Hörster Heide
Hörster Heide is a forest in Celle, Lower Saxony. Hörster Heide is situated nearby to the locality Bergen-Belsen Memorial, as well as near the village Hörsten.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Schloss Bredebeck.
Schloss Bredebeck
Castle
Schloss Bredebeck was built in 1901/1902 by a farmer, Herr Hellberg. It is actually a manor house in terms of its size and function. The house is located in woodland in the German state of Lower Saxony between the former villages of Hörsten and Hohne, which disappeared in the 1930s in the wake of the establishment of Bergen-Hohne Training Area. Schloss Bredebeck is situated 3 km northwest of Hörster Heide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bergen-Belsen Memorial and Belsen.
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concentration camp.
Belsen
Village
Photo: Losch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belsen is a village within the German borough of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony. The village, whose original site lies about 3 kilometres southwest of Bergen, has 331 inhabitants. Belsen is situated 2½ km northeast of Hörster Heide.
Walle
Village
Walle is a village and Ortschaft of the municipality of Winsen in Celle district, Lower Saxony, on the Lüneburg Heath in Germany. Walle is situated 3½ km south of Hörster Heide.
Hörster Heide
- Type: Forest
- Also known as: “Horster Heide”
- Location: Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.76724° or 52° 46′ 2″ northLongitude
9.9159° or 9° 54′ 57″ eastElevation
59 metres (194 feet)Open location code
9F4FQW88+V9GeoNames ID
13658918
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In Other Languages
“Hörster Heide” goes by many names.
- German: “Hörster Heide”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hörsten and Bredebeck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and Bergen-Lohheide.
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