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Welcome...to the Hanseatic city Buxtehude!
Buxtehude is known as the city where the dogs bark with their tales, hare and hedgehog race each other. But if you think Buxtehude is only a fairytale city you couldn't be more wrong because Buxtehude has been a reality for over 1000 years. It began with the peasant settlement 'Buochstadon',  which was first mentioned in the year 959. The Bremen archbishop Giselbert von Brunkhorst founded the city of Buxtehude in 1285. Situated one and a half kilometres north of the original settlement at the bog strip between geest and marsh it was, in its time the first German city, which was built according to plan around a central dock. Thereby becoming the most modern harbour founding on German ground. Within the framework of the Hanseatic long-distance transport the city made a comfortable Elbe crossing possible and developed into a lively Hanseatic city.

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At the gates of the big Hanseatic sister Hamburg at the fringe of the Alte Land with its lovely fruit tree blossoms live over 37.000 people in the administrative centre Buxtehude. A special attraction for visitors from near and far is the historical old town with its pedestrian zone, the Fleth-facility, the Viver (the old city moat), the Marschtorzwinger and the pretty, old bourgeois houses. The important monument is the St- Petri- church, a three-nave Gothic brick basilica, which was built around 1300. In this charming surrounding one like to celebrate often. The old town festival, the wine festival and the Christmas market fill regularly the streets and alleys of the city centre. In general cultural life is in Buxtehude very active. One of the most important German youth book prizes, the 'Buxtehuder Bull' or the Buxtehude- Museum for regional history and art are examples for that.
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Buxtehude's economy is also are very respectable with its good mix of industry and business landscape: world known names like Babcock Materials Handling, Bacardi, K.I.D.- Systeme, Malteser Kreuz Aquavit, NSB Niederelbe Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, National Rejaktors, Pioneer, Hi Bred and the Unilever- daughter Lever Fabergé are the definite proof. All counted well over 1.5000 people earn their living in  Buxtehude. A specialised secondary school north-east Lower Saxony with the departments architecture and civil engineering and a technology centre (TZB), which gives stat-up aid to young entrepreneurs when setting up businesses are apart of the highly interesting industrial site near the town are further advantages of the town as economical location. With its service-strong retail in the middle of the Buxtehude's old town, Buxtehude ´has become a popular shopping and tourist destination in the metropolis region Hamburg.

Stadtinformation der Stadt Buxtehude
Stavenort 2
21605 Buxtehude
Tel. 04161/501-297

eMail: buxtehude@city-map.de