Lübberstedt

{{Infobox German location

|image_coa = DEU Lübberstedt COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|53|19|N|08|48|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Lübberstedt in OHZ.svg

|state = Niedersachsen

|district = Osterholz

|Samtgemeinde = Hambergen

|elevation = 14

|area = 12.32

|postal_code = 27729

|area_code = 04793

|licence = OHZ

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 56 006

|mayor = Dieter Langmaack

|party = CDU

}}

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{{cite web|url=http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html |title=Anlage zu § 1: Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos gemäß § 42 Abs. 2 BEG |language=German |quote=883 Lübberstedt, Kreis Wesermünde |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423004151/http://bundesrecht.juris.de/begdv_6/anlage_6.html |archivedate=2009-04-23 }} for Jewish women from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several female guards (Aufseherinnen) 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

Category:Neuengamme concentration camp

Category:Osterholz