Hitzacker Old Town – Hitzacker Old Town Island loop from Hitzacker (Elbe)

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Hitzacker Old Town – Hitzacker Old Town Island loop from Hitzacker (Elbe)

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Hitzacker Old Town – Hitzacker Old Town Island loop from Hitzacker (Elbe)

01:25

5.57km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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137 m

Anti-Atom Knight Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

The "anti-nuclear knight" is part of the protest culture in Wendland. A plaque commemorates the occasion for this sculpture. Accompanied by peaceful protests, the last Castor transport with highly radioactive waste from France reached the Gorleben interim storage facility on the 1st of Advent in 2011.

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4.52 km

Hitzacker (Elbe) Sports Marina

Highlight • Rest Area

There is still little going on here, but the year is still young. But the sports marina looks great, the footbridges make a perfect impression, that's not the case everywhere. The Elbe is a great water sports area and popular, you can tell by the many moorings.

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4.63 km

Hitzacker Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Hitzacker is an ideal day trip destination in eastern Lower Saxony. The Old Town Island, with its several well-kept half-timbered and brick houses that exude a great atmosphere, is particularly worth a visit. The houses stretch almost to the banks of the Elbe River and have therefore been repeatedly threatened by flooding. Since 2008, the old town has been protected by a massive concrete promenade.

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4.68 km

Half-timbered House "Zum Flötenspieler"

Highlight • Historical Site

The old half-timbered house “Zum Flötenspieler” from around 1680 in Deichstrasse 12 houses “two holiday apartments (53 sqm and 73 sqm), bicycles can be borrowed, dogs are welcome”.

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4.85 km

Glück Auf Dwarf

Highlight • Monument

one of countless themed dwarves spread throughout the city

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4.87 km

Old Customs House Hitzacker Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

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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4.87 km

Zwergenstadt Bronze Gnome Statues

Highlight • Monument

Dwarves can be found everywhere in Hitzacker. (Sometimes even in house entrances and niches) So keep your eyes open and have fun looking!

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5.10 km

Hitzacker Old Town Island

Highlight • Settlement

You could leave Hitzacker too, but that would be a pity. Because then you would miss the picturesque old town on the small island between the Elbe and Jeetzel, which is ideal for at least a small coffee stop. Incidentally, Hitzacker owns - quite seriously - the northernmost vineyard in Germany.

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