Lübberstedt

Lübberstedt is a municipality and 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 a Neuengamme [concentration camp|Neuengamme] sub-camp was erected near the village for Jewish women from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several female guards staffed the camp and maltreated the prisoners who were starved, overworked and brutalized.

Transport

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