Knesebeck

Knesebeck www.knesebeck.org is a town in Lower Saxony. Please also visit and the Knesebeck Webpage knesebeck.org for further, up-to-date information.

Take a flight to Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover or Berlin. Then take a high-speed train to Wolfsburg. From there, you may take a cab to Knesebeck. Alternatively, take the regional train to Knesebeck (via Braunschweig, Gifhorn), which might be a little bit slower. All railway connections can be found at www.bahn.de.

• Haus der Landschaft, Burgstraße 5, ☎ 05834- 5106. museum with exhibitions on the Knesebeck landscape and nature

• The Butting, ☎ +49 5834 50 0, www.butting.de. Tours of the factory site

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There are good opportunities in Knesebeck for hiking, jogging, hunting and horse-riding. Sport facilities are provided by the Knesebeck associations:

• Knesebeck Sports Association: VFL Knesebeck vfl-knesebeck-1909.de
• VfL Knesebeck Tennis Club, Taubenweg 6, 29379 Wittingen, Tel: 05834/ 6303
• Tennishalle Wittingen, Spörkenstr.50, 29378 Wittingen, Tel: 05831/ 1204
• Canoeing: Ise-Tour www.ise-tour.de
• Rowing: Ruderverein Am Gymnasium Hankensbüttel. Club house: in the village of Darrigsdorf on the Elbe-Seiten Canal, Tel: 05832/ 1582
• Indoor pool and sauna, Kirchstr.8, 29379 Knesebeck, Tel.: 05834/9898105
• Public outdoor pool and beach, mini golf: Strandbad Knesebeck, An der Badeanstalt, 29379 Wittingen
• Riding: Pony- Jungend- Reit und Fahrverein Knesebeck www.pjrufv-knesebeck.de
• Gyms: Sportpoint Wittingen www.sportpoint-wittingen.de, Smile-Fitness www.smile-fitness.de
• The Wittingen Marina (Elbe-Seiten Canal, connections to Mittelland Canal) Wittingen Sporthafen www.wittinger-sporthafen.de

• Restaurant Mykonos, Gifhorner Straße 1, +49 5834 6686
• Gasthaus Schützenhof, Lindenstr. 20, +49 5834 530151
• Hotel Knesebecker Hof www.knesebeckerhof.de
• Brunch, traditional food, hospitality: Lübener Tenne www.luebener-tenne.de

• Hotel Wittinger Tor, Wittingen www.wittinger-tor.de
• Brackstedter Mühle www.brackstedter-muehle.de
• The Ritz-Carlton, Wolfsburg www.ritzcarlton.com

• Cafe Knesebecker Strandperle www.knesebecker-strandperle.de
• Tito's Bar, Wittingen www.titos-bar.de

• For pensions and small rooms, try www.debeaux.de

• Hotel Knesebecker Hof www.knesebeckerhof.de
• Rentelmannsche Mühle, Emmen www.rentelmannsche-muehle.de
• Hotel Morada, Gifhorn www.gifhorn.morada.de

• Hotel Wittinger Tor, Wittingen www.wittinger-tor.de

Tourist Information Süheide Gifhorn

Hankensbüttel Office Südheide Gifhorn GmbH Bahnhofstraße 29 a 29386 Hankensbüttel Tel.: 05832-7066 Fax 05832-7068

hkb@suedheide-gifhorn.de

Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:30 - 17:00 from 01.04. till 30.09. also Sa 09:30 - 13:00 Uhr

Attractions in the region are the Lüneburger Heide , the famous Otterzentrum www.otterzentrum.de in Hankensbüttel , the Phaeno and Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the historic old towns of Celle and Lüneburg as well as the Museumsdorf Hösseringen www.museumsdorf-hoesseringen.de.

Don't ever mention Wittingen, the "city" which incorporated the territories of the former "Samtgemeinde Knesebeck" in 1974. The only reason for Wittingen's existence, you may say, is its purpose of serving as the region's most important beer supplier.