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Altenbruch, Cuxhaven — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Altenbruch is a district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony, about thirty-four square kilometres of ground gathered around the church of St. Nicolai.
About Altenbruch
Where to stay in Altenbruch
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Space is what Altenbruch offers. Thirty-four square kilometres of Cuxhaven leave room for quiet addresses well back from the town centre, and a stay out here suits drivers, cyclists and anyone content to travel in for meals and services. Choices are limited.
Rooms that name St. Nicolai or the lanes around it are scarce, and Cuxhaven holds the larger stock.
About Altenbruch
What are the main landmarks in Altenbruch?
One church holds the register. St. Nicolai is the single landmark recorded in Altenbruch, and a district of thirty-four square kilometres offers the visitor that one name rather than a circuit of sights. The rest of what a trip here takes in belongs to Cuxhaven, which leaves Altenbruch as a stop on the way rather than a destination in itself.
What is the history of Altenbruch?
The record carries no founding date. Altenbruch enters it through St. Nicolai, the church that supplies the district's only heritage entry and the fixed point around which its ground is described. Everything else is Cuxhaven's.
Altenbruch appears in the register as one of the town's districts, thirty-four square kilometres inside Lower Saxony with a single church name attached to it.
Where is Altenbruch?
Altenbruch takes about thirty-four square kilometres of Cuxhaven, a large share of the town's ground for a district holding one listed church.
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Updated August 2026