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Maujahn-Moor
The Maujahn or Maujahn Moor (also known colloquially in German as the ''Maujahnskuhle'') is a kettle bog in North Germany which began as a sinkhole. It is located a good two kilometres west of the town of Dannenberg (Elbe), Dannenberg between the villages of Karwitz, Thunpadel and Dannenberg (Elbe), Schmarsau in northeastern Lower Saxony. Location The bog is located on the eastern border of the Lüneburg Heath, D28 Lüneburg Heath natural regions of Germany, natural region, within the Drawehn, Lower Drawehn, the transition to the D29 Hanoverian Wendland, Wendland and Altmark natural region. Culturally, the Drawehn is usually associated with the Hanoverian Wendland, Wendland. The Maujahn Moor is protected from the Atlantic macroclimate of Lower Saxony by the presence of the eastern slopes of the East Hanoverian end moraines (also known as the Drawehn, Göhrde-Drawehn Hills) formed during the Saalian glaciation and the climate is therefore clearly sub-continental. The surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drawehn
The Drawehn is a partly wooded and partly agricultural region of hills in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony, lying between the districts of Lüneburg and Uelzen in the west and Lüchow-Dannenberg in the east. It is named after the Slavic tribe of the Drevani. Definition In the German federal system of natural geographic regions, the Drawehn forms the eastern end of the Lüneburg Heath (D28), the '' Ostheide'', bordering the neighbouring area of Wendland and Altmark (D29). From a cultural perspective the Drawehn is, however, largely oriented towards Wendland. Its precise boundary is not clear: the name is often used synonymously for the ridge known as the East Hanoverian End Moraine (''Osthannoverschen Endmoräne''). Then again it may refer only to its southern portion - the northern part being referred to as the ''Göhrde''. Sources from the 14th to the 16th century counted the entire upper and lower geest west of the Jeetze plain and east of the Uelzen-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
