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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 See also:

PORT

port was opened in 183o, and besides an excellent See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, there are three large wet docks, including the Kaiserhafen, enlarged in 1897–1899 at a cost of L900,000. This, together with the See also:

north portion of the Neuerhafen, constitutes the free harbour. Here are the workshops and dry docks of the North See also:

German See also:

Lloyd steamship See also:

COMPANY

company. The whole See also:

INTERNAL

internal harbour See also:

SYSTEM

system is furnished with powerful See also:

HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

CRANES (so called from the resemblance to the long neck of the bird, cf. Gr. 'y pavor, Fr. grue)

cranes and lines of railway See also:

RUNNING

running alongside the quays. The entrance to the port is free from See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice nearly all the See also:

YEAR

year See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, is excellently buoyed, and lighted by two lightships and eight lighthouses, among the latter the remarkable Rothesand Leuchtturm, erected 1884–1885. The Hanoverian fort and batteries, which formerly protected the town, have been removed, and their See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is supplied by four See also:

MODERN

modern forts, with revolving turtleback turrets, See also:

LOWER

lower down. The town possesses two See also:

PROTESTANT

Protestant and a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

church, a technical See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, a natural See also:

HISTORY

history museum, a library, a See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument to the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

William I. and one to Johann Smidt (1773–1859), the burgomaster of Bremen to whose enter-prise the harbour of Bremerhaven is due.

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