On May 1, 1908 Nordenham was granted 2nd class town rights and since 1955 Nordenham is an independent town in the Wesermarsch district. Due to government industrialisation programs in the 1960s and 1970s, various industries opened plants in Nordenham. Among others, the main industries are a nuclear power plant near Esenshamm, which politically belongs to the neighbouring borough of Stadland, airplane construction (Premium AEROTEC) and chemical industry. On the Butjadingen peninsula outside Nordenham people do dairy farming or work in the tourism industry. Twin towns – sister cities Nordenham is twinned with: Peterlee, England, United Kingdom (1981) Świnoujście, Poland (1992) Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France (2011) Transport Due to the town's location, transport connections are below par. There is a ferry to Bremerhaven at Blexen, though it has suffered from steady declines in passenger numbers ever since the Weser tunnel some 10 km south of Nordenham opened. The town is connected to the regional road network by Bundesstraße 212 which intersects with Bundesstraße 437 near the Weser tunnel, offering connections to the A 27 and A 28 motorways. Nordenham can be reached by RegionalExpress trains; Nordenham railway station sees hourly trains to Bremen. Nordenham has been integrated into the Bremen S-Bahn network since its opening in 2010. Economy A large part of the population of the town - approximately 4,500 persons - is employed in industrial companies including Premium Aerotec, Rhenus Midgard, Kronos Titan, Xstrata and NKT Cables Notable people Klaus Dede (1935–2018), journalist and writer Roy Horn (1944–2020), German-American magician and entertainer, member of Siegfried & Roy Jürgen Rieger (1946–2009), lawyer and politician (NPD) Ina Korter (born 1955), politician (Greens) and member of the Landtag Tolga Ciğerci (born 1992), footballer Tolcay Ciğerci (born 1995), footballer References External links Towns in Lower Saxony Wesermarsch