Top 4 Castles around Besitz

Unfortunately, the facility has aged a bit and the exhibition is no longer didactically modern. Some exhibits are defective, pictures are faded, and the aquarium panes are mossy. A barrier made of construction fence elements has been standing at the tower for more than 2 years. The content is interesting, but more could be made of it.

Seems more for the summer time... Today in December we found everything locked up 😢

From there you have a great view over the Elbtalaue. It's definitely worth it!

When we were here, it was unfortunately closed, but it was an exciting location.

Anyone who visits the Biosphaerium Elbtalaue can expect not only an aquarium landscape, a beaver facility and an exhibition all about the biosphere reserve with many interactive elements, but also a lookout tower that offers a view of the floodplain. It only costs €2 to enter and it's really worth it. As an integrated part of the overall system, you reach the viewing platform after a good 90 steps at a height of 20 meters. The modern steel construction was installed in the historic tower stump in 2002. This approach affected the historical substance as little as possible. The height of today's tower is based on the historical height, as far as it can be read from old drawings. The origins of the tower probably lie in the second half of the 13th century. Over the centuries it may have served as a defense and prison tower, but also to control the shipping on the Elbe that was within sight. After all, it was time to collect the Elbe toll. Today you climb the spiral staircase for pleasure and enjoy the fantastic view. http://www.biosphaerium.de/wir-ueber-uns/historisches-zum-schloss-bleckede.html

The viewing platform of the castle tower of Bleckede Castle offers a fantastic 360 degree view of the landscape and gives an idea of how well nature and culture can be experienced in and around Bleckede with plenty of space and expanse. The climb is well worth it and is included in the entry price of just €2 for the Biosphaerium. https://luene-info.de/termine/2020/september/bleckede.html

A visit to the beautiful museum is worthwhile

Only part of the round tower remains of the former moated castle, the age of which cannot be precisely determined. Duke Ernst II of Braunschweig Lüneburg had the older, still existing castle wing built in 1600, and the newer one was built in 1742. Under the Prussian administration, the Bleckede and Neuhaus offices were merged to form the Bleckede district on April 1, 1885. After the Löwenstat was founded by Duke Wilhelm of Lüneburg in 1209, a moated castle was built around 1270, of which the tower and the moats, first mentioned in 1287, have largely been preserved. After centuries of being pledged to the city of Lüneburg, the castle came back into Guelph hands in 1561. Duke Ernst of Braunschweig and Lüneburg built the north wing with decorative wood carvings. In 1743 the west wing was rebuilt. In 1827, the Hanover local writer Auguste von der Elbe was born here. The castle was the seat of the bailiff for the Bleckede office until 1885, then the seat of the administration of the Bleckede district until 1932, and finally the seat of the district court until 1974. The Otto Meissner Verlag was housed in the north wing from 1948 to 1983, the branch of the Barendorf adult education center was housed in the west wing from 1976 to 1996, and the coach house became an artists' facility. After extensive restoration, the castle opened in 2002 as an information center for the Lower Saxony Elbe Valley Biosphere Reserve. This cultural landscape is presented in a modern way on around 1,000 square meters; Since 2011, the fish of the Elbe and the Elbe beavers can also be experienced live.” https://elbstadt-bleckede.de/lexicon/index.php?entry/90-schlo%C3%9F/