![]() ![]() From Hamburg major road B73 (not Autobahn/motorway) takes you to Cuxhaven in about two hours. Some ferry services exist, but they are negligible, overall.Ĭuxhaven can be reached comfortably by motorway A27 from Bremen in about 1 hour (100 km). Most people come to Cuxhaven either via train or car. That said, the only remnant of this history of rocketry at Cuxhaven is a trough near the road from Arensch to Sahlenburg. The best known rocket launches which took place in the area of Cuxhaven were three launches of V2 rockets in Operation Backfire, in order to demonstrate Allied forces the technology of the "wonder weapon" V2 in October 1945. Many people have left Cuxhaven in recent decades, and many of those who remain are retired, contributing to the quiet small-town ambiance.Ĭuxhaven was not always so quiet, though: about 500 rockets were launched near Cuxhaven between 19. Still, the economic situation isn't too good and tourism remains the major industry of the city. The city is trying to expand the harbour and has invested a lot of money in the modernization and expansion of the port facility. Tourism is one of the traditional industries in Cuxhaven. With 48,000 residents (2020), Cuxhaven isn't a very large city. Until 1937, Cuxhaven was part of Hamburg in a reorganization two towns near Hamburg that were part of Prussia were given to Hamburg in exchange for Cuxhaven. ![]() With roughly 3 million booked nights a year, it is one of the largest seaside resorts in Germany. Cuxhaven is a seaside resort city in Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen), Germany on the mouth of the river Elbe on the North Sea coast. ![]()
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