Discover Wedemark: moors and long-distance trails
Accommodation in Wedemark
Wedemark can be explored through a specific natural theme: the raised bogs around Resse, with their history, fauna and flora. There are also long-distance hiking and moorland connections that place the area in different contexts. This gives you a choice when planning your trip: focus on the local natural theme or take a broader perspective on routes and landscapes.
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Raised bogs around Resse
The MOORiZ in Resse, a village in Wedemark, presents a permanent exhibition across 100 square metres about the history, fauna and flora of the raised bogs around Resse. Both perspectives belong together, but answer different questions: the history explores how this landscape came into being, while fauna and flora draw attention to its animal and plant life. In this way, the raised bog becomes a subject from more than one perspective.
The MOORiZ is also a popular starting point for excursions into the bog. For nature enthusiasts, this offers two distinct ways to explore the subject: learning about raised bogs in the permanent exhibition and taking part in excursions connected with the MOORiZ. If you are interested in Wedemark, you can include Resse and its focus on raised bogs in your travel plans.
Hiking and moorland connections
Wedemark forms part of two stages or day hikes on the European long-distance trail E1, which runs from the North Cape to Sicily. The distance between these endpoints illustrates the trail’s long-distance character; the specific connection to Wedemark is its two stages or day hikes. This is a different scale from the local perspective on the raised bogs around Resse.
Another regional point of reference is the approximately 100-kilometre-long Northern Hanover Moor Route. It connects the Altwarmbüchen Moor with five other moors in the cities and municipalities of Hanover, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Neustadt, Wedemark and Wunstorf. With its approximate total length and links to several moors, the route offers a distinct focus alongside the E1. Both details help place Wedemark’s hiking and moorland connections in a broader context, without equating them.
More things to discover in the Hanover Region
The wider travel destination of the Hanover Region offers further nature-related themes. Steinhuder Meer is the largest inland body of water in northwestern Germany and is located in the Hanover Region; it is best known for its excellent watersports and holiday opportunities. In Mardorf, a state-recognised health resort, a five-kilometre lakeside path invites you to take a stroll. These examples add a distinct water and lakeside dimension alongside the raised bogs around Resse.
The Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover are also part of the wider travel destination of the Hanover Region. They consist of the Great Garden, the Berggarten, the Georgengarten and the Welfengarten. The Berggarten developed from a vegetable and nursery garden into a botanical garden. Thus, in the regional context, garden estates with their own history of development complement the moor and water landscapes.
Choose the right focus for your trip
When looking for a holiday apartment in Wedemark, these different themes can help you decide what kind of trip you want. If you want to focus on Wedemark itself, the MOORiZ, its excursions and the two long-distance trail references offer specific starting points. If you would also like to include waterscapes or garden culture, these are additional themes in the wider travel destination of the Hanover Region.
Discover more destinations
Discover more destinations: Elze, Seelze, Altwarmbüchen, Laatzen, Sehnde, Isernhagen Kircher Bauerschaft, Evensen, Hemmingen.
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