unified in the year 1927 to Wesermünde. Wesermünde and Bremerhaven were unified in the year 1939 to Wesermünde. After the Second World War the city was renamed to Bremerhaven.
Bremerhaven was one of the important harbours of emigration in Europe. 2005 a museum of emigration opened in Bremerhaven (the "Deutsches Auswanderhaus", website in english)
Bremerhaven has a railway station Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof opened in the year 1914. The railway reaches Geestemünde in the year 1862. There was the first railway station of this region.