The best hikes from bus stations around Kissenbrück

An almost hidden back entrance to the Gut Hedwigsburg castle park! Beautifully situated, but the castle was destroyed in World War II.

You'll want to take some time here to enjoy everything. There's a large information board with interesting facts. The photo board in the park gives a good impression of what the castle looked like before its destruction. A short break by the pond rounds off the experience.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Stephen is located in Kissenbrück, a parish in the Wolfenbüttel district of Lower Saxony. The church belongs to the Trinity Parish in the Wolfenbüttel provostship of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig. (Source: Wikipedia)

There is an old Augustinian monastery in Dorstadt. However, as our local heritage officer Werner Baum explained, this has nothing to do with the so-called "Dorstadt Monastery" from the novel "Pope Joan." In his opinion, the monastery described in the novel is more likely a monastery in southern Germany. If you are interested in history, a visit to Dorstadt is definitely worthwhile. The former monastery has since become a manor house. Cultural events are held here regularly. Source: https://www.dorstadt.de/hintergrund/

Dorstadt is a municipality in the Oderwald collective municipality (with its seat in Börßum) in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony (Germany). Dorstadt lies between Wolfenbüttel and Schladen on the eastern slope of the Oderwald Forest, directly on the Oker River, in the Börßum-Braunschweig Oker Valley. This valley is formed by the Oker River, the former course of the Ilse River, and the Warne River, which flows into the Oker in Dorstadt. On the right bank, several hills such as the Westerberg and the Spitzberg form the relatively treeless landscape. Two kilometers north, also on the left bank, lies Ohrum with the historic Oker crossing, and a few kilometers south, Heiningen, as well as the former railway junction of Börßum on the right bank of the Oker. The municipality's highest point is on the southern slope of the Hungerberg in the Oderwald Forest, at an elevation of 203 m above sea level. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Oker is a 128.3 km long left tributary of the Aller in Lower Saxony (Germany). It rises southeast of the mountain town of Altenau at an altitude of 900 meters, on the Bruchberg in the Harz National Park. Due to its tributaries from the Brocken area, it is one of the most water-rich regional waterways. It was first mentioned in 747 as Ovacra in connection with the Oker crossing in Ohrum, making this place, together with Schöningen, the oldest mentioned in writing in Lower Saxony. Ohrum was also the scene of a mass baptism staged by Charlemagne. Other historical locations include the imperial palace of Werla and the cities of Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel. South of Schladen, it also runs through Saxony-Anhalt in several places for short stretches. Part of its catchment area, the Ilse and the Ecker, also lies in this federal state. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Stephanus is located in Kissenbrück, a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony. The church belongs to the Trinity parish in the Wolfenbüttel provostship of the Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Braunschweig. The first church was built around 780. The second building was erected in 1058 and destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. The third baroque central building, the first in the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, was built between 1662 and 1664 on behalf of Duke Rudolf August as a church for Hedwigsburg Castle. On January 14, 1944, the church burned down, only the outer walls remained standing. When it was rebuilt in 1956-1959 by Friedrich Berndt, the basic shape of the Greek cross was retained. The fourth church was consecrated on June 7, 1959. (Source: Wikipedia)

The snail mountain with the expiatory cross and the “woman with the lion” are still preserved from the original figure program. (Source: https://www.der-loewe.info)