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Brunau (Örtze)
The Brunau is a long stream of Lower Saxony, Germany, in the district of Celle, on the Lüneburg Heath. Source and course The Brunau rises in the vicinity of Nindorf, flows initially northeast to south of (a district of Südheide). Here it swings east, runs past Bonstorf to the north and then continues in a southeastern direction. North of the village of Baven the stream is dammed. Originally it powered a water mill here, the ''Backebergsmühle'', a water-driven corn mill. The Brunau flows right under the building. Shortly before its mouth the Brunau merges with an old, now overgrown, meadow-irrigation channel. With this channel it discharges into the Örtze near Baven north of Hermannsburg. File:BackMuehle.jpg, The Brunau near the Backeberg mill File:ÖrtzeAuslassSchleuseBaven.jpg, Old sluice on the Örtze. Right: the Brunau; left: the old meadow irrigation channel Water quality The Brunau derives its name from its brown (Low German: ''bruun'') water. Its quality howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, albeit in declining numbers. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-enclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Salzgitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nindorf (Bergen)
Nindorf is a village administered by the Lower Saxon town of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It lies about northwest of Bergen on the B 3 federal road and has 215 inhabitants (2019). History Nindorf was originally mentioned in 1197 under the name of ''villa Nendorpe''. It is also responsible for Widdernhausen. The village lies on the K 12 district road (''Kreisstraße''), that runs from Bergen to Wietzendorf. Today it consists of a mixture of original farmsteads, some with old ''Treppenspeicher'' barns, but also modern farmhouses. Image:BgNindorfKrgDkm (8).jpg, 1914–1918 and 1939–1945 war memorial Image:BgNindorfBauHf (4).jpg, Modernised living quarters of a farmhouse Image:BgNindorfBauHfTrp (11).jpg, Old farmhouse with ''Treppenspeicher'' barn Politics Since the Lower Saxon administrative reforms of 1973, Nindorf has been part of the town of Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baven
Baven is a village in the municipality of Südheide in the north of Celle district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the western edge of the Südheide Nature Park, on the Lüneburg Heath and currently has a population of 1,638. There is evidence that the first settlements here go back to the Bronze Age. Until the 19th century Baven consisted of 15 farmsteads, before the sale and division of an estate (''Hofstelle'') made new land available and the number of inhabitants rose markedly. In 1973 Baven was incorporated into the municipality of Hermannsburg as part of the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony.About the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony compare Blazek, Matthias: Von der Landdrostey zur Bezirksregierung – Die Geschichte der Bezirksregierung Hannover im Spiegel der Verwaltungsreformen, Stuttgart 2004, . Hermannsburg became part of Südheide in 2015. Just north of the village a small stream, the Brunau feeds into the river Örtze Ör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Örtze
Örtze () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Örtze rises north of Munster in the ''Große Heide'' (in the ''Raubkammer'' federal forest) and, after , joins the Aller southeast of Winsen. Source and course The Örtze valley is an old glacial valley. It was formed during the Saale glaciation about 230,000 to 130,000 years ago by the drainage of meltwater from the ice sheet which cut deep into the plateaus of the southern Lüneburg Heath. The upper Örtze has incised its own, much smaller valley into the sandur beds and the roughly wide, flat glacial valley floor. The source region of the Örtze and its several source bogs lie on the terrain of the Munster North Training Area. In order to remove suspended solids and sediments which are washed away during heavy rains from the tank training areas with their sparse covering of vegetation, four successive lakes – the so-called ''Munoseen'' – have been created on the Örtze, and, on the ''Ilster'', the main hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Südheide (municipality)
Südheide is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the heathland Südheide. It was formed on 1 January 2015 by the merger of the former municipalities Hermannsburg and Unterlüß. The villages of Südheide are: Baven, Beckedorf, Bonstorf Bonstorf is a village in the municipality of Südheide in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in central Germany. Bonstorf lies about 3 km from Hermannsburg on the boundary with the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel and curre ..., Hermannsburg, Lutterloh, Oldendorf, Unterlüß, Weesen. References Celle (district) {{Celle-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonstorf
Bonstorf is a village in the municipality of Südheide in the north of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in central Germany. Bonstorf lies about 3 km from Hermannsburg on the boundary with the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel and currently has about 530 inhabitants. In 1973 it was incorporated into the municipality (''Einheitsgemeinde'') of Hermannsburg as part of the Lower Saxon regional and administrative reform. Hermannsburg was merged into Südheide in 2015. The hamlets of Barmbostel and Hetendorf belong to Bonstorf. Near the village are the Bonstorf Barrows, the remains of a neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial site. Bonstorf lies on the small stream, the Brunau, which discharges north of Hermannsburg into the Örtze. The village is primarily agricultural in character and its appearance is dominated by farmhouses as well as a relatively large car dealership. File:FellersmannsHofBonst.jpg, Farm in Bonstorf File:KopfweidenBrunau.jpg, Pollarded willow Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celle (district)
Celle () is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen, Gifhorn, Hanover and Heidekreis. Geography The district is located in the southernmost parts of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''). The Aller River enters the district in the east, runs through the town of Celle and leaves the district in the northwest. It is joined by many tributaries coming from the south. Lüneburg Regional Association To look after cultural matters the Lüneburg Regional Association (''Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband'') was founded as a registered association (''eingetragener Verein''). Coat of arms The lion and the heart were part of the arms of the Lüneburg, a subdivision of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The Principality was occasionally (but incorrectly) also known as Brunswick-Celle, since Celle was its capital for some time. The only difference is the number of hearts (the original coat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve. Northern Low Saxon is still widely spoken in the region. Lüneburg Heath has extensive areas, and the most yellow of heathland, typical of those that covered most of the North German countryside until about 1800, but which have almost completely disappeared in other areas. The heaths were formed after the Neolithic period by overgrazing of the once widespread forests on the poor sandy soils of the geest, as this slightly hilly and sandy terrain in northern Europe is called. Lüneburg Heath is therefore a historic cultural landscape. The remaining areas of heath are kept clear mainly through grazing, especially by a North German breed of moorland sheep called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Mill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of many material goods, including flour, lumber, paper, textiles, and many metal products. These watermills may comprise gristmills, sawmills, paper mills, textile mills, hammermills, trip hammering mills, rolling mills, wire drawing mills. One major way to classify watermills is by wheel orientation (vertical or horizontal), one powered by a vertical waterwheel through a gear mechanism, and the other equipped with a horizontal waterwheel without such a mechanism. The former type can be further divided, depending on where the water hits the wheel paddles, into undershot, overshot, breastshot and pitchback (backshot or reverse shot) waterwheel mills. Another way to classify water mills is by an essential trait about their location: tide mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corn Mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding. History Early history The Greek geographer Strabo reports in his ''Geography'' a water-powered grain-mill to have existed near the palace of king Mithradates VI Eupator at Cabira, Asia Minor, before 71 BC. The early mills had horizontal paddle wheels, an arrangement which later became known as the " Norse wheel", as many were found in Scandinavia. The paddle wheel was attached to a shaft which was, in turn, attached to the centre of the millstone called the "runner stone". The turning force produced by the water on the paddles was transferred directly to the runner stone, causing it to grind against a stationary "bed", a stone of a similar size and shape. This simple arrangement required ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermannsburg
Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Südheide. It has been a state-recognised resort town since 1971. It is situated on the river Örtze, about 15 kilometres east of Bergen and 30 kilometres north of Celle. It belongs to the district of Celle. Geography Location The Örtze flows through the centre of Hermannsburg in a north to south direction, whilst the stream of the Weesener Bach, which is known in Hermannsburg as the Lutterbach, crosses the municipality from east to west and empties into the Örtze near the Lutterhof farm. Hermannsburg itself is a basic urban centre (''Grundzentrum''). The nearest middle-order urban centre (''Mittelzentrum''), the county town of Celle, is 28 kilometres away. Hermannsburg lies 78 kilometres northeast of the state capital of Hanover and south of Hamburg, about 100 kilometres away. Division of the municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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