Höxter: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Höxter's historic old town offers architectural examples of Weser Renaissance and combines them with cafés, regional cuisine, shops and beer gardens. You can rent a holiday apartment in Höxter. For travellers interested in historic architecture, the Weser Renaissance provides a specific cultural point of reference.

Getting Around

The Weser Cycle Route runs directly through the town of Höxter. For travellers focused on cycling, it is a specific local point of reference.

The town of Höxter lies directly on the Weser and is presented as the cultural centre of the Höxter district. Its historic old town is characterised by restored half-timbered houses and buildings in the Weser Renaissance style.

Circular routes in the Weser Uplands, historic sunken lanes and viewpoints in the Weser valley near Höxter's beech-mixed forests are among the options described.

Culture

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Corvey lies a few kilometres from Höxter town centre; the westwork of its abbey church is more than 1,200 years old.

Cultural institutions in and around Höxter include the Museum at Fürstenberg Castle, the Anja Niedringhaus Forum and the Jacob Pins Forum.

River cruises on the Weser connect Bad Karlshafen, Höxter and Corvey; this includes a route section between Bad Karlshafen and the Corvey World Heritage Site.

The named points in the area around Höxter include the Imperial Abbey of Corvey, approximately 2.3 km east of Höxter, Steinknipel, approximately 7.5 km west of Höxter, Thienhausen Castle, approximately 18.8 km northwest of Höxter, Falkenhagen Monastery, approximately 13.4 km north of Höxter, Amelungsborn Abbey, approximately 19.9 km northeast of Höxter, Rumberg, approximately 4.3 km west of Höxter, Schiefer Berg, approximately 4.4 km north of Höxter, and Schlöpen, approximately 4.7 km northwest of Höxter.

Geographical Classification

The Höxter district is divided into ten municipalities; all ten are classified as towns.

The Höxter district belongs to the Detmold administrative district in East Westphalia-Lippe and lies in the eastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It borders the districts of Holzminden and Northeim in Lower Saxony, Kassel and Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, as well as the Hochsauerland district, Paderborn and Lippe in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Höxter district lies in the Detmold administrative district in East Westphalia-Lippe, in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, at the tripoint with Lower Saxony and Hesse.

Nature

Nature is identified in the broader East Westphalia-Lippe context as one of the reasons for the high quality of life discussed there; the habitats in the Höxter district or Höxter area that are frequently used by tourists are mentioned in this context.

For further orientation, you can also visit these local pages: Bad Driburg, Beverungen, Borgentreich, Brakel, Gehrden, Höxter, Marienmünster, Merlsheim, Nieheim, Steinheim, Warburg, Willebadessen.

For the overarching travel overview: North Rhine-Westphalia.