Land Wursten | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Land Wursten within Cuxhaven district  | |
  Land Wursten  Land Wursten | |
| Coordinates: 53°42′N 8°33′E / 53.700°N 8.550°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cuxhaven |
| Founded | 1974-03-01 |
| Disbanded | January 2015 |
| Subdivisions | 7 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 116.97 km2 (45.16 sq mi) |
| Population (2013-12-31) | |
| • Total | 9,551 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Website | www.sglandwursten.de |
Land Wursten is a former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was situated approximately 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Cuxhaven, and 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Bremerhaven. Its seat was in the village Dorum. It was disbanded in January 2015, when its member municipalities merged into the new municipality Wurster Nordseeküste.