28 September 2013 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Hamburg
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Altes Land is an area of reclaimed
marshland straddling parts of Lower Saxony and
Hamburg. The region is situated downstream from Hamburg on the southwestern riverside of the
Elbe around the towns of
Stade,
Buxtehude,
Jork and
Lühe. In Hamburg it includes the quarters of
Neuenfelde,
Cranz,
Francop and
Finkenwerder.
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