13 Sights in Uelzen, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Uelzen, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Uelzen. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Uelzen1. St. Marien Kirche
The Gothic St. Mary's Church belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and is one of the oldest churches in the district of Uelzen. In the church district of Uelzen, it is the central centre for regional services and events. The parish includes around 4900 parishioners from the city centre of Uelzen and the district of Königsberg as well as the villages of Hambrock, Halligdorf, Niendorf, Ripdorf and Woltersburg.
2. St. Petri
St. Peter's Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church with a neighboring community center in Uelzen in Osterstraße. The area of the municipality includes the eastern part of the district located by Ilmenau and Niendorfer Strasse, including the new development area of Eschenkamp, and has about 4,800 community members.
3. Hundertwasserbahnhof Uelzen
Uelzen is a railway station located in Uelzen, Germany, at the eastern edge of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park. The station is located on the Hannover–Hamburg railway, Uelzen–Langwedel railway, Stendal–Uelzen railway and Brunswick–Uelzen railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, Metronom and Erixx.
4. Georgskapelle
The St. George's Chapel is located in the old centre of the former farming village of Groß Liedern near Uelzen. The Gothic chapel dates from the second half of the 14th century and is a typical example of late medieval village sacred architecture, of which numerous examples have been preserved in the district of Uelzen. The naming of the chapel after St. George apparently only came up in the 20th century and goes back to the main figure of the late Gothic carved altar, which is the most important piece of equipment in the chapel. The chapel is considered a prime example of the small medieval "village churches in the area around Uelzen", which belong architecturally and historically to the wider surroundings of the church buildings around Lüneburg's St. John's Church.
5. Georgskirche
St. George's Church is located in Kirchweyhe – a district of Uelzen – and is the church of the parish of Kirch-/Westerweyhe in the church district of Uelzen of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover.
6. Steinkiste im Uelzener Stadtwald
The stone box in the Uelzen city forest in Lower Saxony was moved to its present location in 1848, probably with the help of Baron Georg Otto Carl von Estorff (1811–1877). Originally, it stood on the route of the neighbouring Uelzen – Lüneburg railway line.
7. Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle
The Gothic Chapel of the Holy Spirit belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church and is one of the oldest chapels in the district of Uelzen. It was the heart of the affiliated Holy Spirit Hospital. It was created as part of a pious and charitable foundation, the Holy Spirit Foundation.
8. Der Ulenköper
The Ulenköper is a bronze statue in the Hanseatic city of Uelzen. The monument was designed by Karlheinz Goedtke and is a gift from the citizens to their city. It symbolises the Ulenkörper sagage associated with the city and was ceremoniously unveiled on 6 May 1967.
9. Zum Göttlichen Erlöser
The Roman Catholic parish church in Uelzen, a district town in Lower Saxony, is the Divine Redeemer. Today it is the oldest church in the deanery of Lüneburg. Her parish of the same name, which includes all Catholic churches in the district of Uelzen, belongs to the Diocese of Hildesheim. The church bears the patronage of Christ the Redeemer and is listed in the Monument Atlas of Lower Saxony under the ID no. 31004538 listed as an architectural monument.
10. St. Nicolai Kirche
The Evangelical Lutheran St. Nicolai Church in Holdenstedt is one of the oldest churches in the region. The parish of St. Nicolai in Holdenstedt in the Uelzen church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover has around 1,800 parishioners in the villages of Holdenstedt, Holxen and Borne.
11. Großsteingrab Westerweyhe
The Westerweyhe megalithic tomb is a burial site of the Neolithic funnel beaker culture near the district of Westerweyhe in the district of Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It bears the Sprockhoff number 771.
12. Großsteingrab Uelzen 1
The megalithic tombs near Uelzen were two or three megalithic tombs of the Neolithic funnel beaker culture in the city forest of Uelzen in the district of Uelzen (Lower Saxony). Two were destroyed in the 19th century, and a possible further grave is only preserved in remnants.
13. Zionsgemeinde
The Zion Church belongs to the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church and is located in the Klein Süstedt district of the district town of Uelzen in the district of the same name in the northeast of Lower Saxony.
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