Loxstedt

Infobox German Location
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Loxstedt
Wappen = Wappen Loxstedt.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 28
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 39
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Cuxhaven
Höhe = 1
Fläche = 156.54
Einwohner = 16261
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 27612
PLZ-alt = 2854
Vorwahl = 04703, 0471, 04740, 04744
Kfz = CUX
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 52 032
Straße = Am Wedenberg 10
Website = [http://www.loxstedt.de/ www.loxstedt.de]
Bürgermeister = Detlef Wellbrock
Partei = Independent

Loxstedt is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Bremerhaven

Villages in the municipality

The municipality consists of 21 villages, of which several include smaller settlements (number of inhabitants as of February 28, 2004) :

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. [ [http://www.loxstedt.de/pics/medien/1_1138719216/Pressemitteilung_Anruf-Sammeltaxi.pdf Anruf-Sammeltaxi press release] ] The station will be remodeled under the Bremen S-Bahn scheme, which is supposed to open by 2012.

Twin towns

Loxstedt's twin towns include:
* - Schwaan (Germany), since 1989

References

External links

* [http://www.loxstedt.de Official site] de icon
* [http://www.gewelo.de Local merchantmen organisation ] de icon