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Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Hankensbüttel is a town of 4500 people (2017) in Lower Saxony. For many visitors, its Otter Centre is the principal attraction to the town, bringing in 100,000 visitors a year, and hosting 60 special events through the year.
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Otter-Zentrum Hankensbüttel
A great place to relax and enjoy wildlife. As well as otters, there are polecats, minks, otter hounds, badgers and other animals. Very educational and child-friendly with a good self-service restaurant on site. Well worth a detour (32 km / 20 mi).
An unfinished early Gothic monastery church and unfinished cloister. Additions from the 18th century. Interesting establishment of the monastery church (Renaissance and Gothic), separate abbey museum.
Tour of the brewery available by appointment.
Strandbad Knesebeck
Public outdoor pool and beach, mini golf.
Brunch, traditional food, hospitality.
Take a flight to Hamburg, Hannover or Berlin. Then take a high-speed train to Wolfsburg. From there, you may take a cab to Knesebeck.
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