Best historic site trails in Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park

A circular hike in the Lüneburg Heath from Hitzacker on the Elbe, which is an excellent quality trail for Wanderable Germany. Duration: approx. 7:45 hours Highlights of the hike: - Biosphere reserve Nidersächsische Elbtalaue - Migratory birds such as storks and cranes in spring and autumn - Hitzacker open-air museum

Varied long-distance hiking trail in the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park, Lower Saxony. From Hitzacker, the Wendland loop runs on an almost 200 km long loop trail through the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park. The long distance, which is usually hiked in ten daily stages, enchants with a great variety of different natural and cultural landscapes: the extensive Elbe valley floodplains, the Elbe heights with great views, endless mixed deciduous forests, historical heathland and round villages worth...

A varied bike tour in the Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park, Lower Saxony. This is a nice bike tour from Lüneburg, usually lasting several days. The path leads via Scharnebeck and from there on to the Elbe to Höhbeck. We continue through the river lowlands to Gartow. From Gartow over the Nemitzer Heide to the destination, the Rundlingsdorf Lübeln. Highlights of the tour: - Heathlands - Elbe - floodplains - wonderful views - historical round villages - nice restaurants and places to stay overnight

Stage 7 of the "Wendland Rundweg" long-distance hiking trail, Lower Saxony. The Wendland Rundweg is a varied, almost 200 km long loop through the Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park. The seventh stage of the long-distance hike begins in the Heidedorf Trebel and ends in Schnackenburg, the smallest town in Lower Saxony. You should plan some time for a stay in the climatic health resort Gartow, which invites you to linger with its castle, lake and gastronomic offer. There are places to stay overnight...

Stage 2 of the long-distance hiking trail "Wendland Rundweg", Lower Saxony. This is the second stage of the Wendland loop, which runs for almost 200 km through the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park. With a length of around 12 km, this section from Wietzetze to Göhrde is also quite relaxed. The hike is particularly beautiful at the time of the lily blossom, when countless field lilies turn the lily path, on which one hikes for quite some time here, into an orange sea of flowers. Once in Göhrde, a...

Stage 6 of the "Wendland Rundweg" long-distance hiking trail, Lower Saxony. The Wendland Rundweg is a varied, almost 200 km long loop through the Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park. The sixth stage of the long-distance hike begins in the Rundlingsdorf Satemin and ends in Trebel. Even if the scenic beauty is not neglected, it is above all the cultural and historical diversity that makes this stage a very special one: You start in a historic round village, walk through a larger half-timbered town...

Stage 1 of the long-distance hiking trail "Wendland Rundweg", Lower Saxony. This is the first stage of the Wendland loop, which runs for almost 200 km through the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park. The first section largely follows the banks of the Elbe and runs for around 14 km from Hitzacker to Wietzetze. Before starting the stage, which is classified as beginner-friendly, it is worth exploring the Kneipp spa town of Hitzacker with its pretty half-timbered houses. Then a lot of wonderful...

Stage 3 of the long-distance hiking trail "Wendland Rundweg", Lower Saxony. This is the third stage of the Wendland loop, which runs for almost 200 km through the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park. As in the previous sections, this day hike between Göhrde and Zernien is considered to be rather leisurely. On near-natural paths and forest roads, you hike through the ancient mixed forests of the Göhrde. Hutewald areas and heather landscapes give a lively insight into the traditional forms of...