Arbergen, Residential district in Hemelingen, Bremen, Germany.
Arbergen is a district of Bremen in the Hemelingen borough, covering 609 hectares on the right bank of the Weser with about 5,600 residents. It lies on several dunes, the highest about 8 metres above sea level, where St. Johannis Church stands. The Arberger Heerstraße forms the main axis linking it to the other Hemelingen districts.
Settlement traces date back to the 4th century, though the area was first documented by name in 1230. The neighborhood gradually transformed from agricultural land into a residential area on Bremen's edge.
The parish church is named St. Johannis and has been Lutheran since the Reformation. The surrounding hamlet was called Arberge in 1230 and Arberghen in 1319; Low German speakers say Arbargen. The churchyard on the dune was the seat of a parish that once included Hastedt, Hemelingen and Sagehorn.
Arbergen lies between two rail lines: the Osnabrück–Hamburg line to the south and the Hannover–Bremen line to the north. The A1 motorway borders it at the Uphusen/Bremen-Mahndorf exit. The Arberger Heerstraße is the main axis linking the district with the other Hemelingen quarters; the church sits on the highest dune at about 8 metres above sea level.
The Arberger Mühle of 1803 was built by miller Friedrich Bruns to replace a post mill standing about 30 metres away since 1582. It is a restored gallery Dutch mill with a wind-rose drive, louvred sails and an octagonal cap. The TV Arbergen won the last official German Schlagball championship in 1954.
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