Weser Hill Country

The Weser Mountains Region is a land of discovery. Not only will you find peaceful surroundings to put your soul at ease, but also attractive leisure opportunities. Beautifully restored half-timber cities in a landscape of rolling hills divided by the ever present river offer diversity for the vacationer.

A network of well signed hiking and biking paths surround Hameln and lead to areas of natural beauty along the Weser. Favorite goals for the hikers are the Suentelturm and the Hohenstein Cliffs near Hessisch Oldendorf.
 
Lovely and very well accepted is the Bicycle Path on the Weser. It crosses Hameln on its 450 km route from Hannoversch Münden to the North Sea and is toured by some 150.000 each year. According to the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC), the "Weser-Radweg" is the most traveled German cycle tour.


A highlight in the Weser Mountains Region is the Hämelschenburg Castle near Hamelns. Built in 1588 as a moated castle in Weser Renaissance style, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Northern Germany.
Older and equally admired is the Stift Fischbeck a cloister in Hessisch Oldendorf with a famous wall tapestry from 1583. The Stift is able to be visited by tour daily from April to Oktober (except Mondays).
 
Other points to be seen in "Weserbergland" are the Bad Pyrmont Spa with its famous park and palm tree garden (the largest north of the alps!), as well as Münchhausenstadt Bodenwerder, Rinteln, Bueckeburg und Holzminden.
Some 60 km south of Hameln is the town of Fürstenberg with one of the oldest porcellan manufactures in Europe within a beautiful Weser Renaissance Castle. The  Museums shows over 250 years of factory history and production. Not far away, on the other bank of the river, is the medevial Corvey Castle and Cloister.
 
The Weserbergland is famous for its myths and fairy tales of which the Pied Piper Legend is just the best known.