Altes Gehäge

Altes Gehäge is a forest in Sassenburg, Gifhorn, Lower Saxony. Altes Gehäge is situated near the village Sassenburg-Triangel, as well as near the hamlet Neuhaus.

Places of Interest

Highlights: International Wind- and Watermill Museum and Gifhorn Castle.

International Wind- and Watermill Museum

Theme park

Photo: ArtMechanic, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The International Wind- and Watermill Museum, at Gifhorn in the German state of Lower Saxony, is the only one of its kind in Europe. On the museum's open-air site, which covers an area of around 16 hectares, there are currently 16 mills from 12 different countries.

Gifhorn Castle

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gifhorn Castle is a castle in Gifhorn, Germany, built between 1525 and 1581 in the Weser Renaissance style. The castle was fortified until 1790 with moats, ramparts and bastions and was never captured.

Sassenburg

Archaeological site

Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Sassenburg is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gifhorn and Neudorf-Platendorf.

Gifhorn

Photo: Torsten Maue, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gifhorn is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 42,000 and is mainly influenced by the small distance to the more industrial and commercially important cities nearby, Brunswick and Wolfsburg.

Neudorf-Platendorf

Village

Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Neudorf-Platendorf is a village in the municipality of Sassenburg in Gifhorn district in the German state of Lower Saxony. As of 2020, its population is about 2,800.

Sassenburg-Triangel

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Triangel is a village in the municipality of Sassenburg in the Lower Saxon district of Gifhorn. The word means “triangle” in German. The name is derived from the original shape of the village estate.

Altes Gehäge

Type: Forest
Location: Sassenburg, Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

52.5111° or 52° 30′ 40″ north

Longitude

10.5774° or 10° 34′ 39″ east

Open location code

9F4GGH6G+CX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 466441542

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Neuhaus and Birkenbusch.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Postfiliale Triangel and Triangel railway station.

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