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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 677 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CUXHAVEN, or KUXHAVEN

CUXHAVEN, or KUXHAVEN , a seaport See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Germany, belonging to the See also:

state of See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg, and situated at the extremity of the See also:

west See also:

side of the mouth of the See also:

ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe, 71 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N.W. from Hamburg. Pop. (1900) 6898. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and secure, and is much frequented by vessels delayed in the Elbe by unfavourbale See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather. A .new harbour was made in 1891-1896, having a See also:

DEPTH

depth of 264 ft., with a fore See also:

PORT

port l000 ft. See also:

long by 800 ft. wide; and it is now the See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of departure and arrival of the See also:

MAIL

mail steamers of the Hamburg-See also:

AMERICAN

American Steamship See also:

COMPANY

Company, who in 1901 transferred here a See also:

PART

part of their permanent See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff. The port is See also:

FREE

free, i.e. outside the customs See also:

union (See also:

ZOLLVEREIN (Ger. Zoll, toll, customs, and Verein, union)

Zollverein), the imports being principally coals, bricks and See also:

TIMBER

timber, and the exports See also:

fish. There is a fishing See also:

FLEET

fleet, for which a new harbour was opened in 1892. Though lying on a See also:

BARE

bare strand, the town is much frequented as a bathing place by Hamburgers. It is strongly fortified, and there are a lighthouse, and lifeboat and See also:

PILOT

pilot stations. The town only See also:

DATES

dates from 1873, having been formed by uniting the villages of Ritzebiittel and Cuxhaven,' which had belonged to Hamburg since 1394.

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