Lauenstein

Lauenstein is a village in the municipality of Salzhemmendorf in the Lower Saxon district of Hameln-Pyrmont in north Germany. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Nicolai and Lauenstein Castle.

St. Nicolai

Church

Photo: Clemensfranz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Nicolai is a church.

Lauenstein Castle

Castle

Lauenstein Castle

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Lauenstein Castle is a former hill castle that is now in ruins. It lies above the Salzhemmendorf village of Lauenstein in the German state of Lower Saxony.

St.-Annen-Kapelle

Church

St.-Annen-Kapelle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St.-Annen-Kapelle is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salzhemmendorf and Bisperode.

Salzhemmendorf

Town

Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Salzhemmendorf is a village and a municipality in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Hamelin and 31 km west of Hildesheim and is located on the route 1.

Bisperode

Village

Photo: Thomas Fietzek, CC BY 3.0.

Bisperode is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Lauenstein.

Bessingen

Village

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Bessingen is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Lauenstein.

Lauenstein

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Germany
Categories: Ortsteil and locality
Location: Salzhemmendorf, Flecken, Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.07734° or 52° 4′ 38″ north

Longitude

9.55363° or 9° 33′ 13″ east

Elevation

181 metres (594 feet)

Open location code

9F4F3HG3+WF

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Persian—“Lauenstein” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Lauenstein”
French: “Lauenstein”
German: “Lauenstein”
Irish: “Lauenstein”
Italian: “Lauenstein”
Persian: “لاوئنشتاین”

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