The Braunschweiger Land is located in the south-east of Lower Saxony and includes the Braunschweig conurbation. The region is marketed under the tourist title "Braunschweiger Land".
places
Schöningen market square
City market of Wolfenbüttel
- Braunschweig - with 250,000 inhabitants the second largest city in Lower Saxony; Former residence of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and “City of Science” 2007.
- Helmstedt - founded in 952; Over 400 professorial and half-timbered houses from the 16th and 17th centuries, former Hanseatic city
- Königslutter - on the ridge Elm located; Imperial Cathedral.
- Pain - City of steel production.
- Salzgitter - Garden city architecture.
- Schöningen - Stadt am Elm, Palaeon of the 300,000 year old Spears, castle & park, half-timbered houses from 1654.
- Wolfenbüttel - with Wolfenbüttel Castle, the second largest still preserved castle in Lower Saxony.
- Wolfsburg - Autostadt; with 120,000 inhabitants the second largest city in the Braunschweig region.
Other goals
High beech forest in the Elm
- Elm-Lappwald Nature Park - stretches from Braunschweig to Helmstedt
background
getting there
mobility
Information on regional public transport is available on Association tariff for the Braunschweig region to find.
Tourist Attractions
Burgplatz in Braunschweig
- 1 Paleon, Research and Experience Center Schöninger Speere, Paläon 1, 38364 Schöningen. Tel.: 49 (0) 5352 96 91 40, Email: [email protected].
Information and exhibition center for the archaeological find complex of the 300,000 year old “Schöninger Spears”.Open: Tues., Wed., Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Thu 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. / Sat, Sun, public holidays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Closed on December 24th, December 25th, December 31st and on 01.01.Price: adults € 9.50 / € 12 including special exhibition. Reduc. € 6 / € 8.50.
- Braunschweiger Land Geopark. The Geopark Harz - Braunschweiger Land - Ostfalen includes nature parks and other nature conservation areas in resin, in the Braunschweiger Land and Ostfalen with Elm and Drömling in an area of about 100 × 120 kilometers.
- 2 Elm-Lappwald Nature Park
. The mountain ranges of Elm and Lappwald lie southeast of Braunschweig. The hilly landscape is ideal for cycling and hiking tours.
- 3 Warberg Castle. Well-preserved castle complex from the 13th century.
- 4 Till Eulenspiegel Museum, Nordstrasse 4, 38170 Schöppenstedt. Tel.: (0)5332 6158.
- Eulenspiegel hiking trail. The circular hiking trail from Schöppenstedt via Kneitlingen to Ampleben leads through the region where Till Eulenspiegel was born.
- 5 Imperial Cathedral in Königslutter. Romanesque basilica from the 12th century with the burial place of the German Emperor Lothar III.
activities
- Cycling - e.g. B. on the Oker cycle path or in the Elm-Lappwald nature park, see cycle route map literature
- hike - various hiking trails, long-distance hiking trails and themed trails
kitchen
- The Brunswick Mumme is a thick malt extract that is used today to refine food and drinks.
- As Brunswick sausage many types of sausage are called. In the area, it is a spreadable smoked coarse pork sausage, with or without garlic.
- Brown cabbage with Bregenwurst comes on the table after the first frost. The vegetable is a subspecies of kale and is called brown cabbage here because it turns brown when cooked. Bregenwurs is a raw or lightly smoked sausage. Potatoes are also eaten.
- Uhlen un Apen (Owls and monkeys) are a sweet pastry that goes back to a legend about Till Eulenspiegel.
Brunswick Mumme
Brunswick sausage
nightlife
security
climate
literature
- ADFC regional map "Braunschweig and surroundings" 1: 75000 - ISBN 3-87073-351-9 € 6.80; Bicycle map for the region with tour suggestions - see also Bielefelder Verlag
Web links
- TourismusRegion BraunschweigerLAND e.V. - regional tourism site
