landmark
Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Bleckede
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Bleckede
Bleckede is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Thomasburg, 46km from Lüneburg Heath.
Bleckede is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 9,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Thomasburg, about 8 km away.
Bleckede (German pronunciation: [ˈbleːkədə]; Polabian Bleketsa) is a town in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany. It is situated mostly on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Lüneburg. Bleckede is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.
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What is there to see near Bleckede?
Within an hour or so of Bleckede: Lüneburg Old Town (22 km), Lüneburg Heath (46 km), Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (56 km), Speicherstadt (57 km).
Where is Bleckede?
Bleckede is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 8 km from Thomasburg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,793
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.2873, 10.7349
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 Bleckede
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Lüneburg Heath
A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
46 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
56 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
57 km · about 65 min drive
museum
Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
57 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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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