Uelzen

The Hundertwasserbahnhof is a railway station in Uelzen that was renovated for Expo 2000 to an unusual and strikingly coloured design by Austrian artist and architect, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, having been heavily damaged in the Second World War. An "environmentally, culturally oriented" station, Uelzen railway station was renamed "Hundertwasser Station, Uelzen" (Hundertwasser-Bahnhof Uelzen). Today it is one of the town's popular tourist attractions. If you arrive by train it will also naturally be one of the first things you see of Uelzen

Located in the quarter of Holdenstedt, the Castle Museum houses the town's local history museum. Permanent exhibitions include furniture from the Middle Ages to art nouveau, a glass collection, works by the animal painter, Georg Wolf, and archaeological finds from the local area. Holdenstedt Castle was the seat of a noble family and was built at the beginning of the 18th century on the site of an earlier castle, but has been modified several times. In the water mill, not far from the Holdenstedt Castle Museum, are the exhibition rooms for the Uelzen Local History Museum's archaeological division.

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.

The old town hall was built in 1347 but completely modified in 1789/90. It houses the oldest existing wine cellar in central Europe.

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.