Bispingen
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Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated on the River Luhe
Luhe
-China:*Luhe County , of Shanwei, Guangdong*Luhe District , Nanjing, Jiangsu*Luhe, Qinggang County , Heilongjiang*Luhe Township, Xihe County , Gansu-Germany:*Luhe , river that runs through the Lüneburg Heath in northern Germany...
and is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Soltau
Soltau
- Middle Ages :The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been settled by the start of the New Stone Age about 4,000 years ago. The Soltau area was initially occupied by a few individual farms. The parish of Soltau was probably founded around 830 and the first wooden church Sante Johannis...
, or 50 km (31.1 mi) south of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
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Subdivisions
- Bispingen
- Hützel
- Steinbeck an der Luhe (Steinbeck/Luhe)
- Behringen
- Volkwardingen
- Hörpel
- Borstel
- Haverbeck (Nieder- and Oberhaverbeck)
- Wilsede, heath village at the foot of the Wilseder BergWilseder BergAt the Wilseder Berg is the highest point on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany.- Description :The Wilseder Berg is part of a nature reserve within the Lüneburg Heath and lies near the villages of Wilsede and Bispingen in the Heidekreis. The hill was formed during the penultimate ice age, the...
; population: ~35
Neighbouring towns and villages
- SchneverdingenSchneverdingenSchneverdingen is a town in the northern part of the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km north of Soltau, and 50 km south of Hamburg....
- UndelohUndelohUndeloh is a village in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Location :Undeloh lies on the Lüneburg Heath near its highest hill, the Wilseder Berg.- Neighbouring communities :...
- EgestorfEgestorfEgestorf is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- SoderstorfSoderstorfSoderstorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Soderstorf has an area of 35.86 km² and a population of 1,488 ....
- RehlingenRehlingenRehlingen is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- Munster
- SoltauSoltau- Middle Ages :The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been settled by the start of the New Stone Age about 4,000 years ago. The Soltau area was initially occupied by a few individual farms. The parish of Soltau was probably founded around 830 and the first wooden church Sante Johannis...
Neighbouring towns
Location
Bispingen lies about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of SoltauSoltau
- Middle Ages :The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been settled by the start of the New Stone Age about 4,000 years ago. The Soltau area was initially occupied by a few individual farms. The parish of Soltau was probably founded around 830 and the first wooden church Sante Johannis...
near junction 43 of the A 7 motorway.
Places of interest
- Wilseder BergWilseder BergAt the Wilseder Berg is the highest point on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany.- Description :The Wilseder Berg is part of a nature reserve within the Lüneburg Heath and lies near the villages of Wilsede and Bispingen in the Heidekreis. The hill was formed during the penultimate ice age, the...
, the highest hill on the Lüneburg HeathLüneburg HeathThe Lüneburg Heath is a large area of heath, geest and woodland in 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 named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve...
with outstanding views of the area. - Dat ole Huus, a Low German house in Wilsede, one of the oldest open air museumOpen air museumAn open-air museum is a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors. The first open-air museums were established in Scandinavia towards the end of the nineteenth century, and the concept soon spread throughout Europe and North America. Open-air museums are variously known as...
s in Germany; built ca. 1540, renovated 1742, moved to Wilsede 1907 - Iserhatsche, a landscape garden with hunting villa and Montagnetto model castle
- Burial ground in Volkwardingen with Bronze AgeBronze AgeThe Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
tumuli - Ole Kerk ("Old Church") dating to 1353, made from of boulders; used for baptisms, weddings and other services as well as concerts (Sommer-Musik in Bispinger Kirchen); open daily from Easter to New Year's Eve
- TreppenspeicherTreppenspeicherA Treppenspeicher is the German term for a small barn or secondary farm building used for storage and typical of the Lüneburg Heath area in northern Germany...
in Volkwardingen, one of the oldest of this type of storage barn in the Lüneburg Heath, built in 1600 and 1702, restored in 2001 - Kart Centre, owned by racing driver Ralf SchumacherRalf SchumacherRalf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...
- SnowDome BispingenSnowDome BispingenThe SnowDome is an indoor ski slope at Bispingen in the German state of Lower Saxony. It was opened on 21 October 2006.The piste has a length of about , height about , and a width of up to . On the snow area of about , in addition to the downhill piste is a Funpark, a toboggan run and a beginner's...
provides indoor skiingSkiingSkiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
and snowboardingSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
. It opened in autumn 2006. Its investors have forecast a total of 365,000 visitors per year due to its proximity to Hamburg, BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and Hannover. - Bispinger Heide holiday park, part of the Center ParcsCenter ParcsCenter Parcs is a European network of holiday villages incorporating a UK-based company, Center Parcs UK, which runs holiday villages in the United Kingdom and a sister enterprise, Center Parcs Europe, that operates in numerous locations in continental Europe...
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People with a connexion to the village
- Waldemar Grube, founder of the firm, Grube KG Forstgerätestelle, which makes forestry equipment.