The economic region of Cuxhaven with the strong adjacent metropolitan regions of Hamburg and Bremen-Oldenburg offers a wide range with an efficient economic structure in its combination of city and district of Cuxhaven. Beyond the core sectors of the port and logistics industry and tourism, the Cuxhaven economic region has special strengths in agriculture, food, and fishing as well as in the renewable energy sector, which has grown strongly in the last few years. Cuxhaven has developed into a leading location in Europe with numerous unique selling points in particular the field of offshore wind energy. The expansion of onshore wind energy in the region has been driven further since adoption of the regional spatial planning programme (Regionales Raumordnungsprogramm) 2012.
 
The pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and health care industries also have innovation-focused companies that considerably strengthen the business location and offer future prospects that serve as a basis for development.
 
On top of the strong economic sectors, the economic region of Cuxhaven also has an efficient transport infrastructure that ensures accessibility by road, rail, water, and also by air (Cuxhaven seaport/Nordholz).
 
Its existing industry branches, as well as those developing anew in parallel, prepare the Cuxhaven economic region well for the future while offering local companies and those looking to move to the region, as well as potential employees, an optimal future-oriented investment and working environment in a region with a high quality of life.
 
Learn more at www.afw-cuxhaven.de