Bremervörde

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Bremervörde
image_photo = Bremervoerde Haus am See.jpg
imagesize = 250px
image_caption = In the garden of the historic "Haus am See"
Wappen = Wappen Bremervörde.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 29
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 8
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Lower Saxony
Landkreis = Rotenburg (Wümme)
Höhe = 4
Fläche = 150.17
Einwohner = 19353
Stand = 2005-03-31
PLZ = 27432
Vorwahl = 04761
Kfz = ROW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 57 008
Straße = Rathausmarkt 1
Website = [http://www.bremervoerde.de/ www.bremervoerde.de]
Bürgermeister = Eduard Gummich

Bremervörde is a town in the north of the district Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the Oste river near the mid of the triangle, which is formed of the rivers Weser and Elbe respectively the cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Cuxhaven.

Division of the town

The municipality Bremervörde consists beside the town Bremervörde of the villages Bevern, Elm, Hesedorf, Hönau-Lindorf, Nieder Ochtenhausen, Iselersheim, Mehedorf, Minstedt, Ostendorf, Plönjeshausen and Spreckens.

History

At the beginning of the 12th century Lothair of Supplinburg, later king of the Holy Roman Empire, built "castrum vorde", the castle Vörde. Because of the strategically advantageous location between the rivers Elbe and Weser it was a matter of conflicts in the following centuries. Later it came under the control of Henry the Lion and then, in 1219, it fell under the control of the archdiocese Bremen. That caused the town to be named Bremervörde.

Tourism

Bremervörde is the end point of the "Deutsche Fährstraße" established in May 2004, an institution similar to the American National Scenic Byways. It connects various places between Bremervörde and Kiel with relation to the history of ferries and crossing of rivers, like the historic transporter bridges in Osten and Rendsburg.

External links

* [http://www.bremervoerde.de/ Official site] de icon