Deister Gate

#1925 among destinations in Germany

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The Deister Gate is a 550-metre-wide gap between the Deister and Kleiner Deister hill ridges in Springe in Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany. The height of the pass varies between 130 m above NN to 120 m above NN. The River Haller rises in the Deister Gate. Several transport and supply routes run through the Deister Gate. ()

Local name: Deisterpforte Coordinates: 52°11'59"N, 9°31'41"E

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Lower SaxonyGermany

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Deister Gate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ebersberg, Bröhn, Heimatmuseum Wennigsen, Wasserpark Wennigsen.

0.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Ebersberg, Springe
24 min walk • The Ebersberg lies on the southern slopes of the Deister ridge in Germany.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Bröhn
87 min walk • The Bröhn, is the highest hill in the Deister range in the German state of Lower Saxony. It owes its name to the broom growing here.
5.2 miN
Specialty museum, Museum
Heimatmuseum Wennigsen, Wennigsen
134 min walk • The Wennigsen Museum of Local History is an architectural monument in the municipality of Wennigsen. It is located in a half-timbered house built around 1700, which once served as a mill.
4.9 miN
Amusement, Water park, Swimming
Wasserpark Wennigsen, Wennigsen
126 min walk • Wennigsen Water Park is an artificial swimming lake in the municipality of Wennigsen. It was created through the work of a citizens' initiative, which reacted to the closure of the municipal outdoor swimming pool.
3.7 miN
Hilly terrain with shaded trails
Deister
94 min walk • The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi southwest of the city of Hanover. It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next in the chain of hills to the south is the Kleiner Deister from which it is separated by the flat pass of the Deister Gate.
5.5 miN
Church
Kloster Wennigsen, Wennigsen
141 min walk • Wennigsen Monastery is a Protestant convent for ladies in Wennigsen am Deister about 15 kilometers southwest of Hanover. It is one of the five Calenberg monasteries and is administered by the Klosterkammer Hannover.
3.5 miE
Zoo, Aquarium
Wisentgehege Springe
89 min walk • The Wisentgehege Springe is a wildlife park in the south of the Hannover region near the town of Springe in Lower Saxony. On the 90-hectare site between Eldagsen and Springe in the Saupark Springe, 109 animal species are kept.
3.3 miE
52°11'18"N • 9°36'17"E
Wisentgehege, Springe
86 min walk • Zoo, Park
5.2 miN
Memorial
Dicker Stein, Wennigsen
134 min walk • The Dicke Stein is a directional sign erected in 1828 and a mining monument in the municipality of Wennigsen. The stone is registered in the list of monuments in the Hannover region.
1.2 miNE
Church
Christ König, Springe
31 min walk • Christ the King is the Catholic parish church in Springe, a town in the Hannover region of Lower Saxony. Its parish of the same name belongs to the deanery of Hanover of the diocese of Hildesheim.
4.9 miN
Memorial
Scharnhorstdenkmal, Wennigsen
125 min walk • The Scharnhorst Monument Wennigsen is a monument in the municipality of Wennigsen. Built in 1913, it stands between the core village of Wennigsen and the Waldkater on Hülsebrinkstraße, which is also known as Forstmeister-Bank-Allee in this section.