The Lower Saxon Asparagus Road (german: Niedersächsische Spargelstraße) is a tourist route in

North Germany Northern Germany (german: link=no, Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony an ...

that confers recognition of the

asparagus Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in ...

as a delicacy in the region. The vegetable is grown in the areas between Brunswick and

Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...

, between

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

Cloppenburg Cloppenburg (; nds, Cloppenborg; stq, Kloppenbuurich) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Brem ...

and

Vechta Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta (district), Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta. It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every ...

, and from

Nienburg/Weser Nienburg (, official name: ''Nienburg/Weser'') (Low German: ''Nienborg'', ''Neenborg'' or ''Negenborg'') is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Situated on the scenic German Timber-Frame Road, Nienbur ...

via Hoya to

Soltau Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its touri ...

. The Asparagus Road is about long and links the tourist regions of the

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 a ...

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

and its environs,

Brunswick Land Brunswick Land (german: Braunschweiger Land) is a historical region in the Southeast of the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, centred around the city of Braunschweig. It refers to the core territory of the historic Duchy of Brunswick and its s ...

, Middle Weser and the

Oldenburg Münsterland The Oldenburg Münsterland, otherwise called Oldenburger Münsterland or Oldenburgisches Münsterland, is a region in Lower Saxony, Germany and the administrative area that comprises the federal districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta. Unofficially, ...

. It was initiated by the Lower Saxon Asparagus Road Society (''Verein Niedersächsische Spargelstraße'') and is the equivalent of the German Wine Road, the Lower Saxon Mill Road or the German Fairy Tale Route. Part of the Lower Saxon Asparagus Road runs from Burgdorf via Nienburg/Weser,

Bruchhausen-Vilsen Bruchhausen-Vilsen is a municipality in the Diepholz district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated southeast of Bremen. The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Rietha ...

and

Bassum Bassum (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Bassen'') is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen. Geography Subdivision Besides Bassum prope ...

to Sulingen. Since 2005 the Lower Saxon Asparagus Museum (''Niedersächsische Spargelmuseum'') has been located in Nienburg.

Other asparagus roads

In Baden-Württemberg (''Baden Asparagus Road'') and in North Rhine-Westphalia there are other asparagus roads.

Sources

* Dieter Hurcks: ''Entlang der Niedersächsischen Spargelstraße.''

External links

Lower Saxon Asparagus Road

The Lower Saxon Asparagus Road

Nienburg Asparagus Museum
{{Coord missing, Germany German tourist routes Oldenburg Münsterland Roads in Lower Saxony Tourist attractions in Lower Saxony Tourist attractions in Hesse

Other asparagus roads

Sources

See also

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