Schaumburg Forest

#2531 among destinations in Germany

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The Schaumburg Forest is a wooded region, about 80 m above sea level with an area of around 40 km², in the district of Schaumburg in the German federal state of Lower Saxony. ()

Local name: Schaumburger Wald Coordinates: 52°20'60"N, 9°4'60"E

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Schaumburg Forest – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hagemeyer, Jagdschloss Baum, Alte Synagoge, Mausoleum of Prince Ernst.

5.3 miE
52°19'24"N • 9°12'7"E
Hagemeyer, Stadthagen
136 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.9 miSW
Manor house
Jagdschloss Baum
49 min walk • The former Jagdschloss Baum is a small Schloss near Bückeburg along the road to Lahde in the Schaumburg Forest. Jagdschloss Baum was built between 1760 and 1761 by Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe and is considered a prime example of late Baroque Classicism.
5.1 miW
Museum
Alte Synagoge, Petershagen
132 min walk • The profaned synagogue is a listed building on Goebenstraße in Petershagen, formerly Amt Petershagen, in the district of Minden-Lübbecke.
5.5 miE
Monuments and statues
Mausoleum of Prince Ernst, Stadthagen
142 min walk • The Mausoleum of Prince Ernst in Stadthagen, Lower Saxony, is a mausoleum erected by Ernst of Schaumburg and his widow Hedwig of Hesse-Kassel in the years 1620–1627. Its unusual architecture and the resurrection monument by Adrian de Vries make it a site of European rank.
2.7 miNE
52°22'52"N • 9°7'12"E
Wilhelm-Busch-Geburtshaus, Wiedensahl
68 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
5.6 miE
Forts and castles
Schloss Stadthagen, Stadthagen
142 min walk • Stadthagen Castle of the then ruling Schaumburg dynasty was built by Count Adolf XI in Stadthagen in the years 1535-1539 on the site of a predecessor castle. This was a moated castle built in 1224 by Count Adolf III of Schaumburg in a clearing in...
5.2 miW
Church
St. Peter's Church, Petershagen
133 min walk • Petrikirche in Petershagen is the parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Petershagen. It belongs to the Minden church district of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia.
5.6 miE
Forts and castles
Finanzamt, Stadthagen
142 min walk • Stadthagen Castle of the then ruling Schaumburg dynasty was built by Count Adolf XI in Stadthagen in the years 1535-1539 on the site of a predecessor castle. This was a moated castle built in 1224 by Count Adolf III of Schaumburg in a clearing in...