Bispingen

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bispingen within Heidekreis district

(2018–23) Jens Bülthius^[1]Area

• Total128.55 km² (49.63 sq mi)Elevation

90 m (300 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,494 • Density51/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

29646

Dialling codes05194Vehicle registrationHKWebsitewww.bispingen.de

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

Bispingen is located on the River Luhe and is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Soltau, or 50 km (31 mi) south of Hamburg. Bispingen lies near interchange 43 of the A 7 motorway.

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

Schneverdingen
Undeloh
Egestorf
Soderstorf
Rehlingen
Munster
Soltau

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
Iserhatsche [de], a landscape garden with hunting lodge and Montagnetto model castle
Burial ground in Volkwardingen with Bronze Age tumuli
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

Waldemar Grube [de], founder of the firm, Grube KG Forstgerätestelle, which makes forestry equipment.

Gallery

Farmstead in Wilsede
Wilsede
The Wilseder Berg
Mad House, the upside down house

References

^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.