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BREMERHAVEN , a seaport town of Germany, in the free state of Bremen, on the right bank and estuary of the Weser , at the confluence of the Geeste, 38 m. N. of the city of Bremen by rail. Pop, (1895) 18,366; (1905) 24,159. It is built on a tract
Prussia in 1869. It forms practically a single town with Geestemunde (Prussia ), which lies across the Geeste and with which it is connected by a drawbridge. The port was opened in 183o, and besides an excellent harbour, there are three large wet docks, including the Kaiserhafen, enlarged in 18971899 at a cost of L900,000. This, together with the north portion of the Neuerhafen, constitutes the free harbour. Here are the workshops and dry docks of the North German Lloyd
system
Protestant
church
monument to the emperor William I. and one to Johann Smidt (17731859), the burgomaster of Bremen to whose enter-prise the harbour of Bremerhaven is due. Shipbuilding and kindred industries
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