BREMEN-VEGESACK

district of Bremen ''Vegesack''
city of Bremen, Vegesack highlighted
basic data		rank
Area:	11,87 km²	13/23
Inhabitants:	34,505	7/23
Population density:	2,908 inhabitants/km²	9/23
Alien population:	13,46 %	10/23
Unemployment rate:	18,4 %	2/23
status:	as of 2003
districts (Ortsteile):	Vegesack Grohn Schönebeck Aumund-Hammersbeck Fähr-Lobbendorf
Website:	Website Ortsamt Vegesack
e-mail address:	[mailto:office@vegesack.ortsamt.bremen.de office@vegesack.ortsamt.bremen.de]

'Vegesack' is a northern district of Bremen, a city in northern Germany.

Contents

Geography

History

Historical population

Culture and Sights

Museums

Theatre

Music

Parks

Regular Events

Transportation

Education and Science

Districts

Vegesack

Grohn

Schönebeck

Aumund-Hammersbeck

Fähr-Lobbendorf

External links

Geography

Vegesack is located at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the Weser River, at ]. Abutting the district of Vegesack to the northwest is the district of Blumenthal, in the southeast the district of Burglesum. Across the river Weser is Lemwerder, connected by a ferry service.

History

Vegesack has been affected by navy and shipbuilding for almost 400 years:

★ whaling ships set sail bound for Greenland,

★ the forerunner of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), the German life boat service, was founded here,

★ by the beginning of the 20th century, Vegesack was the port of registry of Europe's biggest herring fleet,

★ until 1997 the shipyard Bremer Vulkan was employer for many citizens,

★ today traditional ships and historic captain's houses remind of the long history.
:14th century: first mention of a ferry across the Weser.
:1453: first mention of the name "Vegesack" (starting from the pub "Thom Fegesacke").
:1619-1623 the harbour of Vegesack is built
:1852 Vegesack receives town privileges
:1939 integration of the town of Vegesack into the town of Bremen.

Historical population

:1812: 1,379
:1883: 3,811
:1905: 4,133
:1960: 35,193
:2003: 34,505

Culture and Sights

Museums

The former school ship "" can be visited.

Theatre

Since 1989, the 'Statt-Theater-Vegesack' [1], a semi-professional troupe of actors, has performed both classical and self-composed plays. The performances take place in the Bürgerhaus Vegesack community centre.

Music

The event centre 'KITO' [2], hosted in an old storehouse, offers jazz, blues, folk and classical concerts and political theatre.

Parks

Along the river Weser is the 'Stadtgarten' (town garden) stretches along the 'Weserpromenade' between the ferry and the Gläserne Werft (shipyard showcase). At the bottom of the scarp you can find many foreign trees and a rose garden, at the top are villas and captain's houses.

Regular Events

The '''Vegesacker Hafenfest''' [3] (Vegesack harbour festival) takes place on the first weekend in June. Three days full of live music, shanty choirs, maritime attractions and happy people.
The '''Festival Maritim''' [4] (beginning of August) also offers a lot of international maritime live music, Kleinkunst, open-air cinema and "Kutterpullen", a rowing contest.
At the beginning of September, Vegesack celebrates the '''Vegesacker Markt''' (Vegesack market); a fair with fairground rides, raffle booths, shooting galleries and much more. In 2005 the fair was held for the 197th time. It starts with the pageant across the city, and ends with the wet funeral in the Weser.

Transportation

Vegesack is connected to the A 27 by the Autobahn 270 .
A railway branch line, operated by DB Regio, links Vegesack to Bremen central station and Verden. Public transport is served by several bus lines of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG.
A car ferry connects Vegesack and Lemwerder.

Education and Science

Jacobs University Bremen in Grohn.

Districts

Vegesack

Area 1.7 km², 6,617 inhabitants

Grohn

Area 2 km², 6,159 inhabitants

Schönebeck

Area 2.5 km², 5,562 inhabitants

Aumund-Hammersbeck

Area 3.1 km², 7,980 inhabitants

Fähr-Lobbendorf

Area 2.3 km², 8,187 inhabitants

External links

★ Vegesack at www.bremen.de

★ www.vegesack.de, commercial portal