Cuxhaven (district)

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Cuxhaven

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Cuxhaven } } |- | Area:||2073 km² |- | Inhabitants:||204,200 (2001) |- | pop. density:||99 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||CUX |- | Homepage:||[landkreis-cuxhaven.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Cuxhaven is a district 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. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Land Hadeln and Wesermünde. The city of Cuxhaven lost its status as a district-free city and became the capital of the new district. Geography The district is often called Cuxland, which is rather a nickname than an official designation. 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 Free Municipalities Cuxhaven Langen Am Dobrock Bederkesa Beverstedt Börde Lamstedt Hagen Hemmoor (incl. town Hemmoor) Hadeln (incl. town Otterndorf) Land Wursten Sietland Loxstedt Nordholz Schiffdorf External links [Official website] (German) [Cuxland touristical website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: