Hösseringen is a village in the collective municipality of Suderburg and lies southwest of

Uelzen Uelzen (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Uelzen (), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality. Uelz ...

in the German state of

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Geography

Hösseringen lies between

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and

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in the middle of the

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (, ) is a large area of heath (habitat), 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 and is ...

. The village is dominated by the landscape of the High Heath (''Hohe Heide'') and extensive forests that surround it and that stretch as far as

Eschede Eschede () is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated approximately 15 km (10 miles) northeast of Celle, Eschede lies at the border of the Südheide Nature Park, a protected area of large forests and heat ...

to the southwest.

Geology

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s from the penultimate

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run through the parish forming several hillocks and low ridges. The Hardau stream rises about 2 km southeast of the village centre, running through the Hardau valley between Holxen and Holdenstedt before emptying into the Gerdau.

History

The village was first recorded in 1247.

Culture and sights

Tourism

Aside from agriculture, tourism is an important source of income for the village. The village is known nationally for the

Hösseringen Museum Village The Hösseringen Museum Village (German: ''Museumsdorf Hösseringen'') is located at Hösseringen in the German state of Lower Saxony. Covering an area of , it displays important examples of the North Germany, Lower German, timber-framed, hall h ...

which covers an area of about 10 ha. The museum village is also a starting point for the Schooten forest

educational trail An educational trail (or sometimes educational path), nature trail or nature walk is a specially developed hiking trail or footpath that runs through the countryside, along which there are marked stations or stops next to points of natural, techn ...

that runs through the forest of the same name and describes the development of agriculture and forestry in the Lüneburg Heath at 10 information points. In the immediate vicinity of the museum village is the ''Landtagsplatz'', which was the place of assembly in the

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(1355-1652) for the provincial parliament or ''

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''. The ''Landtagsplatz'' consists of numerous

glacial erratic A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock (geology), rock differing from the type of country rock (geology), rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word ' ("to wander"), are carried by gla ...

s that were used as seats for the representatives of the villages in the district of Uelzen. In addition Hösseringen is also the starting point for the 26 km long water experience path that runs as far as

. Stations along the way include the water-treading trough at the village pond and the artificial lake of the Hardausee, near to which there is also a campsite and barbecue area. Another attraction is the observation tower, built in 2003, that is situated between Hösseringen and Räber. The tower acts simultaneously as a bearer for mobile telephone antennas. There is also a

watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...

on the

Lower Saxon Mill Road The Lower Saxon Mill Road () is a holiday route that guides visitors to watermills and windmills in the north German state of Lower Saxony and thus links the interests of historic monument Conservation-restoration, conservation with those of the to ...

near the village centre; although it is no longer in use.

Sources

* Tilman Grottian: ''Geschichte der Gemeinde Suderburg. Festschrift zum 1000-jährigen Jubiläum im Jahr 2004''. 1st ed. Edition: Anderweit, May 2004,

References

External links

Museumsdorf Hösseringen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hosseringen Lüneburg Heath Uelzen (district)