Kohlenbach is a village in the parish of Eversen

Eversen (Bergen)

Eversen is a village in the town of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in the north German state of Lower Saxony....

 which belongs to the tow of Bergen on the Lüneburg Heath

Lüneburg Heath

The 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...

 in Celle district in the north German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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History

Kohlenbach is a farmstead on the edge of the municipality of Eversen in a wood called the Garßener Holz. The small stream of Kohlenbach flows immediately past it and gives the hamlet its name.
Lying on the Old Celle Military Road (Alten Celler Heerstraße

Heerstraße

Heerstraße is German for:*a military road that was built in order to enable the rapid movement of armies overland.*specific roads built for this purpose including the:** Aachen-Frankfurter Heerstraße** Bernauer Heerstraße** Georgische Heerstraße...

) that runs past Kohlenbach, coming from Hanover

Hanover

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 and Celle

Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...

 and heading towards Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

, it served originally as an inn until the end of the 18th century. This route lost its importance as a trading route as result of new lines of communication and the inn business had to be folded. Since that time Kohlenbach has been the residence of the district forester (Revierförster) and part of the Royal Forestry Division of Miele (Königliche Oberförsterei Miele). It has been part of the parish of Eversen since 1929.

Today the E1 European long distance path runs immediately past the farmstead.

Sources

• Gädcke, Horst (1994). Eversen. Ein altes Dorf im Celler Land, 1994, ISBN 3930374021.
• Rathmann, Franz (1998). Dorfbuch Eversen. Ein Haus- und Lesebuch, 1998, ISBN 3921744091.