Gnarrenburg: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

In the area surrounding Gnarrenburg are Monsilienburg, Geestequelle, Falkenberg and Hindenburghöhe. You can rent a holiday apartment in Gnarrenburg.

Culture

The local glassworks, particularly the Marienhütte, shaped Gnarrenburg’s cultural history; it is presented at the Gnarrenburg Glass Museum.

Gnarrenburg’s cultural landscape reflects the moor colonisation associated with Jürgen Christian Findorff. This includes villages along roads and canals as well as traditional half-timbered houses along the Oste-Hamme Canal.

The local museum landscape includes the Historic Moor Farm in Augustendorf, the Gnarrenburg Glass Museum and the Village Museum in Kuhstedtermoor.

Nature and Landscape

Eulenberg is located in the immediate vicinity of Gnarrenburg.

Gnarrenburg lies on the northern edge of the Teufelsmoor, in a landscape of wide fields, extensive forests, moorland and heathland.

The Huvenhoopsmoor nature reserve is one of the remaining intact raised bogs in Lower Saxony. Its moorland and viewing towers offer views across the moor and of its birdlife, including cranes during migration.

Things to Do

Gnarrenburg has signposted hiking and cycling trails as well as themed routes for hiking or cycling. A section of the long-distance route From the Teufelsmoor to the Wadden Sea also runs through the area. This is ideal for a stay focused on hiking or cycling.

Visitor activities include peat-barge trips, journeys on the historic Moorexpress railway, cycling along the From the Teufelsmoor to the Wadden Sea route and exploring the Peat & Glass Route.

The two-kilometre Moor Adventure Trail leads through the Huvenhoopsmoor area as a nature trail.

Geographical Location

Gnarrenburg lies in the Elbe-Weser Triangle between Hamburg, Bremen and Bremerhaven; there are further excursion opportunities in the surrounding area.

The artists’ village of Worpswede is described as being close to Gnarrenburg and can be reached by Moorexpress or by bicycle.

More destinations: Zeven, Hemslingen, Stemmen, Tarmstedt, Seedorf, Vorwerk, Freetz, Bülstedt.

To the overview of the wider destination: Rotenburg.