The Upper Weser Valley ( German : Oberes Wesertal ) in central Germany has been formed by the Upper Weser river cutting through the Weser Uplands for around 200 kilometres (120 mi) between the towns of Hann. Münden and Minden . It lies in the German federal states of Lower Saxony , Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia .
11-533: Weser Valley (German: Wesertal ) may refer to: Upper Weser Valley , in the German federal states of Lower Saxony, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia Middle Weser Valley , in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia Weser Depression , the river basin from Porta Westfalica, in Lower Saxony Wesertal , a municipality in
22-641: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Upper Weser Valley The Upper Weser Valley begins near Hann. Münden , where the rivers Werra and Fulda join to form the Weser and follows the course of the Upper Weser northwards through the Weser Uplands to Bodenwerder , then continues in a northwestern direction, south of the Süntel hills and
33-607: The Middle Weser Region . The Upper Weser Valley is bordered by the following uplands (from south to north): Left-hand side: Right-hand side: The towns of the Upper Weser Valley are Hann. Münden , Bad Karlshafen , Beverungen , Höxter , Holzminden , Bodenwerder , Hameln , Rinteln , Vlotho , Bad Oeynhausen and Porta Westfalica . The Upper Weser Valley has is agriculturally and culturally important. Several tourist routes accompany
44-898: The Weser Hills , and ends finally at the great gap of Porta Westfalica , where the Weser breaks through the Wiehen and Weser Hills out into the North German Plain . In the south the Upper Weser Valley crosses the Solling-Vogler Nature Park and, in the north, the Weser Uplands Schaumburg-Hamelin Nature Park . At its northern end, the Upper Weser Valley is followed by the Middle Weser Valley , part of
55-567: The Weser Renaissance period in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The road runs through the German federal states of Hesse , North Rhine-Westphalia , Lower Saxony and Bremen . The Road of Weser Renaissance links castles and stately homes, town halls and town houses of stone or timber-frame construction, that bear witness to the economic and cultural boom in the century before the Thirty Years War (1618–1648). Along
66-702: The Weser Valley: The German Fairy Tale Route , the Weser Valley Road, the German Timber-Frame Road and the Road of Weser Renaissance . The valley is crossed by several railway lines at places like Hann. Münden, Wehrden (Weser) , Höxter and Holzminden. From Hamelin the railway lines run parallel to the Weser via Bad Oeynhausen ( Weser Railway ) to Minden ( Hamm–Minden railway ). A long section of
77-593: The concepts and thinking of the Renaissance to spread out from Italy even to the lands north of the Alps. Some of the most striking of the many sights along this route are the castles of Hämelschenburg , Bückeburg , Detmold , Brake , Neuhaus , Bevern , Stadthagen , Celle and Hann. Münden . Town halls such as those in Bremen , Nienburg , Rinteln , Paderborn or Hannoversch Münden also convey an impression of
88-618: The district of Kassel, Hesse, Germany See also [ edit ] Porta Westfalica (gorge) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weser_Valley&oldid=1255311452 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing German-language text Short description
99-470: The road between Hann. Münden and Bremen there are numerous Renaissance buildings in a density that is found nowhere else in Germany. The term Weser Renaissance is misleading, in that it did not stem from an independent regional variation of the Renaissance. In fact, the Renaissance buildings in the Weser region show evidence of the existing Europe-wide links in the field of architecture. These enabled
110-579: The roughly 500 km long cycle path, the Weser Cycle Path runs mostly along the Weser through the Upper Weser Valley. 51°51′N 9°28′E / 51.850°N 9.467°E / 51.850; 9.467 Road of Weser Renaissance The Road of Weser Renaissance ( German : Straße der Weserrenaissance ) is a well-known tourist route in North Germany . As a cultural route it links famous architectural monuments of
121-671: The splendour of the Weser Renaissance period, as do the imposing town houses of Minden , Lemgo and Hameln . Equally impressive are the richly carved timber-framed facades, especially in Einbeck , Höxter , Brakel and Bad Salzuflen . Of great importance from an art-historical perspective is the heptagonal mausoleum in Stadthagen , which is reminiscent of the Florentine Renaissance. A museum dedicate to
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