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ID: 7005305
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cuxhaven (inhabited place)  Cuxhaven (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 008 42 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.7000  decimal degrees

Note: The city of Cuxhaven is located in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the Elbe River. It was an important medieval center. It was conquered by Hamburg in 1394 and served as its fore port until 1937. It received its charter only in 1907. Heavily damaged in World War I, it retains little historic architecture. It does have a 14th-century lighthouse, the oldest in Germany, and the 14th-century castle of Ritzebüttel, which now houses a museum. The city is a major fishing, fish processing, and shipbuilding port. It is also a noted beach resort and health spa. The 2004 estimated population was 53,000.

Names:
Cuxhaven (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lower Saxony (state)  ............  Lower Saxony (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuxhaven (inhabited place)  ................  Cuxhaven (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was thriving center by medieval period, though chartered only in 1907
city (C)
port (C)
fish-processing center (C)  ............  city is headquarters for Germany's fish-processing industry
fishing community (C)
resort center (C)  ............  is North Sea beach resort and base for sailing trips to Frisian Islands

Sources and Contributors:
Cuxhaven..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:216
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4:815
.................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 51
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 306
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:216
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4:815
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Cuxhaven NAF83226349, accessed 19 July 2004
..................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1756976
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 51
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 306
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:216
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Cuxhaven." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 2002-. http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=28803&tocid=0&query=cuxhaven&ct=eb (19 July 2004)

 

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