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Nordheide
The Nordheide (literally: "North Heath") is the northernmost part of the Lüneburg Heath in Germany. It runs from the Harburg Hills to the municipality of Handeloh. South of that lies the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park Lüneburg Heath Nature Park (German: ''Naturpark Lüneburger Heide'') is a nature park, a form of protected environment, located in the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany. It has an area of . The centre of the nature park is the Lüneburg Heath ... and the Südheide with the Südheide Nature Park. The highest point on the Nordheide is the Brunsberg near Buchholz in der Nordheide which has a height of . External links Nordheide Region website Lüneburg Heath {{LowerSaxony-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchholz In Der Nordheide
Buchholz in der Nordheide (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bookholt'') is the largest town in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg. Geography Buchholz is home to the Brunsberg, at 129m the highest mountain in the region. It is on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''), hence the suffix to the name. History In 1958, Buchholz received its city charter. In 1992, Buchholz was struck by a small tornado which destroyed many trees and damaged numerous houses. In 2002, the temperature in Buchholz rose above 38 degrees celsius, marking an all-time high for its region. In 2006, Buchholz tried to set a new world record by placing a crowd of 2000 people in the form of a large heart near the local swimming pool. The attempt ultimately failed because 39 people did not show up. Division of the town The districts of Steinbeck, Dibbersen, Seppensen, Holm-Seppensen, Sprötze and Trelde belong to Buchholz ... [...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] |
Handeloh
Handeloh is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Location Handeloh lies between the rivers Seeve and Este, south of Buchholz in der Nordheide. The Harburg Hills lie to the northwest and the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve to the southeast. The parish belongs to the collective municipality of Tostedt, whose seat is in the village of Tostedt. Neighbouring communities * Welle * Otter * Undeloh * Buchholz in der Nordheide Sub-divisions Handeloh has the following sub-divisions: Handeloh, Höckel, Inzmühlen and Wörme. Politics Parish council The parish council, which was elected on 11 September 2011, is made up as follows: * Freie Wählergemeinschaft Handeloh 4 seats * CDU 4 seats *SPD 2 seats *Bündnis 90/Die Grünen 2 seats *single candidate 1 seat (as at: the local elections on 11 September 2011) Coat-of-arms On the left hand side of the shield, in the upper half a gold wagon wheel with 8 spokes on green, in the lower h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harburg Hills
The Harburg Hills (German: Harburger Berge) are a low ridge in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony and the southern part of the city state of Hamburg. They are up to high. Geography and history The Harburg Hills lie northwest of the Lüneburg Heath in the Lower Saxony, Lower Saxon district of Landkreis Harburg and in the Hamburg quarters of Eißendorf, Hausbruch, Heimfeld, Marmstorf and Neugraben-Fischbek within the Harburg, Hamburg, Harburg borough. Thus they are located between the city of Hamburg to the north, Seevetal to the east, the Lüneburg Heath to the southeast, Handeloh, Welle (Niedersachsen), Welle and Otter (Niedersachsen), Otter to the south, Tostedt and Buchholz in der Nordheide to the southwest, Hollenstedt and Beckdorf to the west and Neu Wulmstorf to the northwest. At the centre of this hill country is the municipal district of Rosengarten (Landkreis Harburg), Rosengarten (which consists of ten separate villages and covers an area of some 64 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüneburg Heath Nature Park
Lüneburg Heath Nature Park (German: ''Naturpark Lüneburger Heide'') is a nature park, a form of protected environment, located in the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany. It has an area of . The centre of the nature park is the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve with an area of . Geography The nature park belongs to the former province (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Lüneburg and, after its expansion in 2007, extends into the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg and Heidekreis. The Lüneburg Heath Nature Park is bordered in the north by Buchholz, in the east by Lüneburg, in the south by Soltau and in the west by Neuenkirchen. It lies roughly south of Hamburg, 70 km east of Bremen and 90 km north of Hanover. It was established as early as 1922, initially with of nature reserve. In 1993 this area was increased to . By the beginning of 2007 the area of the nature reserve almost coincided with the area of the nature park. On 14 February 2007 the park was expanded to . The area ... [...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] |
Brunsberg (Harburg)
The Brunsberg is a high hill on the northwestern edge of the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany. It lies in the Brunsberg Nature Reserve, reserve no. LÜ 010 with an area of , near Sprötze between the towns of Buchholz in der Nordheide and Tostedt. From its summit, covered with heather and grazed by moorland sheep, there is a good view over the neighbouring heaths and in good visibility the Wilseder Berg, , and ''Heidepark'' at Soltau can be seen to the south. To the southwest the tower of St. John's Church (''Johanneskirche'') can be seen in Tostedt. The view towards Hamburg is blocked by the Harburg Hills The Harburg Hills (German: Harburger Berge) are a low ridge in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony and the southern part of the city state of Hamburg. They are up to high. Geography and history The Harburg Hills lie northwe .... Not far from the top is the holiday home for the youth organisation ''Deutsche Schreberjugend'' Landesverband Hamburg eV. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
