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Winsen an der Aller
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Winsen an der Aller or Winsen is a town in the district of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. As well as the town itself, the borough of Winsen also includes the villages of Bannetze, Meißendorf, Stedden, Südwinsen, Thören, Walle, the name of the town is derived from Wynhausen. Winsens church is dedicated to John the Baptist, because all villages with churches named after this patron saint appeared around 800 it is suspected that this was also when Winsen was founded. Today Winsen is a local recreation and holiday area and. The nature and bird reserve of Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetzer Moor is the largest stretch of water on the Lüneburg Heath covering an area of 815 hectares including 350 hectares of water. The earliest record of the Winsen mills is from 1589, the present-day post mill was built in 1732 and worked until it closed in 1929. It came into the possession of the town in 1938, the church, like the town itself, is presumed to have emerged during the missionary period in Saxony during the 9th century. The Church of St. John the Baptist was built in the 14th century as a Gothic long house, in 1822 a major expansion of the church building began, which effectively became a new building. The Junker Gate is one of the oldest still preserved historic buildings in Winsen and it used to be the entrance to the manor house. From 1691 to 1729 the Stechinelli family was enfeoffed with the estate, the gate itself forms part of Winsen’s coat of arms. The Prince’s Stones lie by a track between Winsen and Oldau and recall a decisive battle on 28 May 1388 during the Lüneburg War of Succession, according to legend two princes wounded each other mortally at this spot before they realised they were brothers. The present-day town hall was built in 1727 as a district office but had to be torn down again as the underlying ground was not sufficiently secure. It was then rebuilt in the baroque style, on 4 May 1972 the former district office, which meanwhile had been used as a pub, was given its new purpose as a town hall. Theodor Lohmann, administrative lawyer, civil servant and social reformer, was born in Winsen
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Tostedt
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Tostedt is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administration of the collective municipality which consists of 9 joint communities. Tostedt is located on the edge of Lüneburger Heide,35 km southwest of Hamburg and 55 km east of Bremen. The areas highest point of 70 meters above sea level is to be found at the entrance facing Welle, buchholz in der Nordheide Dohren Handeloh Heidenau Kakenstorf Königsmoor Otter Welle Wistedt Approximately 10,500 residents live in Tostedt. In the district of Todtglüsingen there are another 3,200 residents, the municipality of Tostedt includes the villages Tostedt, Todtglüsingen, Langeloh, Neddernhof and Wüstenhöfen and the farmyards Dreihausen and Tiefenbruch. The place Tostedt-Land belongs partly to the municipality of Tostedt and partly to the municipality of Wistedt, the first recording of Tostedt go back to 1105. In 1625 the jurisdiction was established in Tostedt, even today Tostedt is the place of a local court with jurisdiction of the trade register for the entire region of the Elbe-Weser triangle. In the house of the old post office Am Sande, where the horses were changed by the stagecoaches, the places Todtglüsingen and Tostedt were united on July 1,1972. The juniors of Wild Farmers won the German championship in 2010, there is a Tostedt shooting club, a Todtglüsingen shooting club, a tennis club and a riding club. There are two fire departments in Tostedt, the Tostedt firefighters and the firefighters Todtglüsingen which provide fire protection in place. And there is a police station, since 1973 the Töster flea market place has taken on the first weekend of October. It is the largest flea market in northern Germany, about 700 exhibitors who come from Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, present their goods. The Advertising circle Tostedt, presents the Christmas Market, the maypole as a common festival takes place in Todtglüsingen on 1 May of the Todtglüsingen shooting club, the fire department and the sports club Todtglüsingen. There are Schützenfests in Tostedt and Todtglüsingen, the Este bike path and the Oste bike path towards Bremervörde reach the station in Tostedt. Tostedt is part of the region of Hamburg and a member of the Hamburg Transport Association HVV. The Tostedt station is a stopover of metronome railway company from Hamburg to Bremen, the station Tostedt is equipped for disabled people. From the station it is 32 minutes to the Hamburg main station and 36 minutes to the Bremen central station, Tostedt is the place of District Courts Tostedt and the seat of the collective municipality Tostedt. The public swimming pool of Tostedt is one of the few baths in Germany without charge, in Tostedt there is a workshop for handicapped and for mentally disabled people established in 1982
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Handeloh
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Handeloh is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Handeloh lies between the rivers Seeve and Este, south of Buchholz in der Nordheide, the Harburg Hills lie to the northwest and the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve to the southeast. The parish belongs to the municipality of Tostedt, whose seat is in the village of Tostedt. Welle Otter Undeloh Buchholz in der Nordheide Handeloh has the following sub-divisions, Handeloh, Höckel, Inzmühlen, meaning, The wagon wheel symbolises the former importance of forestry in the parish. The two wavy lines represent the rivers Este and Seeve that flow through the parish, the dense woods are portrayed by the pine tree whose four roots symbolise the four villages in the parish association. The Alte Schmiede Natural History Museum and Training School Exhibitions cover the local world, mammals and birds of North Germany, including the coasts, local amphibians. The training school hosts seminars for employees in nature conservation management, the village is served by two stations on the Heath Railway, Handeloh and Büsenbachtal. The latter also serves the village of Wörme and the Büsenbach valley walking area, in addition the station of Handeloh on the Heath Railway is the last stop within the HVV tariff zone. However since 2008 season tickets have been valid to Soltau, a manor house in Handeloh was the main setting for the 52-part TV series, Neues vom Süderhof
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Undeloh
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Undeloh is a village in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Undeloh lies on the Lüneburg Heath near its highest hill, the Wilseder Berg, jesteburg, Hanstedt, Egestorf und Bispingen The municipality or parish of Undeloh consists of 6 villages, Undeloh, Wehlen, Wesel, Meningen, Thonhof and Heimbuch. Undeloh is a destination on the heath, especially for the Hamburg region. Car, The nearest motorway exit is Egestorf on the A7, railway, The nearest railway station is at Handeloh, but there is a better train service at Buchholz. Bus, Undeloh linked by KVG regional bus lines number 4207 and 5200 and these lines belong to the Hamburg Transport Association. In addition public schoolbuses run to schools at Egestorf, Hanstedt, the name Undeloh means something like grove by the head of a stream. A small pond, the so-called Hungerteich, presumably supplied a lot of water in times of drought and could be used to water the fields, in addition tradesmen came from around the region in order to see whether it would be a dry or wet year
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