Lübberstedt

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lübberstedt within Osterholz district

53°19′N 08°48′E / 53.317°N 8.800°E / 53.317; 8.800CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictOsterholz Municipal assoc.HambergenGovernment

• MayorDieter Langmaack (CDU)Area

• Total12.32 km² (4.76 sq mi)Elevation

14 m (46 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total706 • Density57/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

27729

Dialling codes04793Vehicle registrationOHZ

Lübberstedt is a village located in the district of Osterholz in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located north of Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Together with the villages of Hambergen, Axstedt, Holste and Vollersode, it forms the Samtgemeinde of Hambergen.

History

During the last year of the war (1944) a Neuengamme sub-camp was erected near the village^[2] for Jewish women from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several female guards (Aufseherin) staffed the camp and maltreated the prisoners who were starved, overworked and brutalized.

Transport

Lübberstedt has a railway station on the Bremerhaven to Bremen line that opened in 1862. The main road is the B 74 connecting Bremen and Stade.

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "Anlage zu § 1: Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG" (in German). Archived from the original on 2009-04-23. 883 Lübberstedt, Kreis Wesermünde