Schloss Schöningen, Schöningen

#2 among attractions in Schöningen

Town, Historical place, Forts and castles

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Schöningen is a town of about 11,000 inhabitants in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ()

Local name: Schöningen Area: 13.7 mi²Coordinates: 52°8'26"N, 10°57'55"E

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Burgplatz 1Schöningen 38364 Germany

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Nearby attractions include: Schöningen Spears, Paläon, Buschhaus Power Station, Gedenkstätte 'Deutsche Teilung' Marienborn.

1.1 miSE
Archaeological site
Schöningen Spears
29 min walk • The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. They were found together with animal bones and stone and bone tools.
1.3 miSE
History museum, Museum
Paläon, Schöningen
34 min walk • The Schöningen Research Museum is a visitor center and museum in Schöningen in the district of Helmstedt, which serves primarily to exhibit the Schöningen spears and to show the living and environmental conditions at their time of origin, about...
2.2 miN
Tower
Buschhaus Power Station
56 min walk • Buschhaus Power Station is a lignite-fired power station near Helmstedt in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is operated by Helmstedter Revier GmbH, a subsidiary company of MIBRAG. Until end of 2013, the power station was owned by E.ON. The station's chimney stands 307 metres tall, making it the tallest in Germany.
7.2 miNE
Memorial, Historical place, Memorial site
Gedenkstätte 'Deutsche Teilung' Marienborn
183 min walk • The Border checkpoint Helmstedt–Marienborn, named Grenzübergangsstelle Marienborn by the German Democratic Republic, was the largest and most important border crossing on the Inner German border during the division of Germany.