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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Heinbockel
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Heinbockel
Heinbockel sits on the route: 10 minutes from Himmelpforten, 40km from Tierpark Hagenbeck.
Heinbockel is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 1,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Himmelpforten, about 5 km away.
Heinbockel is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Heinbockel belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a DanishRead more
occupation (1712-1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Heinbockel, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
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What is there to see near Heinbockel?
Within an hour or so of Heinbockel: Tierpark Hagenbeck (40 km), Landungsbrücken (43 km), Speicherstadt (44 km), Elbphilharmonie (44 km).
Where is Heinbockel?
Heinbockel is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 5 km from Himmelpforten.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,568
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.5744, 9.3272
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 Heinbockel
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
45 km · about 50 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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