The region Southern Lower Saxony is located in the south of the federal state of the same name. These are well-known travel destinations in the diverse region Weser Uplands, the Leinebergland, the resin and the Subfield.
places
Southern Lower Saxony is particularly characterized by numerous small and medium-sized towns with well-preserved and mostly lavishly restored half-timbered buildings. Often the entire old town area is completely preserved as a half-timbered ensemble.
- Altenau -Bergstadt and a state-recognized climatic health resort in the Upper Harz. Known for the brewery that has been in operation since the city was founded in 1617, the Kristall Therme and the herb park. The well-known settlement at 811 meters above sea level belongs to the mountain town of Altenau Peat house, which offers a good view of the Brocken.
- Bad Gandersheim - the Roswithastadt northwest of the Harz has a well-preserved half-timbered old town around the collegiate church, in front of which every summer the Gandersheim Cathedral Festival occur.
- Bad Sachsa - the climatic health resort in South Harz In addition to its terrain spa trails, it is known for its historical past, as it lies on the inner-German border. Because of its location on the Ravensberg, Bad Sachsa is also for Winter sports in the Harz suitable.
- Bodenwerder - the Münchhausenstadt is dedicated in many ways to her most famous son, the Baron of Lies of Munchausen. Located on the Upper Weser, the most north-westerly city in southern Lower Saxony with the Münchhausen Museum and numerous statues on the stories of lies is not only a good occasion for a stopover for cyclists and paddlers on the Weser.
- Clausthal-Zellerfeld - the mountain town in the Upper Harz is one of the three university towns in southern Lower Saxony. At the same time, travelers encounter an old mining tradition, which is partly due to the numerous facilities of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Harz water shelf, the mining museum and old pits, as well as a cosmopolitan flair by the numerous international students of the highly recognized Clausthal University of Technology.
- The same - City in a beautiful, quiet location on the Solling. In the technology museum Blacksmiths You can see a rare water-powered hammer mill, among other things.
- Duderstadt - the old town with its more than 600 half-timbered houses and the three-tower town hall is a special example of half-timbered architecture in southern Lower Saxony. The twisted top of the West Tower, the partially preserved medieval city wall and the proximity to the former German-German border with the Grenzlandmuseum Eichsfeld are other tourist features of the city in Subfield.
- Einbeck - the Beer City is home to Einbecker beer and at the same time the place of origin of all bock beers. In addition to the centuries-old brewing tradition, Einbeck also has a large number of half-timbered houses around the late medieval market square.
- Goslar - the city on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains became an old town and a mine Rammelsberg in the UNESCO world heritage recorded. Besides that, it's worth it Imperial Palace and in the neighboring village Rooster clover the Stave church a visit.
- Goettingen - the old university town on the Leine is the center of the region. Next to the Goose loaf and numerous half-timbered houses, it offers the visitor numerous historical and modern Places of science as well as a distinct bar scene.
- Hann. Münden - the small half-timbered town with Welfenschloss is also Three rivers city called: Where Werra and Fulda kiss, they have to pay for their name ... - from here the Weser stretches 452 km north to the North Sea. Four Long-distance cycle paths lead in or through the city - a worthwhile stop for cycle tourists.
- Holzminden - the City of scents and flavors an der Weser takes visitors on a fragrant city tour through their half-timbered old town.
Other goals
- resin and Solling are the distinctive mountains of the region, the Bramwald, the Vogler and the Ith can be regarded as partially belonging
- Leinebergland and Innerstebergland are further elongated ridges that Seven mountains at Alfeld as the (incorrect) seat of the Seven Dwarfs are at the northern end
- the Leinetal forms approximately the north-south axis of southern Lower Saxony, the Werra valley is part of the southern border, the Weser valley the western one.
- the Subfield is a culturally and spatially independent region within southern Lower Saxony, which is not only known for the capital Duderstadt, but also for the rural region of Golden mark and the holiday region around Seeburg and the Seeburg lake.
background
Due to the large number of independent tourist regions, which are at least partially assigned to the South Lower Saxony region, there is no independent tourist definition of the region. Rather, the term southern Lower Saxony is used more as a geographical and organizational term for the southernmost tip of Lower Saxony.
The districts are the core area of the region Northeim and GoettingenThe district belongs to the east bordering this core area Osterode and northwest of the county Holzminden added. The area of the old district of Alfeld (today the district of Hildesheim) is mostly still regarded as part of southern Lower Saxony due to its location as the largest northern town in the Leinebergland. Also parts of the district Goslar with the western northern edge of the Harz and the northwestern Upper Harz mostly included. Geographically limited to the east resin and Eichsfeld, in the West Weser Uplands, Bramwald and Solling the region.
The southern borders of southern Lower Saxony form the state borders Thuringia and Hesse. The Werra in the south, the course of the former inner-German border between Untereichsfeld and Obereichsfeld or in the Harz in the southeast and the Weser in the southwest also mark the effects of earlier disputes and political divisions such as the borders of the Kingdom of Hanover (e.g. in Hann. Münden) and the formerly the Kurmainzer area in Eichsfeld. Above all, however, the 40-year history as a zone border area has shaped the region. The 40 km wide strip west of the inner German border enclosed large parts of southern Lower Saxony during the inner German division, which had structural disadvantages, but also positive effects on the preservation of original nature and agricultural areas. Today the nature conservation project continues Green band along the former zone border of southern Lower Saxony.
language
High German is widely spoken in southern Lower Saxony. In the villages of the region, however, there are still some variants of the Ostfälischen, a subspecies of the Low German language.
getting there
The Hanover Airport is the closest international airport for a journey to southern Lower Saxony, also from airport Frankfurt you can quickly reach the region with the ICE to Göttingen. The Paderborn Airport and the Kassel-Calden Airport are nearby regional airports.
ICE train stations are Hildesheim and Goettingen, also the Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe train station is conveniently located. The southern Lower Saxony region also has good connections with regional trains from the surrounding regions, especially from North Hesse, Thuringia and from the middle Lower Saxony.
She's on the street A7 the central motorway that crosses southern Lower Saxony in a north-south direction. To the east the region is through the A38 from direction Leipzig tied up.
mobility
You can get around well in southern Lower Saxony by train. A relatively dense network of main and secondary routes connects the places between the Weser and Harz Mountains and from Alfeld in the north to Hann. Münden in the southernmost tip of the region. The metronome on the old north-south main line through the Leinetal for beautiful insights into the landscape of southern Lower Saxony with numerous, also small, stops. On this old stretch of the Hanover Southern Railway you can drive through southern Lower Saxony once in length and discover many of the region's sights from the train. The regional trains of the DB Regio in the Harz-Weser network, for example along the edge of the Harz, also offer very beautiful views.
The Lower Saxony part of the railway network remains outside of the Eichsfelds with Duderstadt, here as well as in the Lower Saxon part of the Hochresin The non-motorized traveler can only get there by bus if he does not want to hike or cycle. For example, several bus lines commute from Göttingen train station to Duderstadt and thereby open up the Eichsfeld area.
The Verkehrsverbund Süd-Niedersachsen offers a uniform tariff and coordinated bus and train connections.
Tourist Attractions
- Plesse Castle, the medieval ruin with some preserved or reconstructed buildings on the slope of the Göttingen Forest is a popular destination and offers an excellent view of the Leine valley.
- In Boar idols spent Wilhelm Busch as a boy his vacation - from his vacation experiences there later emerged the Max and Moritz story, as their place of origin is known today as Wilhelm Busch Mill designated mill in the middle of the village. Besides, that has European bread museum in Ebergötzen.
- The Rhume spring in Rhumspringe is one of the largest karst springs in Central Europe and is worth a detour on the way between Harz and Leine.
- The Hohe Hagen at Dransfeld is an extinct volcano with the Gauss tower stands. You can also take a bike tour of the disused railway line of the Dransfeld ramp discover.
- The Seven mountains are a mountain range at Alfeld and the presumed place of residence of the Seven dwarfs - even if folklore research no longer anchors the roots of the fairy tale documented by the Brothers Grimm in southern Lower Saxony, the story becomes through the Snow White Trail but like to be cared for over the mountain peaks.
Roman battle on the Harzhorn
At the Harzhorn, a mountain range Kalefeld in the district Northeim were remains of a battlefield one Roman battle, probably from the second third of the 3rd century AD, found. Not far from Autobahn 7 (exit Echte or Seesen), around 2,000 archaeological finds have been uncovered there since 2008 - spearheads and coins, projectile bolts and nails - and ultimately a previously unknown part of Roman history in Germania has been documented.
- 1 Harzhorn information building. E-mail: [email protected]. Open: Sun 1 am-4pm.
- There are parking spaces at the new, shiny gold, arrow-shaped building above the B248. Guided tours and further information from the tourist information Bad Gandersheim.
activities
hike is possible in numerous mountain ranges, first and foremost, of course, is the resin with the Harz National Park or the numerous buildings (Harzer Baudenstieg, see a. Picture gallery on the right). But also in Solling and the neighboring Vogler offer good hiking opportunities, just like in the district Goettingen. Both the Loccum-Volkenroda pilgrimage route, the European long-distance footpath E6 and the Via Scandinavica, a Way of St. James, run through southern Lower Saxony.
As Long-distance cycle routes are first and foremost the for southern Lower Saxony Weser-Harz-Heide-Radweg and the Leine-Heide cycle path to name, as well as the D route 3which, coming from the Dutch border, runs along the northern edge of the Harz Mountains and continues to Berlin. The Weser cycle path Together with the Weser, it marks the western border of southern Lower Saxony. The Iron Curtain Trail along the former inner-German border runs along the eastern edge of the region. From the R1 in Bad Gandersheim from the Bike path to art via Hildesheim to Sarstedt, where it meets the Leineradweg.
Canoe tours are on Weser, Leine and some smaller rivers possible. Canoe rentals exist in Northeim for the Rhume and on the Weser. For other water sports such as sailing, surfing or diving, the Northeimer Seenplatte at.
There are good winter sports conditions at Winter sports in the Harz among other things in the areas of Alpine skiing and Nordic skiing, but also for tobogganing and winter hikes.
kitchen
Eichsfeld sausage, Harz cheese, Göttingen bacon cake - these are specialties of the region. The cuisine is regional, not only the star chefs in the region are returning to original, regional products, some of which are produced in very high quality in the surrounding villages.
in the Gaudi in Goettingen, in the Schillingshof in the Friedland district of Groß Schneen, at Biewald in Friedland and in Novalis in Norten-Hardenberg you can find regionally and internationally inspired cuisine by award-winning top chefs.
If it doesn't have to be top-class cuisine, the numerous small inns and restaurants in the region are ideal for goose in November, kale in winter, and otherwise often hearty cuisine with game dishes from the Harz and Solling, fried potatoes and cabbage dishes, but also trout and carp.
nightlife
There are pubs, clubs and discos in all of the larger towns in the region. However, the center of night life in southern Lower Saxony is by far Goettingen with its strongly student-dominated pub and club scene. Large discos can also be found in, among others Norten-Hardenberg.
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literature
- ; Edition Limosa (Ed.): A journey of discovery through southern Lower Saxony: life between Solling, Harz and Weser. Oct 2011, ISBN 9783860374535 .
Web links
- Landschaftsverband Südniedersachsen e. V. - no tourism page, but defines the region.
