Altes Land
Altes Land is an area of reclaimed marshland straddling parts of Lower Saxony and Hamburg. The region is situated downstream from Hamburg on the southwestern riverside of the Elbe around the towns of Stade, Buxtehude, Jork and the Samtgemeinde of Lühe.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Locality
- Description: landscape in northern Germany
- Also known as: “Alte Land”, “Altland”, and “Das Alte Land”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Borsteler Mühle and St. Nicolai Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ladekop and Jork.
Altes Land
- Categories: landscape, cultural landscape, and natural region
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5283° or 53° 31′ 42″ north
Longitude
9.66108° or 9° 39′ 40″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
9F5FGMH6+8C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Altes Land” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Altes Land”
- Arabic: “ألتيس لاند”
- Chinese: “旧地”
- Danish: “Altes Land”
- Dutch: “Altes Land”
- Esperanto: “Altes Land”
- Estonian: “Altes Land”
- French: “Altes Land”
- German: “Altes Land”
- Hebrew: “הארץ הישנה”
- Italian: “Altes Land”
- Japanese: “アルテス・ラント”
- Low German: “dat Ole Land”
- Low German: “Olland”
- Macedonian: “Алтес Ланд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altes Land”
- Norwegian: “Altes Land”
- Polish: “Altes Land”
- Russian: “Альтенланд”
- Russian: “Альтес-Ланд”
- Swedish: “Altes Land”
- Ukrainian: “Альтес Ланд”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gehrden and Neuenschleuse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Museum Altes Land and Altländer Prunkpforte.
Lower Saxony: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Hanover and Göttingen.
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