Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor

#1426 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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The Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor are a nature reserve and bird reserve of national importance on the edge of the Lüneburg Heath in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. The special importance of this nature reserve is underlined by its recognition as a major federal nature reserve project. The area derives its name from the nearby villages of Meißendorf and Bannetze. The lakes were formerly a network of ponds established for fish-farming. ()

Local name: Meißendorfer Teiche/Bannetzer Moor Area: 3.17 mi²Elevation: 95 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°42'40"N, 9°49'0"E

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Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetze Moor – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, German Oil Museum, Winsen Museum Farm, Schloss Bredebeck.

5.1 miNE
Monuments and statues, Historical place, Museum
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Bergen
131 min walk • Bergen-Belsen concentration camp stands as a somber testament to one of the darkest chapters in human history. Located near the city of Bergen in Germany, this Nazi concentration camp was established in 1943 and became a site of unimaginable suffering and death for...
3.6 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
German Oil Museum, Wietze
92 min walk • The German Oil Museum or German Crude Oil Museum is located in Wietze, a small village west of Celle in Lower Saxony.
4.9 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Winsen Museum Farm, Winsen an der Aller
125 min walk • The Winsen Museum Farm is an open-air museum in Winsen in the north German state of Lower Saxony. It was started in 1982 and comprises a typical farmyard from the southern Lüneburg Heath around which other buildings, characteristic of the region, are grouped.
6.1 miNE
Forts and castles
Schloss Bredebeck
156 min walk • Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function.
6.7 miNE
Village
Belsen
171 min walk • Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. The Belsen concentration camp was named after it.
4 miSE
Church
Heilig Kreuz, Winsen an der Aller
104 min walk • Heilig Kreuz is the Catholic church in Winsen, a parish in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the parish of St. Guardian Angel, based in Hambühren, in the Celle deanery of the Hildesheim diocese.