Cuxland, in a tourist sense, is the land between the

River Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Br ...

and the mouth of the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Rep ...

in the district of

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a ...

on Germany's

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

coast.

Concept

The term ''Cuxland'' is an artificial word that has purely been coined for tourist purposes and has no historic significance. It particularly refers to the resorts of the Land Wursten like

Dorum Dorum is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it has been part of the municipality Wurster Nordseeküste. The ''Land of Wursten'', a somewhat autonomous farmers' rep ...

Wremen Wremen () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Wurster Nordseeküste. The ''Land of Wursten'', a rather autonomous farmers' republic ...

and Midlum, but also the town of

and resorts of

Sahlenburg Sahlenburg is a borough of the city Cuxhaven near the mouth of the river Elbe in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Sahlenburg beach is popular with tourists. In addition to swimming in the sea when the tide permits, there are also walks into the Duhner a ...

Duhnen Duhnen (toponym derived from dunes) is a seaside resort (''Seebad'' ) along the North Sea, from the centre of Cuxhaven city, Lower Saxony, Germany. Duhnen is located northwest of Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and lar ...

within its borough

Döse Döse (Low German: ''Döös'') the northernmost town in Lower Saxony, Germany at the point where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. It is a borough of the city Cuxhaven and a popular seaside resort. Döse is located west of Grimmershörn in ...

, as well as the town of

Otterndorf Otterndorf () is a town on the coast of the North Sea in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany, and is part of the collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') of Land Hadeln. The town, located in the administrative district (''Landkreis'') of ...

Tourism

The central attractions of Cuxland are Sahlenburg, Duhnen und Döse, which have a well developed tourist infrastructure with restaurants and

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

s to cater for various tastes, holiday apartments, an open air pool, leisure facilities and shops. The majority of the holidaymakers come from the German states of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie H ...

and

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

. With around 3 million overnight stays each year, Cuxhaven is the leading resort in Germany. The coastal villages in the collective municipality of Land Wursten and in the borough of Otterndorf are especially popular with families. Inland, spa facilities, cycling and riding are popular; the centre being

Bad Bederkesa Bad Bederkesa (Northern Low Saxon: ''Beers'') is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town of Geestland. It is situated approximately 20 km north ...

. File:Dorumer Siel.JPG, Cutter harbour at Dorumer Tief in Dorum-Neufeld File:Wattwagen, Rettungsbake.JPG, Mudflat car with day trippers in the Sahlenburger Watt near Cuxhaven, on the way to the island of Neuwerk File:Cuxhaven_Duhnen_Watt_01(RaBoe).jpg, In the mudflats off Cuxhaven-Duhnen File:Cuxhaven 07-2016 photo23 Kugelbake.jpg, Cuxhaven's symbol and the northernmost point in Lower Saxony: the

Kugelbake The Kugelbake (german: Ball Beacon) is a historic day beacon in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term ''bake ...

File:Otterndorf_medem_haus.JPG, In Otterndorf on the Medem File:Otterndorf -See Achtern Diek- 2005 by RaBoe.jpg, Otterndorf: lake of Achtern Diek File:Bederkesa,_Burg_1.JPG, Castle in Bad Bederkesa

Use of the term "Cuxland"

A local holiday park company secured the rights to the word "Cuxland" since 1997 as a brand. In summer 2008 there were disputes about this. In connexion with that the county council decided in favour of the general and wide use of the term "Cuxland".

External links

Cuxland website

Website of Cuxhaven county
* {{coord missing, Lower Saxony Regions of Lower Saxony Cuxhaven (district)