Lemwerder is a municipality in the district of
Wesermarsch
Wesermarsch is a '' Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring are (from the east clockwise) the districts of Cuxhaven and Osterholz, the city of Bremen in the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the urban ...
, in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. It is on the left bank of the
Weser, approximately east of
Oldenburg, and northwest of the centre of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
.
Since April 2001, Lemwerder is governed by Mayor Christina Winkelmann.
The shipbuilding companies
Lürssen and
Abeking & Rasmussen both have shipyards in Lemwerder that specialise in the construction of
superyachts.
People
*
Friedrich Lürssen (1851–1916), German shipbuilder, company founder and entrepreneur
*
Carl Röver
Carl Georg Röver (February 12, 1889May 15, 1942) was a German Nazi Party official. His main posts were as ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Weser-Ems and '' Reichsstatthalter'' of both Oldenburg and Bremen.
Early years
Röver was born in Lemwerder and sa ...
(1889–1942), German Nazi Party official
References
Wesermarsch
{{Wesermarsch-geo-stub