Bispingen

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Bispingen

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Bispingen
Coordinates: 53°04′58″N 9°59′54″E / 53.08278°N 9.99833°E / 53.08278; 9.99833Coordinates: 53°04′58″N 9°59′54″E / 53.08278°N 9.99833°E / 53.08278; 9.99833
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Heidekreis
Subdivisions 9 districts
Government
 • Mayor Detlev Loos
Area
 • Total 128.55 km2 (49.63 sq mi)
Elevation 90 m (300 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 6,263
 • Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 29646
Dialling codes 05194
Vehicle registration SFA
Website www.bispingen.de
Valentin Ruths (1825–1905): Wilseder Höhe
Dat ole Huus, in Wilsede
Bispingen SnowDome

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
  • Hützel
  • Steinbeck an der Luhe (Steinbeck/Luhe)
  • Behringen
  • Volkwardingen
  • Hörpel
  • Borstel
  • Haverbeck (Nieder- and Oberhaverbeck)
  • Wilsede, heath village at the foot of the Wilseder Berg; population: ~35

Neighbouring towns and villages

Neighbouring towns

Tostedt
31km		 Buchholz (Nordheide)
37km		 Lüneburg, Geesthacht
39km, 59km
Schneverdingen
17km		 Bad Bevensen
55km
Soltau
16km		 Wietzendorf
19km		 Munster
15km

Location

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

Economy

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

Places of interest

  • 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 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

People

People with a connexion to the village

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

Gallery

  • Farmstead in Wilsede

  • Wilsede

  • Climb to the Wilseder Berg

  • The Wilseder Berg

References

  1. ↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, Fortgeschriebene Einwohnerzahlen zum 31. Dezember 2012

Literature

  • Heinrich Schulz: Chronik von Wilsede, Stuttgart, 1967

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