Bad Bevensen

Germany

Timber-framed house in Brückenstraße Bad Bevensen is a spa town in Lower Saxony on the Lüneburg Heath.

Bad Bevensen lies in a gently-rolling landscape on the North German Plain. The region is characterized by potato, sugar beet and grain farming, by forests, small heaths, the valley of the Ilmenau and the Elbe Lateral Canal.

The River Ilmenau flows through the town and the Elbe Lateral Canal runs past it to the east.

The town was first mentioned in the records in 1162, but was not given town rights until 1929. It has been officially recognised by the state as a mineral health spa since 1976. There are up to 6 large rehabilitation clinics around Bad Bevensen and many of the town's facilities and businesses are geared up to catering for rehabilitation patients. This tends to give the town a slow, relaxing pace of life.

  • Medingen Abbey, +49 5821 2286. There a guided tours from Easter Sa to 15 Oct at the following times: Tu-Sa 10:00 and 14:00-17:00. Sundays at 11:00 and 14:00-17:00. Not open on Mondays and 23-24 Aug (Thanksgiving and Consecration Festival).
  • Schliekau Museum, Kurze Str 4, +49 5821 1384. M (except Jan) 16:00. One of the biggest private collections in Germany with pre- and early historical exhibits of the region as well as furniture and musical instruments.
  • Wollstein Local History Museum, Gollerner Weg 54, +49 5821 7666. Apr-Oct Tu 10:00-12:00. Household artefacts, documents, papers, pictures and personal valuables of the refugees from the former district of Wollstein in Poland (today Wielkopolska).
  • "From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen
  • Niendorf Local History and Tractor Museum, +49 5807 248. Daily, 08:00-18:00.

Medingen Abbey, +49 5821 2286. There a guided tours from Easter Sa to 15 Oct at the following times: Tu-Sa 10:00 and 14:00-17:00. Sundays at 11:00 and 14:00-17:00. Not open on Mondays and 23-24 Aug (Thanksgiving and Consecration Festival).

Schliekau Museum, Kurze Str 4, +49 5821 1384. M (except Jan) 16:00. One of the biggest private collections in Germany with pre- and early historical exhibits of the region as well as furniture and musical instruments.

Wollstein Local History Museum, Gollerner Weg 54, +49 5821 7666. Apr-Oct Tu 10:00-12:00. Household artefacts, documents, papers, pictures and personal valuables of the refugees from the former district of Wollstein in Poland (today Wielkopolska).

"From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen

Niendorf Local History and Tractor Museum, +49 5807 248. Daily, 08:00-18:00.

  • Kloster Medingen St, Mauritius Klosterweg 1 (0.7 miles from town centre, +49 5821 2286. The 17th century monastic farm estate known as Klosterhof Medingen (Medingen Monastery Estate) where, 50 years ago, a Trakehner stud was established.
  • Golf Resort Adendorf, Moorchaussee 3, Adendorf (15.5 miles from town centre, +49 413122332660. Golf Course
  • Jod Sole Therme, Dahlenburger Str. 1 (0.7 miles from town centre. This modern spa focuses on the needs of people who wish to do something for their health and to keep fit in a quiet landscape with beautiful forests.
  • Museumsdorf Hosseringen, Landtagsplatz 2, Suderburg (17.9 miles from town centre. A museum demonstrating a blast from the past with agriculture / farming done the old fashioned way.

Kloster Medingen St, Mauritius Klosterweg 1 (0.7 miles from town centre, +49 5821 2286. The 17th century monastic farm estate known as Klosterhof Medingen (Medingen Monastery Estate) where, 50 years ago, a Trakehner stud was established.

Golf Resort Adendorf, Moorchaussee 3, Adendorf (15.5 miles from town centre, +49 413122332660. Golf Course

Jod Sole Therme, Dahlenburger Str. 1 (0.7 miles from town centre. This modern spa focuses on the needs of people who wish to do something for their health and to keep fit in a quiet landscape with beautiful forests.

Museumsdorf Hosseringen, Landtagsplatz 2, Suderburg (17.9 miles from town centre. A museum demonstrating a blast from the past with agriculture / farming done the old fashioned way.

The spa town is in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath and as such most of the souvenirs are heath related (prints and local arts and crafts).

  • Anno 1825, Peschke Kirchenstr. 6 (1km from town centre, +49 5821 2455.
  • Eiscafe Fontanella, Lüneburger Straße 26 (0.5km from town centre, +49 58211474.
  • Feuerstein, Bei der Kirche 1 (1km from town centre, +49 5821 7236.
  • Imbiss Rathausstraßse, Rathausstraße 1 (0.6km from town centre, +49 58212804.

Anno 1825, Peschke Kirchenstr. 6 (1km from town centre, +49 5821 2455.

Eiscafe Fontanella, Lüneburger Straße 26 (0.5km from town centre, +49 58211474.

Feuerstein, Bei der Kirche 1 (1km from town centre, +49 5821 7236.

Imbiss Rathausstraßse, Rathausstraße 1 (0.6km from town centre, +49 58212804.

  • Bar-Celona, Bahnhofstraße 11, +49 151 19 66 30 78. Most of the hotels and restaurants have bar facilities.

Bar-Celona, Bahnhofstraße 11, +49 151 19 66 30 78.