- Population
- 2,905
- 2.9K
- Elevation
- 9 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- FCN Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase11 km
- BRE Bremen Airport91 km
About Sahlenburg
Sahlenburg is a village. Location: Cuxhaven, Landkreis Cuxhaven. Population: 2,905. Elevation: 9 m.
Sahlenburg is a borough of the city Cuxhaven near the mouth of the river Elbe in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Sahlenburg beach is popular with tourists. In addition to swimming in the sea when the tide permits, there are also walks into the Duhner and the Werner forests. The earliest artifacts discovered are the flint tools of ice age hunters dated to c. 18,000 BCE. The first record of Sahlenburg is from 1325 and concerns Mr. von Lappe of noble lineage. Around 1400 the nobles moved into a stone castle in Cuxhaven.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Area
- 9.4 km²
Source: Wikidata
Population of Sahlenburg over time
| 2022 | 2,897 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,905 | |
| 2024 | 2,837 | |
| 2025 | 2,815 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Sahlenburg
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 4° · Rain 82 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 0°)
- Wettest month
- September (84 mm)
- Driest month
- February (41 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | 0° | 0° | 2° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 65 | 41 | 55 | 41 | 48 | 73 | 74 | 67 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 74 |
How to get to Sahlenburg
The nearest airport is Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN), 11 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Bremen Airport (BRE) (91 km). The nearest large city is Bremerhaven, 34 km to the south.
Airports
- Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN) Wurster Nordseeküste 11 kmsouth
- Bremen Airport (BRE) Bremen 91 kmsouth
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 93 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Bremerhaven Population: 118.6K 34 kmsouth
- Oldenburg Population: 159.2K 85 kmsouth
- Bremen Population: 546.5K 88 kmsouth
- Kiel Population: 252.7K 111 kmnortheast
- Lübeck Population: 212.2K 136 kmeast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sahlenburg
Within 100 km: 277 historic and cultural sites, 959 natural sites, 894 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km87 places
- Trischen Island 22 kmN
- Neuwerk Island 11 kmNW
- Medemsand-Insel Island 14 kmE
- Nigehörn Island 16 kmNW
25–60 km478 places
- Strand Harlesiel Beach 57 kmW
- Friesenstrand Beach 40 kmSW
- Südstrand Beach 59 kmNW
- Nordstrand Beach 59 kmNW
60–100 km1,565 places
- East Frisian Islands Island 81 kmW
- Norderney Island 93 kmW
- Nordstrand Natural site 73 kmN
- Insel Spiekeroog Island 62 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Ostmast Küstenfunkstelle Sahlenburg Landmark, Cuxhaven0.2 km N
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Westmast Küstenfunkstelle Sahlenburg Landmark, Cuxhaven0.3 km NW
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Galgenberg Mountain, Cuxhaven1.2 km NE
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Feuerberg Mountain, Cuxhaven1.5 km SW
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Twellberg Mountain, Cuxhaven1.6 km N
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Falkenhütte Mountain, Cuxhaven2.2 km SW
Other cities and towns in Cuxhaven
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Altenbruch Neighbourhood, Cuxhaven10 km SE -
Lüdingworth Village, Cuxhaven11 km SE -
Arensch Village, Cuxhaven4.1 km SW
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Ritzebüttel Neighbourhood, Cuxhaven4.6 km E
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Berensch Neighbourhood, Cuxhaven5.2 km SW -
Holte Village, Cuxhaven2.3 km SE
Sources & licences
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