district of Bremen Vegesack
basic data		rank
Area:	11,87 km²	13/23
Inhabitants:	34,505	7/23
Population density:	2,908 inhabitants/km²	9/23
Alien population:	13,46 %	10/23
Unemployment rate:	18,4 %	2/23
status:	as of 2003
subdistricts (km²/inhabitants):	Vegesack (1.7/6,617) Grohn (2.0/6,159) Schönebeck (2.5/5,562) Aumund-Hammersbeck (3.1/7,980) Fähr-Lobbendorf (2.3/8,187)
Website:	Website Ortsamt Vegesack
e-mail address:	office@vegesack.ortsamt.bremen.de

Vegesack is a northern district of the city of Bremen.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Culture and sights 3.1 Museums 3.2 Theatre 3.3 Music 3.4 Parks 3.5 Regular events 4 Transportation 5 Education and science 6 References

[edit] Geography

Vegesack is located at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the Weser River (53°10′07″N 8°37′30″E / 53.16861°N 8.625°E / 53.16861; 8.625Coordinates: 53°10′07″N 8°37′30″E / 53.16861°N 8.625°E / 53.16861; 8.625). Abutting the district of Vegesack to the northwest is the district of Blumenthal, in the southeast the district of Burglesum. Across the river Weser is Lemwerder, connected by a ferry service.

Historical population
1812: 1,379 1883: 3,811 1905: 4,133 1960: 35,193 2003: 34,505

[edit] History

After the first mention of a ferry across the Weser in the 14th century, the name "Vegesack" (from the pub "Thom Fegesacke") was first used in 1453. From 1619-1623 the first artificial river harbour of Germany was built in Vegesack, and in 1852, Vegesack received town privileges. The forerunner of the German life boat service (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger) was founded in Bremen, in 1863 by Adolph Bermpohl and by the beginning of the 20th century, Vegesack was the port of registry of Europe's biggest herring fleet. Vegesack became part of the city of Bremen in 1939, and the Bremer Vulkan shipyard was a target of the Bombing of Bremen in World War II. The shipyard closed in 1997.

Bremen-Vegesack
concentration camp

Location	Vegesack, Germany
Closed	September 30, 1944
Managed by	Schutzstaffel

Bremen-Vegesack

Bremen-Vegesack was subcamp number 184 of the Neuengamme concentration camp.^[1]

[edit] Culture and sights

[edit] Museums

The former school ship "de:Schulschiff Deutschland" can be visited.

[edit] Theatre

Since 1989, the Statt-Theater-Vegesack, ^[2] a semi-professional troupe of actors, has performed both classical and self-composed plays. The performances take place in the Bürgerhaus Vegesack^[3] community centre.

[edit] Music

The event centre KITO, ^[4] hosted in an old storehouse, offers jazz, blues, folk and classical concerts and political theatre.

[edit] Parks

Along the river Weser is the Stadtgarten (town garden) stretches along the Weserpromenade between the ferry and the Gläserne Werft (shipyard showcase). At the bottom of the scarp you can find many foreign trees and a rose garden, at the top are villas and captain's houses.

[edit] Regular events

The Vegesacker Hafenfest^[5] (Vegesack harbour festival) takes place on the first weekend in June. Three days full of live music, shanty choirs, maritime attractions and happy people.

The Festival Maritim^[6] (beginning of August) also offers a lot of international maritime live music, Kleinkunst, open-air cinema and "Kutterpullen", a rowing contest.

At the beginning of September, Vegesack celebrates the Vegesacker Markt (Vegesack market); a fair with fairground rides, raffle booths, shooting galleries and much more. In 2005 the fair was held for the 197th time. It starts with the pageant across the city, and ends with the wet funeral in the Weser.

[edit] Transportation

• Vegesack is connected to the A 27 by the Autobahn 270.
• A railway branch line, operated by DB Regio, links Vegesack to Bremen central station and Verden. Public transport is served by several bus lines of the Bremer Straßenbahn AG.
• A car ferry connects Vegesack and Lemwerder.

[edit] Education and science

Jacobs University Bremen in Grohn.

[edit] References

• Bremen.de
• Vegesack.de, commercial portal