Walsrode

Walsrode is a municipality made up of 22 districts spread across 270 square kilometers in the southern part of Luneburg Heath. The area is shaped by open heathland and lies near Hannover.

Count Walo founded Walsrode Abbey in 986, establishing the first monastery in the heath region. The settlement received town privileges in 1383 and developed as a significant center in the southern Luneburg Heath.

The Rischmannshof Heather Museum shows how people once lived and worked in this region through traditional crafts and farming methods on display. You can see what daily life looked like in the landscape of Luneburg Heath generations ago.

The town sits on the A7 and A27 motorways, providing good connections to surrounding regions. A railway station on the Heidebahn line connects it to other towns in the area.

The Bockhorn district is home to Europe's only commercial Korean ginseng farm, which has operated for about 30 years. This rare agricultural project reveals an unexpected specialty growing in northern German heathland.

Location: Heidekreis

Elevation above the sea: 39 m

Shares border with: Kirchlinteln, Häuslingen, Böhme

Website: https://stadt-walsrode.de

GPS coordinates: 52.85920,9.58525

Latest update: December 14, 2025 17:59