Vacation Rentals in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony has several UNESCO World Heritage Sites to offer, which you should definitely have seen. These include the Mariendom and the Michaeliskirche in Hildesheim as well as the old town and the Rammelsberg mine in Goslar. In addition, the Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2009. Other World Heritage sites in Lower Saxony include the Upper Harz water racks and monastery in Walkenried, the Samson mine in Sankt Andreasberg and the Fagus plant in Alfeld.

In Augustendorf you can visit a historic moorland farm, which serves as an example of the farms built on the edge of the Devil's Moor in the course of the moor colonisation. The farm has a peat barn, a smoke house, a machine shed, a pig and sheep shed as well as an earth cellar, a draw well, a peat barge, a gate, a bee fence and many other agricultural tools.

In the Weserbergland you can make an excursion to the impressive castle Fürstenberg, best with a steamer over the Weser and a subsequent walk through the nature reserve Kathagenberg. Today the castle houses a porcelain museum, which brings you closer to the world and the change of table culture in a unique way. Here you will also learn everything about the production of the "white gold" and may also "lay hands" at special stations.

The municipality of Hameln has a very special event to offer for friends of old myths. From mid-May to mid-September, the Pied Piper open-air games always take place on Sundays on the Hamelin Wedding House Terrace. Packed into an entertaining spectacle, the world of the Middle Ages, with its dark stories of seduction, revenge and deception, is brought closer to you in a very special way.

One of the typical dishes of the region is kale, which is enjoyed with Bregenwurst especially in Braunschweiger Land as well as in and around Hanover and Hildesheim. In East Frisia and Bremen, kale is traditionally eaten with a Grützwurst, called pinkel. In the rural inns you will find delicious dishes of these vitamin-rich vegetables, which you should definitely try, especially during the winter months.