Lemwerder

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lemwerder within Wesermarsch district

(2021–26) Christina Winkelmann^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total36.38 km² (14.05 sq mi)Elevation

1 m (3 ft)Population

(2021-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,047 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

27809

Dialling codes0421Vehicle registrationBRAWebsitewww.lemwerder.de

Lemwerder is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Weser, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of Oldenburg, and 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of the centre of Bremen.

Since April 2001, Lemwerder is governed by Mayor Christina Winkelmann.^[1]

The shipbuilding companies Lürssen and Abeking & Rasmussen both have shipyards in Lemwerder that specialise in the construction of superyachts.^[3]^[4]

People

Friedrich Lürssen (1851–1916), German shipbuilder, company founder and entrepreneur
Carl Röver (1889–1942), German Nazi Party official

References

^ ^a ^b "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "Abeking & Rasmussen". Superyachts. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Lemwerder". Lürssen. Retrieved 21 August 2018.