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Geodata Cuxhaven
Landkreis Cuxhaven · Lower Saxony
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
236,460 parcels, 11 buildings, 41 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
2,233 tiles of 1 km² each (7.57 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (2,233 tiles, JSON) | 7.57 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
2,271 tiles of 1 km² each (7.94 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (2,271 tiles, JSON) | 7.94 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
2,234 tiles, period 2025-09-24–2026-03-19.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (2,234 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (10)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2012 (561 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2015 (561 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2017 (7 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2018 (553 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2020 (8 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2021 (561 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (23 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (663 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (90 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (2,151 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
2,234 tiles, period 2025-09-24–2026-03-19.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (2,234 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (5)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2021 (2,234 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (111 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (2,336 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (90 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (2,151 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Landkreis Cuxhaven
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 2,058 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 1,475 km² | 71.7 % |
| Forest | 171 km² | 8.3 % |
| Residential land | 75 km² | 3.6 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 70 km² | 3.4 % |
| Water bodies | 53 km² | 2.6 % |
| Paths and tracks | 43 km² | 2.1 % |
| Road transport | 42 km² | 2.0 % |
| Mixed-use area | 33 km² | 1.6 % |
| Woodland | 29 km² | 1.4 % |
| Industry & commerce | 18 km² | 0.9 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 18 km² | 0.9 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 9 km² | 0.4 % |
| Other uses | 6 km² | 0.3 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 451 ha | 0.2 % |
| Air transport | 348 ha | 0.2 % |
| Rail transport | 302 ha | 0.1 % |
| Cemetery | 139 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the district area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Landkreis Cuxhaven
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | -10.8 m |
| Mean | 5.5 m |
| Maximum | 73.8 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Cuxhaven
- Armstorf
- Belum
- Beverstedt
- Bülkau
- Cadenberge
- Cuxhaven
- Geestland
- Hagen im Bremischen
- Hechthausen
- Hemmoor
- Hollnseth
- Ihlienworth
- Lamstedt
- Loxstedt
- Mittelstenahe
- Neuenkirchen
- Neuhaus (Oste)
- Nordleda
- Oberndorf
- Odisheim
- Osten
- Osterbruch
- Otterndorf
- Schiffdorf
- Steinau
- Stinstedt
- Wanna
- Wingst
- Wurster Nordseeküste
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.