Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Lower Saxony Adm. Region: Lüneburg Capital: Cuxhaven Area: 2073 km² Inhabitants: 204,200 (2001) pop. density: 99 inh./km² Car identification: CUX Website: landkreis-cuxhaven.de Map 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. Table of 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 Cuxhaven Hemmoor Langen Otterndorf Samtgemeinden Am Dobrock Bederkesa Beverstedt Borde-Lamstedt Hagen Hemmoor Land Hadeln Land Wursten Sietland Free Municipalities Loxstedt Nordholz Schiffdorf External links Official website (German) Cuxland touristical website (German) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.