Spechtshorn is a village in the municipality of

Hohne Hohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn. It should not be confused with the British Army camp of Hohne (German: ' ...

in the collective municipality of

Lachendorf Lachendorf (West Low German: ''Lachendörp'') is a municipality in the 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 ...

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, in the German state of

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Geography

Spechtshorn lies east of the River Wiehe, a right-hand tributary of the Schwarzwasser.

History

The Spechtshorn Village Chronicle was collected and published in 1999 by Karl-Heinrich Dralle. Until the early 1990s

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extracted crude oil at various locations in and around Spechtshorn (e.g. in Schmarloh). The many green pumps were part of the village character for many years.

Religion

The majority of inhabitants belong to the

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parish of Hohne.

Nature monuments

The ''Torfmoor'', a peat lake several kilometres from Spechtshorn is today a popular location for ice-skating. It was formerly used to provide fuel for the region. Spechtshorn lies near the Schmarloh, a cultural landscape, which is an important migration and breeding area for birds. Villages in Lower Saxony Celle (district) {{Celle-geo-stub