Fernsichtgucker Statue at Museumshaven Vegesack

The whalers set sail from the port of Vegesack. Those who stayed at home kept their eyes on the whalers, combined with the hope of a healthy return.

Wonderful weather attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Vegesack for the harbor birthday. The port of Vegesack, which was put into operation in 1622, is ...

The beginnings of the place can be traced back with certainty to 1470. The first artificial harbor was built on the Weser between 1619 and 1623, and what quickly developed into a flourishing town around this harbor took its name from the old jug house "Thom Fegesacke", which is said to have existed as early as 1500. In the turmoil of political times, the place itself was Swedish in 1653, Danish in 1712, Bremen in 1715, Hannover in 1741 and only finally Bremen in 1804. The place was already considered a shipbuilding site in the 17th century.