Lüneburg Heerstrasse
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The Lüneburg Heerstraße was a 290 km long trade route that had existed since the Middle Ages and was originally an army road . It is said to have been an important trade route for salt that was extracted in the Lüneburg salt works . It ran from Leipzig via Halle (Saale) , Magdeburg , Vahldorf (where the street name An der Heerstraße still exists today ), Haldensleben , Calvörde and Uelzen to Lüneburg . There is evidence of branch lines, such as from Oebisfelde to Althaldensleben. At the beginning of the 19th century during the French era , the street lost its importance, as roads were paved under the Napoleonic occupation .
Trade routes were an impetus for the expansion of cities in the Middle Ages. Their growth was secured by trade and the resulting situation in the cities. But so-called market towns like Calvörde also formed in less populous regions . These were also stops on the Heerstraße to Lüneburg.
See also
Web links
- Maik Schulz: Remembering the sparrow jug on the Hee ... in Volksstimme from February 18, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudi Fischer: 800 years Calvörde - a chronicle until 1991 .