Bremerhaven

Bremerhaven (German pronunciation:; Low German: Bremerhoben) is a port city in the city-state of Bremen, on the east bank of the Weser, in Northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the state and is the smaller of the two cities the state comprises. The River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser.

Bremerhaven was founded in 1827 as a seaport for Bremen, and it remains one of the busiest ports in the country. It was historically rivalled by Geestemünde [de] on the opposite side of the Geeste, which belonged to Hanover (and later Prussia). Geestemünde united with neighbouring Lehe [de] to form the city of Wesermünde [de] in 1924, and Bremerhaven was itself annexed to Wesermünde in 1939, but the entire conurbation was restored to Bremen in 1947.