Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln Nature Park
The Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln Nature Park is located on the northern edge of the German low mountain range at the transition to the North German Plain , about 50 km southwest of Hanover . The state of Lower Saxony is responsible for the nature park founded in 1975 . The park covers the upper Weser valley between Rinteln and Hameln with parts of the Schaumburger Land , Calenberger, Lippischen and Pyrmonter Bergland from Bad Nenndorf in the north to Bad Pyrmont in the south, Bückeburg and Bad Eilsen in the west and Bad Münder and Osterwald in the east with the highest elevation in the Süntel .
Geographical location
Bounded in the north by the wooded ridges of Bückeberg and Deister , the almost 1000 km² nature park stretches from the eastern Weser Mountains , Harrl and Süntel on both sides of the Weser to the south to the Ith , the Osterwald and the Thüster Berg through a varied landscape of rolling forest hills small valleys with numerous streams and rivers. In the Süntel, in the Ith and on the Kanstein, rocky steep edges protrude into the landscape. A colorful mixture of nature and landscape protection areas , cities, several spas and small villages and palaces and castles of the Weser Renaissance make the nature park a popular local recreation and holiday area in northern Germany.
particularities
architecture
- Buildings of the Weser Renaissance , such as the castles Hämelschenburg and Schwöbber
- Medieval marketplace in the former university town of Rinteln
- Old towns of Bückeburg and Hameln
- Various spa facilities in Bad Eilsen , Bad Nenndorf , Bad Münder am Deister and Bad Pyrmont
- Numerous early medieval churches, monasteries, monasteries and city walls
nature
Colored postcard around 1900
Notable natural spaces are:
- the 800 hectare " Hohenstein " nature reserve in the Süntel
- the 240 hectare nature reserve " Saubrink / Oberberg Natural Forest "
- the nature reserve " Ridge of the Weser Mountains "
- the very rare Süntel beeches native here
- Stalactite caves , especially the Schillat cave near Hessisch Oldendorf
The northernmost hardstone deposits in Germany are in the Weser Uplands. The landscape and natural areas of the Weser Mountains are therefore characterized by the quarry industry, which extracts Korallenoolith hard stone in several companies. Worth mentioning are the Messingsberg near Steinbergen , the Wülpker-Egge near Bückeburg and the Papenbrink near Kleinenbremen in the Weser Mountains, as well as the Riesenberg near Langenfeld / Hessisch Oldendorf and the Mattenberg near Hamelspringe in the Süntel. As a protest against the "destruction of the landscape" by the quarry operations, the citizens of Schaumburg founded the Weserbergland - Schaumburg Friends Action Group .
leisure
- Outdoor and indoor pools, bathing ponds
- Golf courses
- Bike and hiking trails through mountains and valleys along the Weser
- The Rasti-Land leisure park in Salzhemmendorf , the motto: Time for adventure
- Shipping lines on the Weser
- Winter sports in higher mountain areas
- Cliffs for climbing
- Show caves and mine tunnels
- Summer toboggan run in the "Münchhausenstadt" Bodenwerder .
