{{Infobox German location |type = Gemeinde |image_photo = Tossens d1.jpg |name = Butjadingen |image_coa = DEU Butjadingen COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|53|33|N|8|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Butjadingen in BRA.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Wesermarsch |elevation = 2 |area = 129.55 |postal_code = 26969 |area_code = 04733, 04735, 04736 |licence = BRA |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 61 003 |website = [https://www.gemeinde-butjadingen.de www.gemeinde-butjadingen.de] |mayor = Axel Linneweber<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> |leader_term = 2020&ndash;25 }}

'''Butjadingen''' ({{IPA|de|bʊtˈjaːdɪŋən}}) is a [[peninsula]] and [[municipality]] in the [[Wesermarsch]] district, in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].

==Geography== Butjadingen is situated on the German [[North Sea]] coast. It is bordered on the west and southwest by the [[Jade (river)|Jade River]] and the east by the [[Weser River]]. It forms the northern part of the Wesermarsch district and has a rather low population. The political borough of Butjadingen adjoins [[Nordenham]] which geographically is also part of the peninsula Butjadingen. [[Image:Tossens w1.jpg|thumb|left|Typical view of Butjadingen]] The peninsula was formed during the [[Middle Ages]] when huge [[flood]]s created today's North Sea coastlines. After the [[Saint Marcellus' flood (1362)|Second Marcellus Flood]] on January 13, 1362 (which occurred around the day of [[Pope Marcellus I|Marcelli Pontificis]]) Butjadingen temporarily became an island. [[Image:Hermann Kröger-Orgel-Langwarden.jpg|thumb|left|Pipe organ at the St. Laurentius Church, Langwarden (Butjadingen)]]

Its name is derived from [[Frisian languages|Frisian]] "Buten" (=outside) and "Jade" and thus means ''the lands on the other side of the Jade River''.

In front of the peninsula is the [[Wadden Sea]] which stretches between the Jade's and the Weser's mouths about 23 kilometers to the northwest beyond the [[Mellum]] island. It is part of the ''Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer'' (Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park), one of three German [[Wadden Sea National Parks]].

==Economy== [[Agriculture]] and [[tourism]] constitute the bulk of its economic activity. The main tourist sites are the villages of [[Tossens]], [[Burhave]], and [[Eckwarden]]. There are [[Ferry|ferries]] across the Weser from Nordenham to [[Bremerhaven]] and (during summer months) across the Jade from Eckwarderhörne to [[Wilhelmshaven]]. In Nordenham there is a train station with several connections per day to [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]].

==See also== * [[List of peninsulas]]

==Literature== * [[Klaus Dede]]: ''Butjadingen - Portrait einer Landschaft''. (1975)

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==External links== {{Commons category|Butjadingen}} * [https://www.butjadingen.de/ Official site] {{in lang|de}}

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