Loxstedt Loxstedt(German) Lox(Low Saxon) | |
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Location of Loxstedt within Cuxhaven district  | |
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| Coordinates:53°28′N08°39′E / 53.467°N 8.650°E /53.467; 8.650 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cuxhaven |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–26) | Detlef Wellbrock[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 141.24 km2 (54.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 16,633 |
| • Density | 117.76/km2 (305.01/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 27612 |
| Dialling codes | 04703, 0471, 04740, 04744 |
| Vehicle registration | CUX |
| Website | www.loxstedt.de |
Loxstedt (inHigh German, inLow Saxon:Lox)is a municipality in thedistrict of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated south ofBremerhaven.
Lacstidi (literally inlake stead), first mentioned in 1059, belonged to theDuchy of Saxony. At the carve-up of Saxony it became a part of thePrince-Archbishopric of Bremen, newly raised toimperial immediacy in 1180. In the mid-16th century the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism. During theLeaguist occupation underTilly (1628–1630), they suffered from attempts at re-Catholicisation.
In 1648 the prince-archbishopric was transformed into theDuchy of Bremen, which was first ruled inpersonal union by the Swedish – interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) – and from 1715 on by theHanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemericKingdom of Westphalia annexed the duchy, beforeFrance annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the duchy was restored to theElectorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to theKingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the duchy in areal union and the ducal territory, including Loxstedt, became part of theStade 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 neighbouringstate of Oldenburg, thus having a different history.
The municipality consists of 20 villages, of which several include smaller settlements (number of inhabitants as of 28 February 2004) :
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Loxstedt has three exits on theBundesautobahn 27. TheBundesstraße 437, connecting theStotel A27 exit to theWeser tunnel, has been constructed so that it can be easily upgraded to anautobahn. TheBundesautobahn 22, the so-calledKüstenautobahn, which currently is in planning stage, will replace the B 437 in the future.TheBundesstraße 71 runs throughBexhövede andStinstedt, connecting the municipality toBremerhaven andBeverstedt.
Public transport is mostly carried by buses within the public transport association Bremen/Lower Saxony (VBN). A minicab scheme, carried out byBremerhavenBus, offers hourly connections to Bremerhaven and toLoxstedt railway station, which is on theBremen–Bremerhaven line and has been served since December 2010 by line RS 2 of theBremen S-Bahn, running hourly between Bremerhaven-Lehe andTwistringen.[6]
Loxstedt'stwin towns include:
–Schwaan (Germany), since 1989
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![The parts of the municipality of Loxstedt; Nesse is marked in red [3]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aCUX-Loxstedt-Nesse.svg)
![Topographic map of Loxstedt[4]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aTopomap_loxstedt_CUX.svg)
