Land Wursten

Land Wursten
Samtgemeinde
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Location of Land Wursten within Cuxhaven district
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Coordinates: 53°42′N 8°33′E / 53.700°N 8.550°E / 53.700; 8.550
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.