The Böhme is a right-bank, northeastern tributary of the Aller in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel in the north German state of Lower Saxony . The river is 72 kilometres (45 mi) long.
13-531: The Böhme rises on the southwestern edge of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park in the Pietzmoor . It flows mainly in a southwesterly direction through the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel losing 61 m in height. The Böhme leaves its source region southwest of the town of Schneverdingen and heads south, passing through the town of Soltau about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) later. It then runs close to
26-739: A single landscape unit with the small ridge of the Falkenberg end moraine , the dolmens of the Sieben Steinhäuser and the old resort of Achterberg , today inside the Bergen-Hohne Training Area. Today it is still dominated by tourism, especially visitors to the Walsrode Bird Park and the grave of Hermann Löns in Walsrode, the largest town in the Böhme valley. This region, also called
39-681: Is followed at a short distance by the A7 motorway , the B209 federal road and since 1890 by the Heath Railway . It is crossed by railway lines of lesser importance such as the Uelzen–Langwedel railway , part of the so-called America Line , and the Bomlitz–Walsrode railway . The towns and villages on the Böhme include: The river gave its name to the proposed town of Böhmetal [ de ] , which
52-470: Is located in the area known as Lüneburg Heath . Schneverdingen is situated approximately 15 km (9 mi) north of Soltau , and 65 km (40 mi) southwest of Hamburg . The oldest document in which Schneverdingen was mentioned was written in 1231. The place was mentioned under the name "Snewordinge". Schneverdingen belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden , established in 1180. In 1648
65-547: The Heidmark has a denser population than the surrounding area, partly because of the more fertile soils on the local loam heathland, but importantly due to early industrialization in Bomlitz (on the Böhme tributary of the same name). The upper reaches of the valley are broad and typical of the southern Lüneburg Heath . Here the Böhme rises from several old peat pits in the re-flooded Pietzmoor near Schneverdingen. The main settlement on
78-497: The Böhme valley is mainly based on its accessibility to the three-way motorway interchange at Walsrode at the intersection of the catchment areas of Bremen , Hamburg and Hanover , which is convenient for logistic firms and tourist traffic, and also on industry, mainly in Bomlitz ( Industriepark Walsrode , Dow Wolff Cellulosics [ de ] ) and Bad Fallingbostel (the main depot for Kraft Foods in Europe). The course of Böhme
91-752: The Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden , which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Schneverdingen, became part of the new Stade Region , established in 1823. At
104-712: The Southern Heath or Südheide . Unlike the others, however, it flows through a relatively narrow valley in its middle reaches between Dorfmark and Walsrode, the highest points of which are the 40 m high bluffs of the Fallingbostel Lieth . It had already begun to attract tourists by the end of the 19th century and its popularity is reflected in local names such as the Honerdingen Switzerland ( Honerdinger Schweiz ) - now unrecognisable due to sand quarrying - and Böhme Gorge ( Böhmeschlucht ). It initially formed
117-498: The marshy terrain. 53°05′42″N 9°49′32″E / 53.09500°N 9.82556°E / 53.09500; 9.82556 This Heidekreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Schneverdingen Schneverdingen ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃneːvɐdɪŋən] ; Low Saxon Snevern ) is a city in the northern part of the district of Heidekreis , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It
130-568: The northwestern boundary of the Bergen-Hohne Training Area and through the centres of Dorfmark and Bad Fallingbostel . Above Walsrode it forms the Böhme Knee ( Böhmeknie ), which strikes out to the northwest, before finally swinging southwest to reach the Aller a little below the small village of Böhme between Ahlden and Rethem . The Böhme is the westernmost of the large rivers in
143-635: The south by the village of Heber. The Pietzmoor has an average peat depth of 4 m, its maximum thickness is 7.5 m. The bog is the source of the rivers Böhme and Veerse . The bog is named after the little village of Pietz. For centuries the bog provided the inhabitants of the surrounding villages with peat for fuel. Today the Pietzmoor is a tourist destination in the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve with an area of 2.5 km . Two board walks, 4.8 km and 6.6 km long, run right through
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#1733086167544156-512: The upper river is the road and railway hub of Soltau, a town of similar centrality as Walsrode and well known as a tourist destination because of the Heide Park north of the town. Below Walsrode the valley broadens suddenly into the Aller glacial valley with a densely wooded, sandy floodplain resembling an alluvial fan . The water quality is good being Class II: moderately polluted almost throughout. The current economic development of
169-467: Was to have been formed from the Bomlitz, Bad Fallingbostel and Walsrode in 2011, before the plans came to nothing. Pietzmoor The Pietzmoor (literally "Pietz Bog") is a bog southeast of the town of Schneverdingen , Lower Saxony , Germany . The Pietzmoor is the largest contiguous area of bog on the Lüneburg Heath . The bog lies southeast of the town of Schneverdingen and is bordered to
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