Stadland () is a municipality in the district of
Wesermarsch, in
Lower Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It is situated on the left bank of the
Weser
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, approx. 32 km northeast of
Oldenburg, and 42 km northwest of
Bremen. On the west side Stadland bordered to the
Jade Bight. Its seat is in the village Rodenkirchen, which is also part of this municipality as the villages Schwei, Seefeld and Kleinensiel. There are also many little ''Bauernschaften'' (
hamlets
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) in Stadland.
In 1974 Stadland was built in cause of the ''Niedersächsische Gemeindereform''. The former municipalities Rodenkirchen, Schwei and Seefeld and also Kleinensiel, a part of the former municipality Esenshamm (now:
Nordenham) were built up to the new municipality Stadland.
Division of the municipality
* Rodenkirchen is with approx. 4,000 inhabitants the largest place of the municipality as well as training and sports center and seat of the local administration. Each year at the end of September the Roonkarker Mart, a
funfair take place and attract many visitors.
* Schwei has got round about 1,500 inhabitants. Among the former municipality Schwei rank the ''Bauernschaften'' Norderschwei, Kötermoor, Süderschwei, Schweieraußendeich, Schweieraltendeich, Schweierfeld and Schwei-West.
* Seefeld was built in 1643 in cause of building
dikes and land reclamation. The place is particularly coined by the agriculture. The cultural center forms the ''Seefelder Mühle'', a
windmill, the landmark of the place, where over 50 meetings take place annually.
* Kleinensiel with approx. 800 inhabitants is the smallest village of the municipality. In the media is the place admits by the close convenient nuclear power station Unterweser. In 2004 the
Wesertunnel was finished. The next firm land traversing across the Weser is not before
Bremen.
Partnership
Stadland has a Partnership with the District du Petit Caux (
Normandy
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,
France
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). This partnership is affirmed by mutual attendance of grades and private people in each year.
Personalities
* Alma Rogge, German writer
* Amanda Jürgens, German writer
* Franz Radziwill, German painter
*
Jakob Schipper, German-Austrian philologist
Gallery
Image:Einfahrt-Wesertunnel.jpg, Tunnel of the Weser River (Kleinensiel)
Image:Friesendenkmal.jpg, Friesendenkmal - Monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...
in Rodenkirchen
Image:Longir-Halle.jpg, Markthalle in Rodenkirchen
Image:Roma losbude.png, Roonkarker Mart, a yearly funfair in Rodenkirchen at the end of September
References
Wesermarsch
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