Hankensbüttel: Holiday apartments and holiday homes
Accommodation in Hankensbüttel
Hankensbüttel comes into focus as a destination with natural and cultural attractions when searching for a holiday apartment. In the town, wildlife observation, historic architecture, collections and regional specialities come together within a compact thematic area. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Hankensbüttel can then continue searching for accommodation.
Nature
The OTTER-ZENTRUM Hankensbüttel offers feeding demonstrations, experiments, nature playgrounds and a restaurant with a lakeside terrace. The grounds and buildings are accessible to wheelchair users and visitors with limited mobility.
The OTTER-ZENTRUM also includes 3 kilometres of walking and circular paths through its enclosures and natural areas. A bus runs regularly from Wittingen railway station to the OTTER-ZENTRUM in Hankensbüttel.
Culture
Isenhagen Monastery can only be visited as part of a guided tour because it is still inhabited. As a former Cistercian monastery, it features remarkable architecture, historic furnishings and medieval textile art. The monastery museum displays historic textiles, goldsmiths’ work and rare books.
The monastery church and cloister were built from 1345 onwards in the North German Brick Gothic style. The textile exhibition at Isenhagen Monastery includes monastic embroideries featuring river pearls from the Südheide Gifhorn region.
The vaulted ceilings of St Pankratius Church bear paintings from the 15th and 18th centuries. St Pankratius Church in Hankensbüttel is more than 1,000 years old.
Geographical location
The municipality of Hankensbüttel comprises the districts of Emmen and Alt-Isenhagen.
Getting around
The Heide Tour is a regional circular cycling route approximately 45 kilometres long that starts and ends in Hankensbüttel and visits several heathland areas.
Local specialities
“Pear bake in the monastery style” is associated with the cuisine of Isenhagen Monastery.
The next step in planning the rest of your trip is to search for accommodation in Hankensbüttel.
More destinations
More places within the same destination:
To the overview of the surrounding destination: Gifhorn.
