Lintelner Geest

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The Lintelner Geest (also Lint (e) ler Geest , in some maps also referred to as Verdener Heide ) is a geest landscape in Lower Saxony and administratively belongs to the municipality of Kirchlinteln .

geography

The Lintelner Geest forms the eastern part of the Achim-Verden Geest . It thus includes the transition from Stader Geest to the Lüneburg Heath, which is part of the historic Duchy of Verden or today's Verden district . The largest place is Kirchlinteln . The Lintelner Geest borders the Aller in the southwest, the Central Weser region in the west and the Wümmen lowlands in the north.

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The region is dominated by agriculture. Typical are moraine hills , small villages and individual farms as well as extensive forest , heather and moor areas . In some villages of the Lintelner Geest there are many garden centers .

Bog body from Brammer

In a bog southwest of the town Kreepen at Brammer was on June 12, 1903 the area of a deserted village the man of Kreepen than male bog body discovered. Packed in a wooden box, it was sent to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin. However, the body was lost in the bombing of the city during World War II. In Moormuseum Elisabethfehn a tuft of hair on display this bog body.

European Village Renewal Award

In the amalgamation of the localities of Bendingbostel , Brunsbrock, Sehlingen, Kreepen , Schafwinkel and Odeweg located in the Lintelner Geest , the region won the European Village Renewal Award of the ARGE Landentwicklung und Dorf renewal in 2000.

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