Bremerhaven

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Bremerhaven (German pronunciation: [bemhafn] ; Low German: Bremerhoben) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the city-state of Bremen. 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 Geestemnde on the opposite side of the Geeste, which belonged to Hanover (and later Prussia). Geestemnde united with neighbouring Lehe to form the city of Wesermnde in 1924, and Bremerhaven was itself annexed to Wesermnde in 1939, but the entire conurbation was restored to Bremen in 1947.== History ==The town was founded in 1827, but neighboring settlements such as Lehe were in the vicinity as early as the 12th century, and Geestendorf was "mentioned in documents of the ninth century". These tiny villages were built on small islands in the swampy estuary. In 1381, the city of Bremen established de facto rule over the lower Weser stream, including Lehe, later therefore called Bremerlehe. Early in 1653, Swedish Bremen-Verden's troops captured Bremerlehe by force.