Bispingen

Location of Bispingen within Heidekreis district
Bispingen

Bispingen
Coordinates
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Heidekreis
Municipal subdivisions	9 districts
Mayor	Detlev Loos

Basic statistics
Area	128.55 km² (49.63 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (295 ft)
Population	6,219 (31 December 2010)^[1]
- Density	48 /km² (125 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SFA
Postal code	29646
Area code	05194
Website	www.bispingen.de

Bispingen is a municipality in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the River Luhe and is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Soltau, or 50 km (31 mi) south of Hamburg.

Subdivisions

Bispingen lies about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Soltau near junction 43 of the A 7 motorway.

Bispingen is popular with tourists as a local recreation area and nature reserve.

Wilseder Berg, the highest hill on the Lüneburg Heath with outstanding views of the area.
Dat ole Huus, a Low German house in Wilsede, one of the oldest open air museums in Germany; built ca. 1540, renovated 1742, moved to Wilsede 1907
Iserhatsche, a landscape garden with hunting villa and Montagnetto model castle
Burial ground in Volkwardingen with Bronze Age tumuli
Ole Kerk ("Old Church") dating to 1353, made from of boulders; used for baptisms, weddings and other services as well as concerts (Sommer-Musik in Bispinger Kirchen); open daily from Easter to New Year's Eve
Treppenspeicher in Volkwardingen, one of the oldest of this type of storage barn in the Lüneburg Heath, built in 1600 and 1702, restored in 2001
Kart Centre, owned by racing driver Ralf Schumacher
SnowDome Bispingen provides indoor skiing and snowboarding. It opened in autumn 2006. Its investors have forecast a total of 365,000 visitors per year due to its proximity to Hamburg, Bremen and Hannover.
Bispinger Heide holiday park, part of the Center Parcs chain

Waldemar Grube, founder of the firm, Grube KG Forstgerätestelle, which makes forestry equipment.

Towns and municipalities in Heidekreis

Ahlden \| Bad Fallingbostel \| Bispingen \| Böhme \| Bomlitz \| Buchholz \| Eickeloh \| Essel \| Frankenfeld \| Gilten \| Grethem \| Hademstorf \| Häuslingen \| Hodenhagen \| Lindwedel \| Munster \| Neuenkirchen \| Osterheide \| Rethem \| Schneverdingen \| Schwarmstedt \| Soltau \| Walsrode \| Wietzendorf