Lübberstedt

Lübberstedt

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Lübberstedt

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)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 738
  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.

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