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For the German-Danish Baroque composer, see Dieterich Buxtehude.

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Buxtehude (German pronunciation:[bʊkstəˈhuːdə]), officially the Hanseatic City of Buxtehude (German: Hansestadt Buxtehude, Low German: Hansestadt Buxthu (German pronunciation:[bʊkstˈhu])), is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany, belonging to the district of Stade in Lower Saxony.

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It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and attached to the city's S-Bahn rapid transit network. Buxtehude is a medium-sized town and the second largest municipality in the Stade district (Landkreis).^{[citation needed]} It lies on the southern border of the Altes Land in close proximity to the city-state of Hamburg.

To the west lie the towns of Horneburg and Stade and to the south there are a number of incorporated villages featuring mostly upscale housing; e.g., Ottensen and Apensen.

History

Early signs of settlements are the Daensen foldi