Bundesstraße 209 (B 209) is a German federal road that runs from Nienburg/Weser district in

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to Schwarzenbek in the district of

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Route

The B 209 begins in Nienburg/Weser district between the villages of Rohrsen and Drakenburg on the B 215 and runs in a northeasterly direction past the villages of Heemsen and Anderten. After crossing the river Aller at Rethem in Soltau-Fallingbostel district it passes through the villages of Groß Eilstorf and Kirchboitzen before entering the one-way system in the town centre of

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. This is a traffic bottleneck which causes delays during the rush hour. The B 209 then passes through Honerdingen, before reaching junction 47 on the A 7 autobahn located in

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's industrial estate. East of

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 ...

by the B 71 to

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, the B 209 then turns northeast again towards Amelinghausen and continues from there to

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. Near Artlenburg the B 209 crosses the

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, the bridge being combined with a barrier. Near

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the B 209 crosses the

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, passes over the B 5 and runs finally into Schwarzenbek, where it meets the B 207 and B 404.

History

To 1 July 1989 a section between Bad Fallingbostel and Soltau, part of the present day L 163 state road, was designated as Bundesstraße 209. As a result of the parallel routing of the A 7

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, this section was downgraded however. In Bad Fallingbostel the autobahn slip road (then an independent branch) to the A 7 was designated the B 209a. When the road between Bad Fallingbostel and Soltau was downgraded on 1 July 1989 the slip road became part of the B 209. Its distance is separately measured however.

Route / Junctions

References

* Informationsschreiben des Straßenbauamts Celle, Aktenzeichen 2221/31 322-L163 vom 19. April 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundesstrasse 209 209 B 209 B 209