In the heart of the town of Hitzacker (Elbe) is the customs house from the year 1589. Here the customs officer administered the once lucrative Elbe customs for the Celle line of the Welf House. The customs house is now a museum.

Here the visitor learns interesting facts about the checkered history of the town surrounded by water and often threatened by the Elbe. In addition to the history of the customs house, the Elbe toll, the history of the robber baron Riebe at the Weinbergburg or everyday urban finds, the visitor embarks on a journey through time to the recent past and can thus imagine how the topic of borders challenged people here. In addition, shipbuilding, shipping and hydraulic engineering played a central role for centuries.

We also meet the great sons of the city: the book prince, the Welf duke August d. J., who resided here from 1604 to 1634 and the beginnings of his library with the book wheel he developed, the founder of modern geography Bernhard Varenius and Prince Claus of the Netherlands, who was born in Hitzacker as Claus von Amsberg.

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Siegfried LG

June 10, 2017

The Old Customs House is the oldest surviving building in Hitzacker. It stands where the Elbe toll has been collected since 1248. Until shortly before 1589, the customs house comprised only the western part of the building. It was only for the new construction of the customs house in 1589 that Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg bought the property from the Bülow family and enlarged it with the customs house. In 1668, the customs house survived a major fire that devoured all neighboring town houses and the old St. John's Church. At the beginning of the 18th century, an extension was added to the Zollstrasse, which is still clearly visible today. The century-long function of the house ended in 1872 with the abolition of the duty to pay customs duties as a result of the founding of the German Empire. The Royal Hydraulic Engineering Office moved in, followed in 1958 by the Waterways and Shipping Office; some of his servants also had their homes here.

The customs house became a museum in 1985/86 as a result of conversion and renovation measures. The motto of the museum is Hitzacker - Losing Borders - The lives of people with the Elbe and Jeetzel, their struggle to set or overcome borders. It provides information about the history of the city, which is surrounded by water and is often threatened by the Elbe river. In addition to the history of the customs house, the Elbe toll, the history of the robber baron Riebe at the Weinbergburg or everyday urban finds, the recent past and the topic of borders are also presented. In addition, shipbuilding, shipping and hydraulic engineering played a central role for centuries.

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June 5, 2021

The old customs house built in 1589 - today a museum. More information at museum-hitzacker.de

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