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Lachte
The Lachte is a right-hand tributary of the Aller in the Südheide Nature Park in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Course The Lachte rises in the northern part of the district of Gifhorn southwest of Sprakensehl. It flows initially southwest, feeds a long row of fish ponds near the Auermühle Estate (''Gut Auermühle'') and is then joined from the left by the Kainbach stream and, beyond the town of Steinhorst (which has a water wheel in its coat of arms), the Jafelbach. In Steinhorst a stony ford crosses the river. Near Beedenbostel, Celle district, the Lutter and the Aschau join the Lachte from the right. Near Lachendorf the river swings west and discharges into the Aller near (part of Altenhagen), a village within Celle district. In 1997 the "Upper Lachte, Kainbach, Jafelbach" Nature Reserve was opened with an area of . The Lachte and the Lutter with their tributaries, which both run through the eastern part of the Südheide Nature Park, form a river system w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachte Valley Railway
The Lachte is a right-hand tributary of the Aller in the Südheide Nature Park in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Course The Lachte rises in the northern part of the district of Gifhorn southwest of Sprakensehl. It flows initially southwest, feeds a long row of fish ponds near the Auermühle Estate (''Gut Auermühle'') and is then joined from the left by the Kainbach stream and, beyond the town of Steinhorst (which has a water wheel in its coat of arms), the Jafelbach. In Steinhorst a stony ford crosses the river. Near Beedenbostel, Celle district, the Lutter and the Aschau join the Lachte from the right. Near Lachendorf the river swings west and discharges into the Aller near (part of Altenhagen), a village within Celle district. In 1997 the "Upper Lachte, Kainbach, Jafelbach" Nature Reserve was opened with an area of . The Lachte and the Lutter with their tributaries, which both run through the eastern part of the Südheide Nature Park, form a river system wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Lower Saxony
All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P * Purrmühlenbach R S T *Tiefenbeek *Trillkebach *Trutenbeek * Twiste U * Uffe *Ulrichswasser *Unterelbe V W Z *Zellbach * Zorge By basin This list uses bullets and indents to show the rivers' hierarchy and the sequence from river mouth to source. The number of indents corresponds to the river's position in the sequence. Tributaries are shown orographically as either a left (l) or a right (r) tributary of the next waterway in the downstream direction. Elbe * Elbe (, into the North Sea) ** Medem (l) *** Emmelke ** Oste (l) (153 km) *** Aue (tributary of the Oste) (l) (14 km) *** Mehe (l) *** Bever (r) *** Twiste (r) *** Ramme (r) ** Schwinge (l) ** Lühe (l) *** Aue (tributary of the Elbe) (26 km) ** Este (l) ** Seeve (l) (40 km) ** Ilmenau (l) (107 km) *** Luhe (l) (58 km) *** Neetze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aschau (Lachte)
The Aschau is a stream in the Südheide Nature Park in Lower Saxony, Germany, It is a tributary of the Lachte, which in turn discharges into the Aller. Source region The Aschau originates in Loher Ponds (''Loher Teiche''), artificially-created in the 1890s. These ponds are fed by a headstream, the ''Drellebach''. In 1903 more ponds were added to the south and designated as the Aschau Ponds (''Aschau Teiche''). The entire area today consists of about 50 artificial ponds where trout, carp, tench, pike, ide, signal crayfish and noble crayfish are extensively farmed. The area is also a habitat for gudgeon, roach, stickleback, bitterling and swan mussels. The ponds have been part of a wetland nature reserve since 1982. In 1987 they were also designated as a bird reserve. Since 2003 the area has been an EU bird reserve and since 2005 it has been part of the EU's nature conservation project, Natura 2000, as Special Protection Area 86, the Lachte-Lutter-Aschau Nature Reserve. Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutter (Lachte)
Lutter is a small river in the Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany, right tributary of the Lachte. The Lutter has its source near (district of Eschede), southeast of Unterlüß. It passes Bargfeld (where it is joined by the Schmalwasser), Eldingen, and Luttern (a district of Eldingen). It flows into the river Lachte at , near Lachendorf, east of Celle. Gallery File:Mündung Schmalwasser.jpg, The Schmalwasser joining the Lutter near Bargfeld File:Lutterquelle Weyhausen (2).JPG, Headwaters of Lutter at Eschede- File:LutterWolfhagenMühle.jpg, Water mill at Lutter in Marwede (part of Scharnhorst) with the stone sculpture ''Die Heide aus Lüneburg'' File:Lutter Luttern.jpg, In Luttern, Lower Saxony See also *List of rivers of Lower Saxony All rivers in the German state of Lower Saxony flow directly or indirectly into the North Sea. A–Z A B D E F G H I J K L M N O P * Purrmühlenbach R S T *Tiefenbeek *Trillkebach *Trutenbeek * Twiste U * Uffe * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Südheide Nature Park
The Südheide Nature Park ("Southern Heath Nature Park", German: ''Naturpark Südheide'') is a large protected area of forest and heathland in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It has been designated as a protected nature park since 1964. Location The Südheide Nature Park is roughly in area and lies in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath, in the northeastern part of Landkreis Celle, Celle district, beginning a few kilometres north of Celle itself. From there it stretches northwards, between the towns of Bergen (Landkreis Celle), Bergen to the west, Faßberg to the north and Weyhausen and Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein, Steinhorst to the east. The other towns in the nature park are Eschede, Hermannsburg, Müden (Örtze), Unterlüß, Eldingen and, on the edge of the park, Winsen an der Aller. The borders of the nature park are not identical with the term ''Südheide'' used in local parlance. That refers to the region south of a line from Munster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aller (Germany)
The Aller is a river in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway (''Bundeswasserstraße''). The Aller was extensively straightened, widened and, in places, dyked, during the 1960s to provide flood control of the river. In a section near Gifhorn, the river meanders in its natural river bed. History Meaning of the name The river's name, which was recorded in 781 as ''Alera'', in 803 as ''Elera'', in 1096 as ''Alara'', has two possible derivations: # A shortened form of ''*Eleraha'', where ''*Eler'' in Old German ''*olisa'' or Old Slavic ''olsa'' (Polish: ''olsza'') would mean ''Erle'' ("alder") and ''aha'' (pronounced in German: ''Acha'') is an old word frequently used in river names to mean "water" (c.f. the Latin ''aqua''). The name of the tree passed into Low German as ''Eller'', which is very close to the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lüneburg Heath, has a castle ('' Schloss Celle'') built in the Renaissance and Baroque style and a picturesque old town centre (the ''Altstadt'') with over 400 timber-framed houses, making Celle one of the most remarkable members of the German Timber-Frame Road. From 1378 to 1705, Celle was the official residence of the Lüneburg branch of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( House of Welf) who had been banished from their original ducal seat by its townsfolk. Geography The town of Celle lies in the glacial valley of the Aller, about northeast of Hanover, northwest of Brunswick and south of Hamburg. With 71,000 inhabitants it is, next to Lüneburg, the largest Lower Saxon town between Hanover and Hamburg. Expansion The town covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachendorf
Lachendorf (West Low German: ''Lachendörp'') is a municipality in the Celle (district), district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km east of Celle. Lachendorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lachendorf (Samtgemeinde), Lachendorf. History In older records Lachendorf is mentioned under the name of ''Lachtendorp'', meaning village at the river ''Lachte''. In 1538 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg chose it as a proper place for a paper mill, which marks the beginning of settlement and commercial development. In 1845 the paper mill was extended to a factory, creating a remarkable amount of workspace in this agricultural region. Famous residents * Wilhelm Trumann, great-great grandfather of the 33rd president of the USA Harry S. TrumanCompgermanoriginality.com. * Heinrich Severloh (1923–2006), platoon of the Wehrmacht and rifleman on Omaha Beach * Konstantin Rausch (born 1990), football/soccer player for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenhagen (Celle)
Altenhagen has been a municipality in the borough of Celle in northern Germany since 1973. It lies on the northeastern edge of the town. The original village dates back to 1377. The area is divided into a new industrial estate and the old village by the Bundesstraße 191, B 191 federal road that runs from Celle to Eschede and Uelzen. The industrial estate includes a post office distribution centre. The railway line from Celle to Wittingen runs past the edge of Altenhagen, but the station at Altenhagen has rarely been used since it was closed to passenger services. The centre of the old village is characterised by several rural farmyards and a number of handicraft firms. There is also a kindergarten and the local community hall for the parish of Celle's town church. On the northeastern edge of the village is a large vocational college campus which incorporates two training schools (''Berufsbildende Schulen''), BBS I and BBS IV, and known as the Albrecht Thear School. Politics Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinhorst (Niedersachsen)
Steinhorst is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, 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 betwe .... Steinhorst includes the villages of Auermühle, Lüsche, Räderloh and Steinhorst. References Gifhorn (district) {{Gifhorn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wittingen
Wittingen () is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about northeast of Gifhorn, and southeast of Uelzen. Division of the town Wittingen consists of 27 districts: History The earliest identified record of Wittingen appears in a document dated 781 which defines the territorial borders of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. Another early mention dates from 803 during the reign of Charlemagne, this time identifying the borders of the newly established Bishopric of Halberstadt. Neither of these sources pins down a date for the foundation of Wittingen, however. During the Medieval period Wittingen was not merely a frontier point, but also a focus for traffic crossing into and out of the Altmark. The town was a trading point and an overnight stop for east-west commerce. Its significance was signaled in the ninth century when The Bishopric had the Church of St Stephen built. By the beginning of the thirteenth century Wittingen had been granted Town privileges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naturschutzgebiet
A ''Naturschutzgebiet'' (abbreviated NSG) is a category of protected area (nature reserve) within Germany's Federal Nature Conservation Act (the ''Bundesnaturschutzgesetz'' or ''BNatSchG''). Although often translated as 'Nature Reserve' in English, the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) refers to them as 'Nature Conservation Areas'. It meets the criteria of an IUCN Category IV Habitat and Species Management Area.https://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/themen/gebietsschutz/IUCN_Kat_Schutzgeb_Richtl_web.pdf Document of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation of Germany Points of law The use of the term ''Naturschutzgebiet'' or terms that could be confused with it for anything other than the legally protected areas is forbidden under this law. Signage Because legal restrictions are placed on activity within German nature reserves they have to be signed on the ground. Only by this means can e.g. walkers know that they are entering a nature reserve and may not e. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
