Coordinates: 53°30′N 8°28′E

Nordenham
Nordenham (German pronunciation: [nɔʁdənˈham]) is a town in
the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is Nordenham
located at the mouth (on the west bank) of the Weser river on
the Butjadingen peninsula on the coast of the North Sea. The
seaport city of Bremerhaven is located on the other side (east
bank) of the river. The Midgard-seaport in Nordenham is the
largest private-owned harbor in Germany.
Coat of arms

Location of Nordenham within

Contents Wesermarsch district

Geography
Geographical Location
Boroughs
History
Town twinning
Transport
Economy
Sons and daughters of the town
References
External links

Nordenham
Geography

Geographical Location

Nordenham is located on the West Bank of the Weser River

across from Bremerhaven along the river's mouth at the North
Sea, north of the cities of Bremen and Oldenburg. The local
environment is mainly marshland, specifically Marsch oder
Schwemmland.

Boroughs

Nordenham is composed of 35 districts, each with a long

history as a separate community: Abbehausen, Abbehauser
Groden, Abbehauser Hörne, Abbehauserwisch, Atens,
Atenserfeld, Blexen, Blexersande, Blexerwurp, Bulterweg,
Butterburg, Einswarden, Ellwürden, Enjebuhr, Esenshamm,
Esenshammer Altendeich, Esenshammer Oberdeich,
Esenshammergroden, Friedrich-August-Hütte, Grebswarden,
Großensiel, Havendorf, Heering, Hoffe, Kloster, Moorseersand,
Oberdeich, Phiesewarden, Rahden, Sarve, Schockumerdeich, Nordenham
Schweewarden, Schütting, Tettens, Treuenfeld, and Volkers.
Two nearby islands are also part of the city: Langlütjen I und
Langlütjen II.

History
Nordenham evolved from the town of Atens due to the efforts
by merchant Wilhelm Müller who traded cattle and sheep to
England in the late 19th century. Some of the oldest parts of the
modern town area are the old villages or Wurtendörfer (roughly Coordinates: 53°30′N 8°28′E
translated as 'terp villages') Blexen, Einswarden and Atens. Country Germany
Bishop Willehad, the Northumbrian-born missionary of the State Lower Saxony
Frisians, died in Blexen in the year 789, which is also District Wesermarsch
commonly accepted to be Blexen's year of foundation. In 1407,
Subdivisions 35 districts
the Vredeborch or Friedeburg (to be translated as "peace
castle") was erected by the Hanseatic city of Bremen, a castle Government
(although it was probably more a kind of large fortified house) • Mayor Carsten Seyfarth
to protect interests against the rebellious inhabitants, the (SPD)
Rüstringer Frisians. The stronghold was destroyed in 1425 and Area
it is possible that the site was later used by a monastery. • Total 87.32 km2
(33.71 sq mi)
Nordenham's town founder Wilhelm Müller later built his farm
Elevation 2 m (7 ft)
house and a restaurant on the same site. In 1959 those were
demolished and the still existing community hall was built Population (2018-12-31)[1]
there. The town hall was built in 1953 and moved into by the • Total 26,193
local authority in January 1954. • Density 300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST
Between 1499-1514 the area was conquered by the County of (UTC+1/+2)
Oldenburg and in 1813 by the French emperor Napoleon, whose
army shot ten local inhabitants at the church in Blexen. Postal codes 26954
Dialling 04731
On May 1, 1908 Nordenham was granted 2nd class town rights codes
and since 1955 Nordenham is an independent town in the Vehicle BRA
Wesermarsch district. registration
Website www.nordenham.de (ht
Due to government industrialisation programs in the 1960s and tps://www.nordenham.
1970s, various industries opened plants in Nordenham. Among de/)
others, the main industries are a nuclear power plant near
Esenshamm, which politically belongs to the neighbouring borough of Stadland, airplane construction
(Premium AEROTEC) and chemical industry. On the Butjadingen peninsula outside Nordenham people do
dairy farming or work in the tourism industry.

Town twinning
Nordenham's twin cities include:

Peterlee, County Durham (United Kingdom), since 1981

Świnoujście (Poland), since 1992
Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (France), since 2011
Transport
Due to the town's location, transport connections are below
par. There is a ferry to Bremerhaven at Blexen, though it
has suffered from steady declines in passenger numbers
ever since the Weser tunnel some 10 km south of
Nordenham opened. The town is connected to the regional
road network by Bundesstraße 212 which intersects with
Bundesstraße 437 near the Weser tunnel, offering
connections to the A 27 and A 28 motorways.

Nordenham can be reached by RegionalExpress trains;

Nordenham railway station sees hourly trains to Bremen. It
is expected that Nordenham will be integrated into the
Bremen S-Bahn network, which is currently believed to go Nordenham on the banks of the Weser
operational by 2010... according to the current transit maps
of Bremen trains and Bremerhaven ferries, crossing is
possible as of 2019.

Economy
A large part of the population of the city - approximately 4.500
persons - is employed in industrial companies including Premium
Aerotec, Rhenus Midgard, Kronos Titan, Xstrata and NKT Cables

Sons and daughters of the town

Klaus Dede (born 1935), journalist and writer
Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn (1944-2020), is the city's most
famous son, member of "Siegfried & Roy", who grew up in
Blexen but soon left town after school and supposedly
never returned for a visit after his remarkable
breakthrough as a magician. In the IMAX movie "Siegfried
& Roy: The Magic Box" (1999) his youth in Blexen was
briefly mentioned, but the landscape shown therein does
not bear any resemblance to the real landscape. Nordenham's founder Wilhelm Müller
Jürgen Rieger (1946-2009), lawyer and politician (NPD)
Ina Korter (born 1955), politician (Greens) and member of
the Landtag
Tolga Ciğerci (born 1992), footballer
Tolcay Ciğerci (born 1995), footballer

References
1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411:
Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018 (http://www.statistik.nied
ersachsen.de/startseite/).

External links
 Official website (https://www.nordenham.de/) (in German)

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