Cuxhaven (district)

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

Flag

Coat of arms

CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyCapitalCuxhavenGovernment

• District admin.Thorsten Krüger (SPD)Area

• Total2,057.78 km² (794.51 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2022)^[1]

• Total201,413 • Density98/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Vehicle registrationCUXWebsitelandkreis-cuxhaven.de

Cuxhaven is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Stade, Rotenburg, Osterholz and Wesermarsch, the city of Bremerhaven and the North Sea.

History

The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Land Hadeln and Wesermünde. The town of Cuxhaven lost its status as a district-free town and became the capital of the new district.

Geography

The district is often nicknamed Cuxland. It is located on the coast of the North Sea and is enclosed by the river mouths of Elbe and Weser. The coasts are part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park.

Coat of arms

The arms display Saint Nicholas, who is the patron saint of fishermen. The coast of the North Sea is symbolised at the bottom of the arms.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden
Cuxhaven Geestland Free municipalities Beverstedt Hagen im Bremischen Loxstedt Schiffdorf Wurster Nordseeküste	1. Börde Lamstedt Armstorf Hollnseth Lamstedt¹ Mittelstenahe Stinstedt 2. Hemmoor Hechthausen Hemmoor^{1, 2} Osten	3. Land Hadeln Belum Bülkau Cadenberge Ihlienworth Neuenkirchen Neuhaus (Oste) Nordleda Oberndorf Odisheim Osterbruch Otterndorf^{1, 2} Steinau Wanna Wingst
	¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

Towns

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

1. Börde Lamstedt

2. Hemmoor

3. Land Hadeln

¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.