Bispingen
{{Infobox German location
|type = Gemeinde
|name = Bispingen
|image_coa = DEU Bispingen COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|53|04|58|N|9|59|54|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bispingen_in_HK.svg
|state = Lower Saxony
|district = Heidekreis
|elevation = 90
|area = 128.55
|postal_code = 29646
|area_code = 05194
|licence = HK
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 58 002
|divisions = 9 Ortsteile
|website = [https://www.bispingen.de/ www.bispingen.de]
|mayor = Jens Bülthius{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}
|leader_term = 2018–23
}}
Image:Valentin Ruths Wilsede.jpg
Image:Dat ole Hus 003.jpg in Wilsede]]
Image:Snowdome Bispingen Germany 5.JPG
File:St.Antonius-Kirche in Bispingen IMG 0421.jpg
Bispingen is a municipality in the Heidekreis district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a popular tourist destination with several holiday/theme parks. Its territory also includes the nature preserve of the Lüneburg Heath around the Wilseder Berg.
Geography
=Location=
=Subdivisions=
- Bispingen
- Hützel
- Steinbeck an der Luhe (Steinbeck/Luhe)
- Behringen
- Volkwardingen
- Hörpel
- Borstel
- Haverbeck (Nieder- and Oberhaverbeck)
- Wilsede, heath village at the foot of the Wilseder Berg; population: ~35
=Neighbouring villages and towns=
Economy
Bispingen is popular with tourists as a local recreation area and nature reserve.
Places of interest
- Wilseder Berg, the highest hill on the Lüneburg Heath
- Dat ole Huus, a Low German house in Wilsede, one of the oldest open-air museums in Germany; built c. 1540, renovated 1742, moved to Wilsede 1907
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Iserhatsche|de}}, a landscape garden with hunting lodge and Montagnetto model castle
- Burial ground in Volkwardingen with Bronze Age tumuli
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Ole Kerk|de}} ("Old Church") dating to 1353, made from boulders; used for baptisms, weddings and other services as well as concerts
- Treppenspeicher in Volkwardingen, one of the oldest of this type of storage barn in the Lüneburg Heath, built in 1600 and 1702, restored in 2001
- Kart Centre, owned by racing driver Ralf Schumacher
- SnowDome Bispingen provides indoor skiing and snowboarding. It opened in autumn 2006
- Bispinger Heide holiday park, part of the Center Parcs chain
Notable people
- {{Interlanguage link multi|Waldemar Grube|de}}, founder of the firm, Grube KG Forstgerätestelle, which makes forestry equipment.
Gallery
File:Wilsede-101.jpg|Farmstead in Wilsede
File:Wilsede-102.jpg|Wilsede
File:Wilseder Berg 006.jpg|The Wilseder Berg
File:Bispingen verrücktes Haus auf dem Kopf.jpg|Mad House, the upside down house
References
{{Reflist}}
Further reading
- Heinrich Schulz: Chronik von Wilsede, Stuttgart, 1967
External links
{{Commons category|Bispingen}}
- {{wikivoyage-inline|Bispingen}}
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Geographic location
| title = Nearby towns
| Northwest = Tostedt
31km
| North = Buchholz (Nordheide)
37km
| Northeast = Lüneburg, Geesthacht
39km, 59km
| West = Schneverdingen
17km
| Centre = Bispingen
| East = Bad Bevensen
55km
| Southwest = Soltau
16km
| South = Wietzendorf
19km
| Southeast = Munster
15km
}}
{{Towns and villages in Heidekreis}}
{{Authority control}}