Loxstedt (in

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, in

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: Lox) is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of

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History

Lacstidi (literally in ''lake stead''), first mentioned in 1059, belonged to the

Duchy of Saxony The Duchy of Saxony () was originally the area settled by the Saxons in the late Early Middle Ages, when they were subdued by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 772 CE and incorporated into the Carolingian Empire (Francia) by 804. Upon the 84 ...

. At the carve-up of Saxony it became a part of the

Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen The Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen () was an Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality (787–1566/1648) of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church that after its definitive secularization in 1648 became the hereditary Bremen-Verden, Duchy of ...

, newly raised to

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in 1180. In the mid-16th century the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Tilly (1628–1630), they suffered from attempts at re-Catholicisation. In 1648 the prince-archbishopric was transformed into the

Duchy of Bremen Bremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (; ), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of th ...

, which was first ruled in

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by the Swedish – interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) – and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeric

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annexed the duchy, before

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annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the duchy was restored to the

Electorate of Hanover The Electorate of Hanover ( or simply ''Kurhannover'') was an Prince-elector, electorate of the Holy Roman Empire located in northwestern Germany that arose from the Principality of Calenberg. Although formally known as the Electorate of Brun ...

, which – after its upgrade to the

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in 1814 – incorporated the duchy in a

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and the ducal territory, including Loxstedt, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823. In 1974 Loxstedt incorporated a number of smaller municipalities in its environs, among them Büttel, Dedesdorf, Eidewarden, Maihausen, Overwarfe, Ueterlande, and Wiemsdorf, which all had never been part of the Hanoveran state but had been part of the neighbouring state of Oldenburg, thus having a different history.

Villages in the municipality

CUX-Loxstedt-Nesse.svg, The parts of the municipality of Loxstedt; ''Nesse'' is marked in red Topomap loxstedt CUX.svg, Topographic map of Loxstedt The municipality consists of 20 villages, of which several include smaller settlements (number of inhabitants as of 28 February 2004) :

Transportation

Loxstedt has three exits on the Bundesautobahn 27. The

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, connecting the Stotel A27 exit to the Weser tunnel, has been constructed so that it can be easily upgraded to an

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. The Bundesautobahn 22, the so-called ''Küstenautobahn'', which currently is in planning stage, will replace the B 437 in the future. The Bundesstraße 71 runs through Bexhövede and Stinstedt, connecting the municipality to

and Beverstedt. Public transport is mostly carried by buses within the public transport association Bremen/Lower Saxony ( VBN). A minicab scheme, carried out by BremerhavenBus, offers hourly connections to Bremerhaven and to Loxstedt railway station, which is on the Bremen–Bremerhaven line and has been served since December 2010 by line RS 2 of the

Bremen S-Bahn The Bremen S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn network in Germany, covering the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region, from Bremerhaven in the north to Twistringen in the south and Bad Zwischenahn and Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg in the west. It has been in o ...

, running hourly between Bremerhaven-Lehe and Twistringen.Anruf-Sammeltaxi press release
Heinrich Luden

Twin towns

Loxstedt's

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include: * – Schwaan (Germany), since 1989

References

External links

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Local merchantmen organisation
{{Authority control Cuxhaven (district)