Kalkberg Nature Reserve Viewpoint

Kalkberg Nature Reserve Viewpoint

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Kalkberg Nature Reserve Viewpoint

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Location: Lüneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany

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December 29, 2016

Hiking

The Kalkberg with a height of 56 m is the natural lookout point in Lüneburg par excellence. 10% remained after centuries of gypsum breakdown. The castle was also disposed of in this way.

Today a nature reserve, maintained by the BUND near the old gypsum kiln. The two goats are also part of it. This area wants to be hiked with its steep stairs, some of which are old.

Links for information:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lüneburger_Kalkberg
kalkberg-lueneburg.de

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Siegfried LG

September 13, 2017

Hiking

Until February 1371 there was a castle on the Kalkberg, from which the Principality of Lüneburg-Braunschweig was ruled. As part of the War of the Lüneburg Succession, the lordly castle …

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JR56

October 11, 2020

Hiking

The Lüneburger Kalkberg has a long and very interesting history:
In the Middle Ages, the Hliuniburg stood here, which once gave the city its name.
Built around the year 956 by Hermann von Billung, the castle later passed into the possession of the Welfs. After the Lüneburg line of the Welfs died out, the so-called Lüneburg War of Succession broke out in 1370.
After the occupation by Duke Magnus Torquatus of Brunswick, it was ultimately the Lüneburgers themselves who completely destroyed the castle in February 1371 in order to force the Duke back to his residence in Celle.

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