Oldershausen
District of Willershausen
Lower Saxony - Germany

Clus Abbey

Clus Abbey (Kloster Clus) was an abbey near Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony. It was a daughter-house of Gandersheim Abbey, having been founded in 1127 by Agnes, Abbess of Gandersheim, niece of the Emperor Henry IV, and was part of the Cluniac Reform movement.

Located at 51.8861, 10.0081 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Monasteries in Lower Saxony, 1127 establishments, Religious organizations established in the 1120s, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is a research institute in Astronomy/Astrophysics, located in Lindau (Katlenburg-Lindau), Germany; 20 km north east of Göttingen. The exploration of our solar system is the central theme for the scientific research done at this Institute.

Located at 51.6478, 10.1175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Max Planck Society, Research institutes in Germany, Astrophysics institutes

Gillersheim

Gillersheim is a village with approximately 1400 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim. The village celebrated 900 years of existence in 2005 and is known for its numerous social activities. The inhabitants are called “Kuckucks”.

Located at 51.6344, 10.095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Villages in Lower Saxony

Lamspringe Abbey

Lamspringe Abbey (Stift Lamspringe, later Kloster Lamspringe) is a former religious house of the English Benedictines in exile, at Lamspringe near Hildesheim in Germany.

Located at 51.95, 10 (Lat. / Lng.), about 13 miles away.
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Monasteries in Lower Saxony, Augustinian nunneries, Benedictine monasteries in Germany, Monasteries of the English Benedictine Congregation

Hattorf am Harz (Samtgemeinde)

Hattorf am Harz is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Hattorf am Harz. The Samtgemeinde Hattorf am Harz consists of the following municipalities: Elbingerode Hattorf am Harz Hörden am Harz

Located at 51.65, 10.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony, Osterode am Harz (district)

Gandersheim Abbey

Gandersheim Abbey is a former house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 852 by Duke Liudolf of Saxony, progenitor of the Liudolfing or Ottonian dynasty, whose rich endowments ensured its stability and prosperity.

Located at 51.8704, 10.0261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Monasteries in Lower Saxony, Imperial abbeys, 852 establishments, Lutheran women's religious houses, Lutheran churches in Germany, Christian monasteries established in the 9th century, Churches in Lower Saxony, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism

Lichtenstein Cave

The Lichtenstein Cave is an archaeological site near Dorste, Lower Saxony, Germany. The cave is 115 metres long and was discovered in 1972. Finds include the skeletal remains of 21 females and 19 males from the Bronze Age, about 3000 years old. In addition, about 100 bronze objects (ear, arm and finger rings, bracelets) and ceramic parts from the Urnfield Culture were found.

Located at 51.7244, 10.1742 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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DNA, Archaeology of Germany, Prehistoric sites in Germany, Genetic genealogy, Caves of Germany, Geography of Lower Saxony

Arboretum Bad Grund

The Arboretum Bad Grund (120 hectares), also known as Exotenwald and sometimes called the Arboretum des Forstamtes Grund or the Forstaboretum der Niedersächsischen Landesforstverwaltung, is an arboretum located along the B 242 federal highway near the Hübichenstein, northwest of Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is open daily without charge.

Located at 51.8199, 10.2286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in Germany, Gardens in Lower Saxony, Harz, Harzer Wandernadel

Hübichenstein

The Hübichenstein is an unusual rock formation in the Harz mountains, 50 meters in height, located on highway B242 about one kilometer northwest of Bad Grund, Lower Saxony, Germany. In 1897 it was crowned with a monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I, in the shape of an eagle with three-meter wingspan.

Located at 51.82, 10.235 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Hills of Lower Saxony, Rock formations in the Harz, Rock formations in Lower Saxony

Echte

Echte is a village in the Gemeinde Kalefeld in northern Germany with about 1,380 inhabitants. The earliest known archival reference to the community is in the Fuldaer Tradition 826, where it is referred to as Eti. In the Middle Ages, it served as a trade node on the east-west road between Einbeck and Osterode and the north-south road from Northeim to Seesen. Skilled craftsmen were a siginficant part of the village's population as early as the 17th century.

Located at 51.7833, 10.0667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in Lower Saxony

Langenholtensen

Langenholtensen is a village near the town of Northeim and part of that town, in Lower Saxony. The name comes from Holzhausen, a quite frequently occurring place-name in Germany.

Located at 51.7167, 10.0167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Villages in Lower Saxony

Iberg (Harz)

The Iberg is a hill, 563 m above sea level, in the western Harz mountains in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies north of Bad Grund, above the Harz High Road. The Iberg is an old coral reef that emerged in the Givetian/Frasnian stages, that was created as an atoll in the middle of the ocean, probably from the base of a volcano. The reef was mainly built by corals und stromatoporoidea.

Located at 51.8206, 10.2494 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Hills of the Harz, Hills of Lower Saxony, Harzer Wandernadel

Iberg Dripstone Cave

The Iberg Dripstone Cave is a public cave and geology museum in southern Lower Saxony near Bad Grund, Germany. It is located on the western edge of the Harz mountains in the 563-metre-high Iberg mountain at a height of 440 metres above sea level in the chalk of a upper Devonian atoll reef. The actual dripstone cave is 123 metres long. With its 78-metre-long Captain Spatzier Gallery, the Yellow Climb (Gelben Stieg) and two other caverns, the total length of the cave is 300 metres .

Located at 51.8175, 10.2528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Show caves in Germany, Osterode (district), Caves of the Harz, Geography of Lower Saxony, Museums in Lower Saxony, Natural history museums in Germany, Geology museums in Germany, Natural monuments in Lower Saxony

Battle at the Harzhorn

The Battle at the Harzhorn took place in the early 3rd century between Germanic and Roman troops near the Harzhorn hill between the towns of Kalefeld and Bad Gandersheim, in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. The battlefield, spanning several square kilometers, was determined in December 2008 and is currently being excavated. Roman coinage found at the site gives a probable date of the battle to the reigns of Roman emperors Severus Alexander (222 to 235), or Maximinus Thrax (235 to 238).

Located at 51.8331, 10.0668 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Germany, 235, 230s conflicts, Crisis of the Third Century, Battles involving the Roman Empire, Severan dynasty, Battles involving Germanic peoples

Aue (Leine)

Aue is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.8419, 9.96833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Lower Saxony

Beverbach (Weser)

Beverbach is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.65, 9.93333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Rivers of Lower Saxony

Lerbach (Söse)

Lerbach is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Located at 51.7295, 10.2524 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Lower Saxony

Ahrensberg (Sackwald)

The Ahrensberg, at 374 metres, is the highest hill in the Sackwald range in the district of Hildesheim, in the north German state of Lower Saxony.

Located at 51.9622, 9.93444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 15 miles away.
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Hills of Lower Saxony

Heber (hills)

The Heber is a hogback ridge, relatively small in area and up to 313.5 metres high, in the Lower Saxon Hills within the districts of Goslar, Northeim and Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Located at 51.9, 10.1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Mountain ranges of Germany, Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony, Goslar (district), Hildesheim (district), Northeim (district)

Gandersheimer Domfestspiele

Gandersheimer Domfestspiele is a theatre festival in Germany.

Located at 51.87, 10.0261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Theatre festivals in Germany

Gande (river)

The Gande is a right-hand tributary of the River Leine in Lower Saxony.

Located at 51.85, 9.95 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Rivers of Lower Saxony, Leine drainage basin