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Lüneburg Old Town
A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe
Geesthacht works well as a base: 10 minutes from Tespe, 36km from Lüneburg Heath.
Geesthacht is a town located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With a population of 29,487, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Geesthacht sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Berlin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Geesthacht to your route.
Geesthacht (German: [ɡeːstˈhaxt] ) is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 34 kilometres (21 mi) south-east of Hamburg on the right bank of the River Elbe. Dassendorf lies to the north.
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Geesthacht is located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 53.4366 latitude, 10.3734 longitude.
Geesthacht has a population of approximately 29,487 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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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.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
34 km · about 40 min drive
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A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.
36 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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