The Bundesstraße 71 (abbr: B 71) is one of the longer German federal roads, numbered in the 60s and 70s series. It begins at the
B 6 in
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (; ) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the Bremen (state), city-state of Bremen. The Geeste (river), River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser.
Brem ...
by the
Unterweser and ends in Könnern near
Halle (Saale) in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
.
At its start, it serves as one of the east-west links across the
Elbe-Weser Triangle and follows a gentle curve via
Bremervörde (48 km, briefly meeting the
B 74) and
Zeven (71 km), crossing the ''Hansa Line''
A 1 (83 km) to the district town of
Rotenburg (Wümme) (97 km). Here, it crosses the
B 75 and continues past the
Lüneburg Heath to
Soltau (133 km), where it intersects with the
B 3. As it moves eastward, the road passes through heathland to
Uelzen (190 km), where it again intersects another major federal route, the
B 4. It then runs through the
Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park and crosses the former
Inner German Border and present-day state border between
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
and
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
at kilometre marker 222.
In
Salzwedel (233 km), the B 71 leaves the
Wendland to the left and turns southeast. In the
Altmark, it passes through villages and sparsely populated heathland. At
Gardelegen
Gardelegen (; ) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Milde (river), Milde, 20 m. W. from Stendal, on the main line of railway Berlin-Hanover.
History
Gardelegen has a Roman Catholic and three Evangelical c ...
, it meets the B 188. After Gardelegen, it heads south, passing through the
Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath for 30 km. After 335 km, the B 71 enters
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; ) is the Capital city, capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is on the Elbe river.
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archbishopric of Mag ...
, where it crosses the
A 14,
A 2, and
B 1, passing through the old cathedral city in a north-south direction as part of the
Magdeburg Ring. It continues for another 56 km as part of the
Romanesque Road (''Straße der Romanik'') through the heart of the
Anhalt region until, at
Könnern, it reconnects with the
B 6, the road it originally left at Bremerhaven, 26 km before
Halle, the largest city in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
. The entire route covers a distance of 391 km.
See also
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List of federal highways in Germany
The following is a list of the German federal highways or ''Bundesstraßen''. This does not include the autobahns.
Numbering system
The ''Bundesstraßen'' do not have a numbering system like that used for German '' autobahns'' (motorways), but ...
References
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