Hadeln is a former ("collective municipality") in the district of Cuxhaven, in

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. It was situated in the

Land of Hadeln Land Hadeln is a historic landscape and former administrative district in Northern Germany with its seat in Otterndorf on the Niederelbe, Lower Elbe, the lower reaches of the River Elbe, in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between the estuaries of the E ...

near the mouth of the river

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, approximately 15 km east of

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is a 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 footprint o ...

. Its seat was in the town

Otterndorf Otterndorf (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Oterndörp'') 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 () of Land Hadeln. The town, located in the administrative distric ...

. On 1 January 2011 it merged with the Sietland to form the new

Land Hadeln Land Hadeln is a historic landscape and former administrative district in Northern Germany with its seat in Otterndorf on the Lower Elbe, the lower reaches of the River Elbe, in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between the estuaries of the Elbe and W ...

. The Hadeln consisted of the following municipalities: # Neuenkirchen # Nordleda # Osterbruch #

External links

"Land Hadeln — Where the Saxons began their journey: A guide to history and travel" (Lowlands-L Travels)
by Meibohm, Jonny

References

Cuxhaven (district) Former Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony {{Cuxhaven-geo-stub