museum
PS Storage Depot Einbeck
Quirky German museum with stacked towers of classic cars and an interactive celebration of car culture and engineering.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Bad Gandersheim
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Bad Gandersheim
Bad Gandersheim is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Kreiensen, 53km from Wernigerode Castle.
Bad Gandersheim is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Kreiensen, about 5 km away.
Bad Gandersheim (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈɡandɐshaɪm] ; Eastphalian: Ganderssen) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Northeim. As of December 2020, it had a population of 9,492.
Bad Gandersheim has many half-timbered houses and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road (German:Read more
Deutsche Fachwerkstraße). The town contains an airport as well.
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What is there to see near Bad Gandersheim?
Within an hour or so of Bad Gandersheim: PS Storage Depot Einbeck (12 km), PS.SPEICHER (13 km), Goslar Old Town (28 km), Hildesheim Cathedral (31 km).
Where is Bad Gandersheim?
Bad Gandersheim is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 5 km from Kreiensen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,099
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.8717, 10.0254
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Bad Gandersheim
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
PS.SPEICHER
A world-class mobility museum in Einbeck showcasing the history of motorised transport through interactive exhibits and over 400 vehicles.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Goslar Old Town
A UNESCO imperial town at the foot of the Harz, with 1,500 half-timbered houses and a thousand-year-old mine.
28 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral
A UNESCO Romanesque cathedral famed for its thousand-year-old rose bush and ancient bronze doors.
31 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Brocken
The Harz's highest peak at 1,141m, wreathed in legend and mist and reached by a historic steam railway.
41 km · about 50 min drive
castle
Wernigerode Castle
A romantic neo-Gothic castle perched above a colourful half-timbered town, the picturesque gateway to the Harz mountains.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Gandersheim
- 41 kmBrockenThe Harz's highest peak at 1,141m, wreathed in legend and mist and reached by a historic steam railway.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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