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Hasenburg Watchtower (Lüneburg Landwehr)

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Hasenburg Watchtower (Lüneburg Landwehr)

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Lüneburger Heide

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Location: Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Hasenburg Watchtower (Lüneburg Landwehr)

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1. Betzendorf Cycling Junction – Lüneburg Water Tower loop from Lüneburg Nord

38.2km

01:43

210m

Intermediate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Ballermühle-Heiligenthal – Betzendorf Cycling Junction loop from Lüneburg

61.2km

02:41

360m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Melbeck Watermill – Ballermühle-Heiligenthal loop from Oedeme

31.6km

01:27

170m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Ray Go

August 12, 2019

former control tower of the Lüneburg Landwehr now hotel / restaurant

The Landwehr were built in the late Middle Ages, where not natural obstacles such as rivers, streams, wetlands o. Ä., The traveling merchants prevented from driving around the city Lüneburg. The city fathers were thus able to enforce her in 1392 by the landlords acquired stacking right. This meant that in a wide circle around Lüneburg everyone was traveling with goods to bring them first to Lüneburg and there to "stack", d. H. had to offer for sale 'before he was allowed to carry it on. The partially still well-preserved land weirs, built as a system of three to even five parallel ramparts with intervening trenches, are considered historical monuments of high historical significance.

(Presentation board Lüneburg district)

The Hasenburg is the last surviving of 5 watch and towers controlling the access to Lüneburg.

Today it houses a hotel and restaurant.

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Location: Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Hasenburg Watchtower (Lüneburg Landwehr)

1. Betzendorf Cycling Junction – Lüneburg Water Tower loop from Lüneburg Nord

2. Ballermühle-Heiligenthal – Betzendorf Cycling Junction loop from Lüneburg

3. Melbeck Watermill – Ballermühle-Heiligenthal loop from Oedeme

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