The Linteln Geest (German: ''Lintelner Geest'' or ''Lint(e)ler Geest''), shown on some maps as the Verden Heath, (German: ''Verdener Heide''
[''Die Generalkarte, Nr. 5 - Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover'', ADAC regional club and ADAC office, Mairs Graphische Betriebe, 2008.]) is a
geest
Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash pla ...
region in the north German state of
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
and belongs administratively to the borough of
Kirchlinteln.
Geography
The Linteln Geest covers the historic
Duchy of Verden which nowadays comprises the easternmost fringes of the
Achim-Verden Geest, which is part of the
Stade Geest, within the district of
Verden. Its largest town is
Kirchlinteln. The Linteln Geest is bordered by the
River Aller
The River Aller is a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England.
It rises as several small streams around Tivington and Huntscott and flows through the Holnicote Estate passing Holnicote and through Allerford
Allerford is a village in th ...
to the southwest, the
Middle Weser Region to the west, the
Wümme Depression to the north and the
Lüneburg Heath to the east.
Appearance
The region is agricultural and characterised by
morainic
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice she ...
hills, small villages and individual farmsteads as well as expansive tracts of
forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...
,
heath
A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler a ...
and
bog. In several of the villages on the Linteln Geest there are numerous
nurseries.
Bog body of Brammer
In a bog southwest of the village of
Kreepen near Brammer a male
bog body was discovered on 12 June 1903 in the vicinity of an
abandoned village
An abandoned village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. In many countries, and throughout history, thousands of villages have been deserted for a variety of causes. Abandonment of villages is often related to epidemic, f ...
. It was packed in a wooden box and sent to the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin. During the bombing raids on the city during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
the body was lost however. In the Elisabethfehn Moor Museum, a tuft of hair from the bog body is on display.
European Village Renewal Prize
In conjunction with the villages of Bendingbostel, Brunsbrock, Sehlingen,
Kreepen, Schafwinkel and Odeweg on the Linteln Geest the region won the European Village Renewal Prize in 2000 awarded by the European Association for Rural Development and Village Renewal.
Towns and villages
*Bendingbostel
*Brunsbrock
**Klein Linteln
**Schmomühlen
*Heins
**Groß Heins
**Klein Heins
*Holtum (Geest)
**Heidkrug
**Wedehof
*
Kirchlinteln
*
Kreepen
**Brammer
*Kükenmoor
*Schafwinkel
**Odeweg
**St. Pauli
*Sehlingen
Places of interest
*original village centres with buildings in the Lower Saxon style typical of the region
*churches in Kirchlinteln and Brunsbrock
*Lake Brammer
*
Lindhoop War Memorial in
Kirchlinteln
References
{{coord missing, Lower Saxony
Natural regions of Germany
Regions of Lower Saxony
Verden (district)
Geest