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Nordenham
	Image:Bremerhaven-Position.png
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wesermarsch
Population	27660 (30 October 2005)
Area	87.2 km²
Population density	319 /km²
Elevation	0 m
Coordinates	53°30′ N 8°28′ E
Postal code	26954
Area code	04731
Licence plate code	BRA
Mayor	Dr. Georg Raffetseder (CDU)
Website	nordenham.de

Nordenham is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany with a population of roughly 28,000. It is 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, and has a shipping canal that connects to the Elbe river. The seaport is administered from City of Bremen another 50 [km] upriver, which has its own seaport facility dating back to the Hanseatic League, and which administers the one opposite in Bremenhaven as well. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Wesermarsch is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... Butjadingen is a peninsula and a Gemeinde (municipality) at the same time, situated at the German North Sea coast. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ... This article is about a river in Central Europe. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ...

History

Nordenham developed after the efforts by a merchant called 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 translated as 'hill villages') Blexen, Einswarden and Atens. Bishop Willehad died in Blexen in the year 789, which is also commonly accepted to be the villages year of foundation. In 1407, the Vredeborch or Friedeburg was erected by the Hanseatic city of Bremen, a castle (although it was probably more a kind of large fortified house) to protect interests against the rebellious inhabitants, the Frisians. The stronghold was destroyed in 1425 and it is possible that the site was later used by a monastery. Nordenham's town founder Wilhelm Müller later built his farm house and a restaurant on the same site. In 1959 those were demolished and the current city hall was built there. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered (2062 Aten, discovered January 7, 1976 by Eleanor F. Helin). ... Willehad was born in Northumbria around the year 735 and probably received his education at York. ... Friedeburg is a municipality in the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The foundations of the Hanseatic League (German: Hanse), an alliance of trading cities that for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period maintained a trade monopoly over most of Northern Europe and the Baltic, can be seen as early as the 12th century, with the... This article is about the city in Germany. ... The Frisians are an ethnic group of northwestern Europe, inhabiting an area known as Frisia. ... Wilhelm Müller (October 7, 1794 - September 30, 1827), German lyric poet, was born at Dessau, the son of a shoemaker. ...

Between 1499-1514 the area was conquered by the Grand-Dutchy of Oldenburg and in 1813 by the French emperor Napoleon, whose army shot ten local inhabitants at the church in Blexen. Oldenburg (Low German: Ollnborg) is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

On May 1st, 1908 Nordenham was granted 2nd class town rights and since 1955 Nordenham is an independent town in the Wesermarsch district. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Due to government industrialisation programs in the 1960s and 1970s, various industries opened plants in Nordenham. Among others, the main industries are a nuclear power plant, airplane construction (Airbus) and chemical industry. On the Butjadingen peninsula outside Nordenham people do dairy farming or work in the tourism industry. This article is about the airliner manufacturer. ...

Town twinning

Nordenham's twin cities include: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

• - Peterlee, County Durham (United Kingdom), since 1981
• - Świnoujście (Poland), since 1992

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Transportation

Due to the town's location, transportation 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. Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ... Tunnel entrance The Weser tunnel crosses the river Weser in northwestern Germany between the villages of Rodenkirchen and Dedesdorf, offering a connection between the cities of Nordenham and Bremerhaven on a regional level. ... Bundesautobahn 27 (abbreviated BAB 27) branches off the A 7 at Autobahndreieck Walsrode to the northwest, crossing A 1 at the Bremer Kreuz and continuing eastwards of Bremen, toward Cuxhaven. ... Bundesautobahn 28 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 28, short form Autobahn 28, abbreviated as BAB 28 or A 28) is an autobahn in northwestern Germany, connecting the cities of Leer and Oldenburg with Bremen, currently ending near the city of Delmenhorst. ...

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 operational by 2010. RE4 (NRW) in Dortmund Hbf The term RegionalExpress denotes a type of regional train in Germany. ... Nordenham is the name of a railway station serving the town of Nordenham in the German state of Lower Saxony. ... The Bremen S-Bahn (in German: S-Bahn Bremen) is a planned S-Bahn network in Germany, covering the area of the Bremen region, stretching as far as Bremerhaven in the north, Twistringen in the south and Oldenburg in the west. ...

Sons of the city

The city's most famous son is Roy Horn 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 shortly mentioned, but the shown landscape there does not bear any resemblance to the real landscape. Siegfried & Roy are longtime Las Vegas headliners whose longrunning illusion and magic act closed October 3, 2003 after “Roy” was mauled by one of the acts performing white tigers during a performance. ... A sculpture of Siegfried & Roy with one of their beloved tigers in front of the Mirage in Las Vegas Siegfried & Roy are two German-American entertainers working in Las Vegas, USA. Their long running show of magic and illusion was famous for including white tigers. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia BFI London IMAX by night IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador Glasgow Imax on the left (Part of the Glasgow Science Centre IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canadas IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display...

External links

• Official Website of the town (German)
• Tourist-Website of the town (German, with English translation of menues)

Cities and towns in Wesermarsch (district)

Berne | Brake | Butjadingen | Elsfleth | Jade | Lemwerder | Nordenham | Ovelgönne | Stadland Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Wesermarsch is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Berne is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Brake (IPA /brα:kÉ™/) is the district seat of Wesermarsch district in the administrative region (Regierungsbezirk) of Weser-Ems in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. ... Butjadingen is a peninsula and a Gemeinde (municipality) at the same time, situated at the German North Sea coast. ... Elsfleth, a maritime town of Germany, in the grand-duchy of Oldenburg, in a fertile district at the confluence of the Hunte with the Weser, on the railway Hude-Nordenham in the Landkreis of Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony. ... Jade is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Lemwerder is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Ovelgönne is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Stadland is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...