Loxstedt

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Loxstedt
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Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cuxhaven
Population	16,302 (June 2005)
Area	156.53 km²
Population density	104 /km²
Elevation	1 m
Coordinates	53°28′ N 8°39′ E
Postal code	27612 (old:2854)
Area code	04744, 04703, 04740, 0471
Licence plate code	CUX
Mayor	Detlef Wellbrock
Website	loxstedt.de

Loxstedt is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Bremerhaven, covering an area of 156.53 km² with 16,431 inhabitants.

1 Twin towns
2 Transportation
3 Villages in the municipality
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Twin towns

Loxstedt's twin towns include:

- Schwaan (Germany), since 1989

Relief of Heinrich Luden, a German historian, in Loxstedt

[edit] Transportation

Loxstedt has three exits on the Bundesautobahn 27. The Bundesstraße 437, connecting the Stotel A27 exit to the Weser tunnel, has been constructed so that it can be easily upgraded to an autobahn. 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 Bremerhaven and Beverstedt.

Public transport is mostly carried out 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, where the Bremerhaven-Bremen RegionalBahn trains call at.^[1] The station will be remodeled under the Bremen S-Bahn scheme, which is supposed to open by 2012.