Weser-Elbe Kanal
District of Minden
in Regierungsbezirk Detmold of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Bielefeld Airport (27 mi) - Hannover Airport (35 mi)
- Gütersloh Airport (36 mi)
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (48 mi)
- Bremen Airport (53 mi)
- Münster Osnabrück Airport (53 mi)
- Varrelbusch Airport (56 mi)
- Lemwerder Airport (60 mi)
- Kassel-Calden Airport (64 mi)
- Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey (Unesco heritage, 41 mi)
- Fagus Factory in Alfeld (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen (Unesco heritage, 55 mi)
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
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Wadden Sea (Unesco heritage, 87 mi) - Wartburg Castle (Unesco heritage, 109 mi)
- Fernmeldeturm Jakobsberg (observation point, (3 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 52.290 and 8.915 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 52° 17' 22" and E 8° 54' 52"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- German
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 03:30 PM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Berlin
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:07 am and 8:37 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Germany.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Germany. Last Update: 2024-04-23 08:18:23
Delve into Weser-Elbe Kanal
The district Weser-Elbe Kanal of Minden in Regierungsbezirk Detmold (North Rhine-Westphalia) is a subburb in Germany about 189 mi west of Berlin, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Raddestorf, Seggebruch, Ahnsen, Bad Eilsen and Luhden. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 0°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 49% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 34% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Wednesday, 24th of April 2024
4°C (40 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
4°C (40 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Victoria
Lindgart
Grotehof
Kronprinz
Große Klus
Romantik Hotel Schloss Petershagen
Waldhotel
Morhoff Waldhotel
Bach Hotel
Hotel Silke
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Zollern
Zollern, from 1218 Hohenzollern, was a county of the Holy Roman Empire. Its ruling dynasty was the House of Hohenzollern, a Swabian noble family first mentioned in 1061. They named their estates after Hohenzollern Castle at the Swabian Alb; its capital was Hechingen. Its coat of arms was that of the ruling house. According to the medieval chronicler Berthold of Reichenau, the nobleman Burkhard I, Count of Zollern (de Zolorin) was born before 1025 and died in 1061.
Battle of Minden
The Battle of Minden—or Tho(r)nhausen—was fought on 1 August 1759, during the Seven Years' War. An army fielded by the Anglo-German alliance commanded by Field Marshal Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, defeated a French army commanded by Marshal of France Louis, Marquis de Contades. In Britain, the victory was considered one of several fortuitous events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.
Bundesautobahn 2
Bundesautobahn 2 is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the Münsterland and into Ostwestfalen, crossing the former inner German border and continuing through the Magdeburger Börde to merge into the Berliner Ring shortly before reaching Berlin.
Porta Westfalica (gorge)
The Porta Westfalica is a gorge and water gap, where the Weser river runs through the passage between the mountain chains of the Wiehengebirge in the west and the Wesergebirge (part of the Weserbergland) in the east. It is located in the district of Minden-Lübbecke in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 1973 Porta Westfalica is also the name of a town, which was established by merging fifteen villages surrounding the gorge. Since 2006 it is a National Geotope.
Heyden Power Station
Heyden power station is located near Petershagen in Germany. The current station was commissioned in 1987, but the site has been used for power generation since 1950. It is owned and operated by the German energy corporation E. ON. It is a coal-fired station with the largest unit capacity of any European power station: 865 MW.
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower is a 142 metre tall TV tower built of reinforced concrete on the 238 metre high elevated Jakobsberg near Porta Westfalica. Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower was built May 1st, 1974 and September 28th, 1978 as replacement for a small telecommunication tower also equipped with an observation deck, which was built in 1952 on the site of the former Bismarck column, erected in 1902.
Eilsen (Samtgemeinde)
Eilsen is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Bad Eilsen. The Samtgemeinde Eilsen consists of the following municipalities: Ahnsen Bad Eilsen Buchholz Heeßen
School of Army Aviation (Germany)
School of Army Aviation (Germany) Heeresfliegerwaffenschule 80px Active 1 July 1959 — present Country Germany Branch Army Type Training School Role Flight Training, Development Part of German Army Aviation Corps Garrison/HQ Bückeburg Celle Le Luc Commanders Currentcommander Brigadier General Reinhard Wolski Insignia APP-6A symbol 100px The German School of Army Aviation (Heeresfliegerwaffenschule) based at Bückeburg, is one of the schools of the German Army and is responsible for the training and development of the German Army Aviation Corps' personnel and equipment.
Minden Aqueduct
The Minden Aqueduct is an aqueduct near Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It actually consists of two parallel water bridges, that lead the Mittelland Canal over the Weser. The older of the two bridges is no longer used for shipping. After the Magdeburg Water Bridge, it is the second biggest aqueduct in Europe. The aqueduct is part of an intersection of waterways: the Mittelland Canal is connected with the Weser by two branch, or link, canals.
Battle of Vlotho
The Battle of Vlotho was fought on 17 October 1638, it was a victory for the Imperial Army under the command of Field Marshal Melchior von Hatzfeldt, and ended the attempt by Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine, to recapture the Palatinate. {{#invoke:Footnotes|sfn}} Charles Louis' defeat marked the last time either Palatine or English forces played a significant role in the Thirty Years' War.
Bundesbahn Central Offices
The Bundesbahn Central Offices or BZA in Minden and Munich was the department of the Deutsche Bundesbahn responsible for technological development and procurement of rail vehicles and infrastructure. Additionally accounting and statistical services as well as technical standards for the West German state railway system were provided by the BZA. After the formation of the Deutsche Bahn AG DB Systemtechnik inherited responsibility for technological development and procurement.
Wittekindsberg
The Wittekindsberg is a hill, 281.48 m above sea level, which forms the easternmost peak of the Wiehen Hills and is also the western guardian of the Weser gorge, the Porta Westfalica, in North Rhine-Westphalia. The hill is well-known, especially as the site of the Emperor William Monument (Kaiser Wilhelm Denkmal), but also for the Moltke Tower and Wittekind Castle.
Middle Weser Valley
The Middle Weser Valley is part of the Weser Depression around the River Weser on the North German Plain, extending from the gap of Porta Westfalica to the town of Hoya. It is not a true valley, because it is only bordered by low hills at two points. It lies in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Weser Depression
The Weser Depression is the region north of Porta Westfalica in Germany, where the River Weser no longer flows through a valley, but a broad plain consisting of meadows and river terraces. The flat plain of the depression is interrupted by geest ridges in places. From Langwedel, as far as the River Lesum, it is separated from the Wümme Depression by a narrow ridge of dunes, on which the town of Achim and the older districts of the city of Bremen lie.
List of rivers in Ostwestfalen-Lippe
This list of rivers and streams in Ostwestfalen-Lippe contains a selection of the rivers, streams and lakes which lie wholly or partly in Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL). The rivers are organised based on the Weser, Lippe and Ems river systems. In addition they are sometimes further divided into sub-regions. The list does not contain all named rivers in OWL, but at least all those with a total catchment area of 10 square kilometres.
Minden station
Minden (Westfalen) station (officially Minden Bf) is a railway station in Minden. The station is located on the Hanover–Minden railway to Hanover, the Hamm–Minden railway to Hamm and the Weser–Aller railway to Rotenburg an der Wümme. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.
Porta Westfalica railway station
Porta Westfalicais a railway station located in Porta Westfalica, Germany. The station was opened in 1916 and is located on the Hamm–Minden railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.
Minden Cathedral
Minden Cathedral, dedicated to Saints Gorgonius and Peter, is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From the year 803 AD, when the area was conquered by Charlemagne, it was the center of a diocese and subsequently became the center of a small sovereign state, a prince-bishopric of Minden, until the time of the Peace of Westphalia (1648), when Minden was secularized as the Principality of Minden (which lasted until 1806).
Schaumburg Forest
The Schaumburg Forest is a wooded region, about 80 m above sea level with an area of around 40 km², in the district of Schaumburg in the German federal state of Lower Saxony.
Minden Land
Minden Land is a cultural landscape in East Westphalia, the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It covers the four-fifths of the district of Minden-Lübbecke that lie on the North German Plain and is clearly bounded to the south by the Weser Hills and Wiehen Hills, where it adjoins the Ravensberg Land and the Upper Weser Valley. Its other boundaries are delineated by those of the district.
Minden Coalfield
The Minden Coalfield is located in the norther Wiehen foothills near the German town of Minden. Here, seams of Wealden Coal (Wealdenkohle) reach the surface of the earth in the Schaumburg Basin (Schaumburger Mulde). During the Thirty Years' War Swedish soldiers first discovered this black coal near Minden whilst preparing fieldworks on the Bölhorst. By 1663 it was forbidden to dig privately for coal and severe penalties were imposed for doing so.
Aue (Weser)
The Aue, also known as the Bückeburger Aue, is an approximately 39 km long, eastern tributary of the river Weser in the Schaumburg District of Lower Saxony, and in the Minden-Lübbecke District of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Gehle
Gehle is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Ösper
Ösper is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Stadttheater Minden
Stadttheater Minden is a theatre in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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