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Altenwalde, Cuxhaven — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Altenwalde is a village within the town of Cuxhaven, some twenty-five square kilometres of Lower Saxony ground around the Kreuzkirche Altenwalde.
About Altenwalde
Where to stay in Altenwalde
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
A car makes this work. Altenwalde sits back from the busier parts of Cuxhaven, so the reason to book here is the village itself, the Kreuzkirche Altenwalde, the Zwölf Apostel and room the town centre cannot match. Everything else means a drive.
Rooms are few out here, and the Altenwalder Burg or the village lanes have to be the reason for choosing them, because Cuxhaven holds the wider run of beds and services.
About Altenwalde
What are the main landmarks in Altenwalde?
Three entries carry Altenwalde. The Kreuzkirche Altenwalde heads the list, with the Altenwalder Burg and the Zwölf Apostel beside it, three names that between them account for everything the register enters under the village. Nothing here is ticketed on a city scale, and a visitor with an afternoon can take in all three before returning to Cuxhaven.
What is the history of Altenwalde?
Age is one thing Altenwalde cannot document. Altenwalde comes down as a village inside the town of Cuxhaven, and what fixes its age is the built record rather than a date: the Kreuzkirche Altenwalde, the Altenwalder Burg, and the Zwölf Apostel. Lower Saxony frames the wider story, while the village's own account stays with those three names and the ground they stand on.
Where is Altenwalde?
About twenty-five square kilometres of Cuxhaven fall to Altenwalde, ground the Zwölf Apostel and the Altenwalder Burg share with the village core.
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Updated September 2026