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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: landscape in northern Germany
- Also known as: “Alte Land” and “Altland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Borsteler Mühle and St. Nicolai Church.
Hanskalbsand
Island
Photo: Raboe001, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Hanskalbsand is an island, which is situated 4 km northeast of Altes Land.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ladekop and Jork.
Jork
Village
Photo: Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jork is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany, situated on the left bank of the Elbe, near Hamburg. The town is the capital of the Altes Land, one of the biggest fruit growing areas in Europe, and is home to Jork Fruit Research Station.
Altes Land
- Categories: landscape, cultural landscape, and natural region
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.5283° or 53° 31′ 42″ northLongitude
9.66108° or 9° 39′ 40″ eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
9F5FGMH6+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 3867420057OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
Discover Altes Land from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- German: “Das Alte 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 Bokmål: “Das Alte Land”
- Norwegian: “Altes Land”
- Polish: “Altes Land”
- Russian: “Альтенланд”
- Russian: “Альтес-Ланд”
- Swedish: “Altes Land”
- Ukrainian: “Альтес Ланд”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gehrden and Neuenschleuse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museum Altes Land and Altländer Prunkpforte.
Lower Saxony: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Altes Land”. Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.