Location
Profile
Municipality of Ritterhude
General
Administration¹
Street address: Gemeinde Ritterhude
Riesstraße 40
27721 Ritterhude
Postal address:  Postfach 11 59
27717 Ritterhude
Telephone: 0 42 92 / 8 89 - 0
Fax: 0 42 92 / 8 89 - 22 08
E-mail: gemeinde@ritterhude.de
Homepage: http://www.ritterhude.de 
Contact: Mr. Marc von Leesen
Telephone: 0 42 92 / 8 89 - 104
Fax: 0 42 92 / 8 89 - 22 04
E-mail: m.vonleesen@ritterhude.de
District 
(location profile)
District of Osterholz
Business sites, 
real estates
Business sites: 3   View
Real estates: 3   View
Population
Population²
As of: 31.12.2010
TotalFemaleMale
Inhabitants: 14,658   7,372  (50.3 %)    7,286  (49.7 %)

Age structure:
Age structure
Population density²
As of: 31.12.2010
Inhabitants/km²: 445.8
Infrastructure
Educational institutions²
Elementary schools: 3
Secondary schools: 1
Secondary modern schools: 1
Grammar schools: 5 (District of Osterholz)
Special schools: 4 (District of Osterholz)
Vocational schools: 3 (District of Osterholz)
Health care¹ 
General practitioners: 7
Dentists: 6
Medical specialists: 7
Other medical health 
facilities:
Healthcare in Ritterhude is well developed. General practitioners, specialist doctors, dispensing chemists and the social welfare station combine to provide competent care and support.

The district hospital in Osterholz-Scharmbeck can be reached in about 10 minutes by car and the Bremen-Nord central hospital in around 20 minutes by car.
Leisure/culture/sport¹ 
Leisure 
facilities:
The municipality of Ritterhude lies embedded in an atmospheric river landscape. You can go canoeing on the rivers Hamme and Wümme or enjoy a sociable boat trip in a "Torfkahn" (a traditional river barge for peat transport).

With the "Ritterhude" Torfkahn, for instance, you can take a boat trip into the past colonisation of the moors or simply enjoy the trip through a rare animal and plant world. Leisurely and contemplatively boating along the River Hamme, drinking in the atmosphere of the Hamme lowlands – a simply wonderful experience.

Nature-lovers are in their element here with us. Large areas within the precincts of the municipality are protected countryside. Together with the Osterholz Biological Station, a registered non-profit society, you can explore the intense experience nature has to offer, for instance during conducted tours through the Heerweger Moor and the Untere Wümme nature preserve or on combined water and hiking tours. You can find out more details about the offers available and make reservations for the guided tours at www.biologische-station-osterholz.de.

The varied countryside can also be explored by bicycle or on foot. Cycle routes and hiking trails lead, for example, into the gently rolling hills of the Bremer Schweiz region with its lovely river and creek valleys and through Stendorf, Werschenrege and Lesumstotel, which are in part traditional rural villages.
Cultural 
facilities:
The cultural and social scene in Ritterhude is varied and colourful: concerts, choir events and exhibitions are as much a part of it as the numerous events and balls organised by the more than 60 clubs, societies and associations.

The highlights and particularly favourite events among the visitors are the Erntefest (Harvest Festival) in Lesumstotel in August and the Hammefest festival around the Riesstraße at the beginning of September. Our European partners from the twin towns Val de Reuil (France), Sztum (Poland), Bad Belzig in the German federal state of Brandenburg, and Scheemda (Netherlands) all celebrate regularly with us at these events. A fruitful collaboration and partnership has developed over the years with these towns at a number of different levels.
Sport 
facilities:
If you want to engage in sport in Ritterhude, you'll have plenty of possibilities to choose from because the range of offers here is particularly broad, not just organised within the various clubs but also independently of them.

Ritterhude has a lot to offer both young and old. The local clubs, associations, and the municipal administration will be happy to help you further.
Living space¹ 
Price of residential building land: 85.00 - 140.00 €/m²
Transport¹ 
TypeDesignationDistance
MotorwayA 27   0 km
MotorwayA 1   27 km
Trunk road / A-roadB 74   0 km
International airportBremen Airport   20 km
Rail stationLocal railway station   0 km
Freight traffic centreBremen   12 km
SeaportBremen   15 km
SeaportBremerhaven   50 km
Economics
Economic strength² Notes on the location indicators
€ per inhabitant
(District of Osterholz)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross domestic product 2009: 16,39656 %
€ per employed person
(District of Osterholz)
    National comparison
(Germany=100 %)
Gross value added 2009
   - Production sector:36,94165 %
   - Service sector:47,90991 %
€ per inhabitant
(Municipality of Ritterhude)
    State comparison
 (State=100 %)
Net revenue from local business tax 2010: 232.2379 %
Municipal share of income tax 2010: 331.04129 %
Employment³ Notes on the location indicators
As of: 30.06.2010
TotalFemaleMale
Employed persons: 3,5491,354  (38.2 %) 2,195  (61.8 %)
Change over previous year:+97  (+2.8 %)
Employment rate:57.9 %

Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors:
Economic sectors
In-commutersOut-commutersBalance
Commuters:2,9304,491-1,561
Unemployment³ Notes on the location indicators
Number of unemployed
Unemployment rate
Major
companies¹ 
Local
company list: 
Companies in Ritterhude 
http://regis.regio-institut.de/rd=0033560008/usearch...html
Collection rates¹ Notes on the collection rates
Local business tax: 375 %
Local property tax A: 350 %
Local property tax B: 390 %
Business promotion 
agencies¹
Street address: Wirtschaftsförderung Gemeinde Ritterhude
Riesstraße 40
27721 Ritterhude
Postal address:  Postfach 11 59
27717 Ritterhude
Telephone: 04292/ 889-0
Fax: 04292/ 889-2208
E-mail: gemeinde@ritterhude.de
Homepage: http://www.ritterhude.de 
Contact: Mr. Marc von Leesen
Telephone: 0 42 92 / 889 - 104
Fax: 0 42 92 / 889 -2204
E-mail: m.vonleesen@ritterhude.de

Sources: ¹ KomSIS - Kommunales Standort-Informations-System Niedersachsen (As of: 20.10.2011)
² LSKN  - State Statistical Office of Lower Saxony,
  State Statistical Office of Bremen  (As of: date specified)
³ Statistics from the German Federal Employment Agency  (As of: date specified), Note on Data Use