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Oldenstadt Abbey Church is the surviving portion of a Benedictine Abbey that was built in the 12th century. It was made from boulders in a Romanesque style and was the abbey church for Benedictine monks.
Museumsdorf Hösseringen
A museum village in the midst of the Lüneburg Heath on the site of medieval provincial parliaments for the old Principality of Lüneburg. The open-air museum has 27 historic buildings from the Heath that have been carefully transported and restored to recreate the atmosphere of an old heath village. The museum has a selection of farmhouses, workshops, stables, agricultural implements and rural exhibitions. You can get a feel for farming life in the area in former times. There are herb and vegetable gardens as well as a village pond, complete with farmyard animals and moorland sheep (Heidschnucken). In addition there are farmer's fields, a village smithy, beehives and a wheelwright's. An interesting and educational day out. Hösseringer Hof country pub by the entrance.