Lower Saxony incorporates 9 neighbouring villages into the town in 1972 changing the structure of Buxtehude and creating a cluster of more than 30,000 inhabitants.
1972: Alam-Saksimaa liidab 9 naaberküla linnaks, muutes Buxtehude struktuuri ja moodustades rohkem kui 30 000 elanikuga kobara.