Elbe-Weser Triangle
The region between the Elbe and Weser rivers forms the Elbe–Weser triangle, also rendered Elbe-Weser Triangle, in northern Germany. It is also colloquially referred to as the Nasses Dreieck or "wet triangle".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven.
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven is a medium-sized town in the state of Bremen, on the outer Weser in northwestern Germany. It is famous for its large harbour, one of the biggest in Germany for passenger traffic, apart from Hamburg.
Cuxhaven
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Cuxhaven is a seaside resort city in Lower Saxony, Germany on the mouth of the river Elbe on the North Sea coast. With roughly 3 million booked nights a year, it is one of the largest seaside resorts in Germany.
Stade
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Stade is in Elbe Weser Triangle. The Old Town of Stade is home to a variety of notable historic buildings. Located near to Stade are the gigantic pylons of Elbe Crossing 1 and Elbe Crossing 2; the Elbe Crossing 2 pylons are the tallest in Europe and the sixth-tallest in the world.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Buxtehude and Neuwerk.
Buxtehude
Buxtehude, officially the Hanseatic City of Buxtehude, is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany, belonging to the district of Stade in Lower Saxony.
Neuwerk
Neuwerk is a 3-km² tidal island in the Wadden Sea off the coast of Germany. You can walk around it in an hour. Salt marshes, lie outside the dikes and provide a hatchery for birds such as oystercatchers, common terns, sandwich terns, black-headed gull, and herring gulls.
Elbe-Weser Triangle
- Type: region
- Description: region in Germany
- Also known as: “Elbe–Weser triangle”
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
53.4243° or 53° 25′ 27″ northLongitude of center
8.9841° or 8° 59′ 3″ eastWikidata ID
Q314510
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In Other Languages
From German to Venetian—“Elbe-Weser Triangle” goes by many names.
- German: “Elbe-Weser-Dreieck”
- German: “Elbe-Weser-Raum”
- Italian: “Triangolo Elba-Weser”
- Japanese: “エルベ＝ヴェーザー＝トライアングル”
- Japanese: “エルベ＝ヴェーザー＝ドライエック”
- Low German: “Dreeeck Elv-Werser”
- Low German: “Elv-Werser-Dreeeck”
- Macedonian: “Триаголник „Елба-Везер“”
- Macedonian: “Триаголник Елба-Везер”
- Spanish: “Triangulo Elba Weser”
- Spanish: “Triángulo Elba Weser”
- Spanish: “Triangulo Elba-Weser”
- Spanish: “Triángulo Elba-Weser”
- Venetian: “Triàngoło Elba-Wezer”
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