Lake Steinhude
Lake Steinhude, German: Steinhuder Meer, German pronunciation, is a lake in Lower Saxony, Germany located 30 kilometres northwest of Hanover. Named after the nearby village of Steinhude, it has an area of about 30 square kilometres, making it the largest lake of northwestern Germany.Photo: Tortuosa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Steinhuder Meer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wilhelmstein and Wulveskuhlen.
Wilhelmstein
Islet
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Wilhelmstein is an artificial island with an area of 12,500 square metres in lake Steinhuder Meer, located in the Hanover Region, Northern Germany. The island was created in the 18th century as a fortification by Count William of Schaumburg-Lippe, ruler of this small German state.
Wulveskuhlen
Nature reserve
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Wulveskuhlen is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km east of Lake Steinhude.
Meerbruch
Nature reserve
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Meerbruch is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km west of Lake Steinhude.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steinhude and Hagenburg.
Steinhude
Suburb
Steinhude is a village in the borough of Wunstorf in Hanover Region in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is a tourist resort on the southern shore of Lake Steinhude. Steinhude is situated 2½ km southeast of Lake Steinhude.
Hagenburg
Village
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Hagenburg is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Hagenburg is situated 4½ km south of Lake Steinhude.
Klein Heidorn
Village
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Klein Heidorn is a village, which is situated 7 km southeast of Lake Steinhude.
Lake Steinhude
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lake Steinhude” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Aragonese: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Arpitan: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Asturian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Basque: “Steinhudeko aintzira”
- Basque: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Bavarian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Breton: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Catalan: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Cebuano: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Chinese: “施泰因胡德湖”
- Corsican: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Croatian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Czech: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Czech: “Steinhuderské jezero”
- Danish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Dutch: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستينهودير مير”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Steinhude”
- Esperanto: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Estonian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Finnish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- French: “lac de Steinhude”
- French: “Lac de Steinhude”
- Friulian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Galician: “Steinhuder Meer”
- German: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Hungarian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Icelandic: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Ido: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Indonesian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Interlingua: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Interlingue: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Irish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Italian: “Lago di Steinhude”
- Italian: “lago di Steinhuder”
- Italian: “Lago di Steinhuder”
- Japanese: “シュタインフーダー湖”
- Japanese: “シュタインフーデ湖”
- Japanese: “シュタインフート湖”
- Kongo: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Latin: “Mari juxta Wunstorpe [a. 1295]”
- Latvian: “Šteinhūdermērs”
- Ligurian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Limburgan: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Low German: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Low German: “Steinhuer Meer”
- Luxembourgish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Macedonian: “Штајнхудер Мер”
- Macedonian: “Штајнхудско Езеро”
- Malagasy: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Malay: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Middle Low German: “Stenhudermere [a. 1441]”
- Minangkabau: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Narom: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Neapolitan: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Norwegian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Steinhuder Meer”
- Picard: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Piemontese: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Polish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Portuguese: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Romanian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Romansh: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Russian: “Штайнхудское море”
- Sardinian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Scots: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Serbian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Serbian: “Штајнхудско језеро”
- Sicilian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Slovak: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Slovenian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Spanish: “Lago Steinhude”
- Spanish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Swahili: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Swedish: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Swiss German: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Ukrainian: “Штайнгудер Меер”
- Ukrainian: “Штайнгудське озеро”
- Upper Sorbian: “Steinhudske morjo”
- Venetian: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Vietnamese: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Vlaams: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Volapük: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Walloon: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Welsh: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Wolof: “Steinhuder Meer”
- Zulu: “Steinhuder Meer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mardorf and Strand.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tienberg and Schier.
Lower Saxony: Must-Visit Destinations
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