Lübberstedt

Lübberstedt

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Lübberstedt
Location of Lübberstedt within Osterholz district
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Coordinates: 53°19′N 08°48′E / 53.317°N 8.800°E / 53.317; 8.800Coordinates: 53°19′N 08°48′E / 53.317°N 8.800°E / 53.317; 8.800
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osterholz
Municipal assoc. Hambergen
Government
  Mayor Dieter Langmaack (CDU)
Area
  Total 12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Elevation 14 m (46 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
  Total 739
  Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 27729
Dialling codes 04793
Vehicle registration OHZ

Lübberstedt is a town located in the district of Osterholz in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located north of Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Together with the villages of Hambergen, Axstedt, Holste and Vollersode, it forms the Samtgemeinde of Hambergen.

History

During the last year of the war (1944) a Neuengamme sub-camp was erected near the small town[2] for Jewish women from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several female guards (Aufseherin) staffed the camp and maltreated the prisoners who were starved, overworked and brutalized.

Traffic

Lübberstedt has a railway station on the Bremerhaven to Bremen line that opened in 1862. The main road is the B 74 connecting Bremen and Stade.

References

  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2017
  2. "Anlage zu § 1: Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German). Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. 883 Lübberstedt, Kreis Wesermünde


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