Hiking Highlight
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This Highlight is in a protected area
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The Göhrde train station is not in Göhrde, but in Breese am Seißelberge and that's how it happened: Emperor Wilhelm I has traveled annually with entourage to Göhrde since 1871. And because he didn't want the soot and dirt from steam locomotives near his hunting lodge, he had the train station built in Breese, around 5 kilometers away. For the way to the hunting lodge, he took the carriage, his grandson, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and later the car. For the last time in 1913. The Kaiser's train station, which is under monument protection, has shrunk to a stop with ticket machines. The former reception building for travelers is not open to the public. A children's and youth center is housed here.
January 27, 2021
The railway stop in Breese am Seißelberge was first mentioned in August 1869 in an explanatory report on the preparatory work for the Wittenberge-Buchholz branch line. At that time, only one stop was planned—the only one; all other access points were railway stations. When construction of the line was already well underway and the opening to Hitzacker in October 1873 was imminent, the Berlin-Hamburg Railway prepared initial designs for the station. From the outset, the station was intended to accommodate imperial hunting parties. It was built the following year, 1874, and inaugurated on November 26, 1874, on the occasion of the Emperor's first arrival. (Source: Wikipedia)
May 2, 2025
Only four or five train connections a day with Lüneburg and Hitzacker/Dannenberg
June 24, 2024
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