Wesermarsch

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Wesermarsch

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Brake } } |- | Area:||821.87 km² |- | Inhabitants:||94,125 (2003) |- | pop. density:||115 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||BRA |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-wesermarsch.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Wesermarsch is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring are (from the east clockwise) the districts Cuxhaven and Osterholz, the city of Bremen in the state of Bremen, the urban district of Delmenhorst, the district Oldenburg and the urban district Oldenburg, and the districts Ammerland and Friesland. Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Partnerships 4 Coat of arms 5 Towns and municipalities 6 External links Geography The district is located at the western banks of the Weser river between Bremen and the river's mouth. Several rivers cross the district from west to east, the largest of them being the Hunte river, which runs through Oldenburg before entering Wesermarsch. In the north the Weser mouth and the Jadebusen (a bay of the North Sea) enclose the Butjadingen peninsula. Here the largest town of the district is located: Nordenham, lying opposite to Bremerhaven at the Weser mouth. History The district was created in 1933 by merging the Ämter Butjadingen, Brake and Elsfleth, and parts of the Ämter Delmenhorst and Varel. Partnerships Since February 1991 the district has had a partnership with the German districts Borken (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Ludwigslust (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). A partnership with the English Borough of Havant has existed for several decades already, and in 1989 a partnership with the Russian city Voronezh was established. Coat of arms --> The coat of arms shows the red and yellow bars of the state of Oldenburg in its left half. In the bottom right a warrior is depicted, symbolizing the Frisian tribes which originally settled in the area. The ship in the top right is a Kogge, the typical trading ship of the area in medieval times. It symbolizes the long trading tradition at the mouth of the river Weser. Towns and municipalities Towns Municipalities Brake Elsfleth Nordenham Berne Butjadingen Lemwerder Jade Ovelgönne Stadland External links [Official homepage] Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: