Hemelingen (

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: ') is a district of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

belonging to the Bremen district East.

Geography and districts

Hemelingen is located about 6 km east of the center of Bremen on the right bank of the

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. The neighboring districts are the Vahr in the north, Obervieland in the south, the eastern suburb in the west, Osterholz in the east, and the

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town of

Achim Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, a ...

in the southeast. Hemelingen became a district of Bremen in 1939. It belonged, together with Arbergen and Mahndorf, from 1866 till 1939 to

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. Then Hastedt and Sebaldsbrück became subdistricts of Hemelingen, although they were Bremish long before and they never were Prussian. Hastedt was first mentioned in 1226, Arbergen 1230, Hemelingen 1238 and Mahndorf 1330. The settlement of Sebaldsbrück started after the construction of the railway to

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1847 with the Bremen-Sebaldsbrück railway station. The railway line to

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...

with the

Bremen-Hemelingen railway station Bremen-Hemelingen () is a railway station located in Bremen, Germany. The station is located in Hemelingen on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway and the train services are operated by NordWestBahn. The station has been part of the Bremen S-Bahn ...

was built in 1873.

BSC Hastedt Bremer Sportclub Hastedt e.V., commonly known as BSC Hastedt, is a German association football club from Hastedt, a subdistrict in the city of Bremen, Bremen. It is a football club with three men's teams and five junior teams. The club currentl ...

is a German association football club.

Industry in Sebaldsbrück

The headquarter of

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is in Sebaldsbrück. The biggest industrial location in Sebaldsbrück is the Bremen plant of

Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz Group AG (formerly Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler, and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive company headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of the world's leading car manufacturers. Daimler-B ...

, the largest employer in Bremen. Sebaldsbrück was also the home of the

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car manufacturing company, defunct 1961.

References

Hemelingen Hemelingen ( Plattdeutsch: ') is a district of Bremen belonging to the Bremen district East. Geography and districts Hemelingen is located about 6 km east of the center of Bremen on the right bank of the Weser. The neighboring districts a ...

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