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Ritzebüttel, Cuxhaven — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ritzebüttel is the museum quarter of Cuxhaven, built around Schloss Ritzebüttel, St. Marien and the Joachim-Ringelnatz-Museum.
About Ritzebüttel
Where to stay in Ritzebüttel
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
This is the address for museum days. Ritzebüttel puts Schloss Ritzebüttel, St. Marien and the Joachim-Ringelnatz-Museum within a few streets of each other, which makes it the part of Cuxhaven that rewards staying on foot. Beds sit among the collections.
Guests who want Windstärke 10, the Martinskirche and the Schneidemühler Heimatstuben on the same walk book in Ritzebüttel rather than out at the edges of Cuxhaven.
About Ritzebüttel
What are the main landmarks in Ritzebüttel?
Schloss Ritzebüttel gives the quarter its name. Around it the register lists the Joachim-Ringelnatz-Museum, the Windstärke 10 shipwreck and fishing museum, and the Schneidemühler Heimatstuben, three collections within the same few streets of Cuxhaven. Churches fill out the list.
St. Marien and the Martinskirche are the parish names, and the Rundturnhalle Cuxhaven adds a hall of a different order to the same short circuit.
What is the history of Ritzebüttel?
The Schloss carries the name. Schloss Ritzebüttel stands at the head of the quarter's record, and no founding year is entered beside it, so what dates Ritzebüttel is the building stock rather than a charter. Collections crowd the quarter.
The Joachim-Ringelnatz-Museum, the Schneidemühler Heimatstuben and Windstärke 10 give it museum weight, while St. Marien, the Martinskirche and the Rundturnhalle Cuxhaven fill out the same list.
Where is Ritzebüttel?
Ritzebüttel lies inside Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, holding Schloss Ritzebüttel and the streets that carry the town's museums.
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Updated August 2026