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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.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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Hitzacker
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Hitzacker
Hitzacker sits on the route: 15 minutes from Dannenberg, 43km from Lüneburg Old Town.
Hitzacker is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 5,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dannenberg, about 7 km away.
Hitzacker (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪtsˌʔakɐ] ; Polabian: Ľautťüv) is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, approx. 8 km north of Dannenberg, and 45 km east of Lüneburg. The 2007 population of Hitzacker was 4,982, and its postal code is 29456. The mayor isRead more
Holger Mertins. The town is located on the German Timber-Frame Road and is part of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Elbtalaue.
The famous library now in Wolfenbüttel was founded here by Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (who died in 1666) and was moved to its present location in 1643.
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Within an hour or so of Hitzacker: Lüneburg Old Town (43 km).
Where is Hitzacker?
Hitzacker is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 7 km from Dannenberg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,173
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.1525, 11.0442
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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1 notable place within an hour's 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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