Lechlumer Holz

Radtour von BS nach Groß Gleidingen, durch die Feldmark nach Salzgitter-Thiede, Wolfenbüttel und Leiferde am 17.7.2020.

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The hybrid castle of Liebenburg

The hybrid castle of Liebenburg

It does not always have to be the Harz Mountains. A trip into the northern Harz foreland can also be delightful. For examples that applies to the hybrid castle of Liebenburg. For hunters of destination stamps, the hiking trail offers three attractions: the Schröderstollen, the former Bockwindmühle Liebenburg and the castle church on top of the Burgberg. With a total

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Liebenburg

Wanderung mit Ute rund um Liebenburg am 12.7.2020.

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Corona diary: Helmstedt’s Stonehenge

Corona diary: Helmstedt’s Stonehenge

I told you so before and will do so once more: The Corona restrictions can have positive effects too. In the last few weeks, i.e., it brought me closer to my Lower Saxony home. Have you ever heard of the Stonehenge of Lower Saxony so far or the former Cistercian monastery of Mariental-Dorf? Maybe you like to visit a near-natural

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Helmstedt_3

Besuch in Helmstedt am 10.7.2020 mit Kloster Mariental, Lübbensteinen und Waldbad Birkerteich.

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Corona diary: A story of alcohol and a double ostrich

Corona diary: A story of alcohol and a double ostrich

An excursion into idyllic Isenbüttel can be tough. This lesson had to be learned the hard way by 400 Russians 75 years ago. The guys empoisoned themselves in April 1945 by drinking methyl alcohol. This incident is written down in the “Gifhorner diary 1945” by Reiner Silberstein. Maybe the poor soldiers should have visited the nearbye ostrich-farm instead, entertaining themselves

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Tankumsee

Fahrradtour mit Heike Petra am 4.7.2020 von Braunschweig (hin und zurück) zum Tankumsee (63 km, 1200 Kalorien!).

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Visiting the Frog King

Visiting the Frog King

Sporting activity and culture can be well combined within the Harz – the Harz is a forested mountain range in North Germany. The proof for this claim is our hiking trip from Bad Suderode to Gernrode and our visit to the collegiate church St. Cyriakus. The tour of 14 km includes three stamps of the “Harzer Wandernadel”: the Preußenturm (183),

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Gernrode

Wanderung von Bad Suderode über Preußenturm, Anhaltinischer Saalstein und Försterblick nach Gernrode zur Stiftskirche St. Cyriak und zurück nach Bad Suderode am 26.6.2020.

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Corona diary: Plugging away for the common hamster

Corona diary: Plugging away for the common hamster

The economic future for Germany is not too bright these days, whether self-inflicted or through no fault of its own, the state of play is gloomy. Lufthansa depends on public aid, the German meat industry sends the R-factor of the Corona virus up again and Wirecard with its CEO Markus Braun takes the biscuit, both morally and legally. The company’s

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