Bad Bevensen

Bad Bevensen is a spa town in Lower Saxony on the Lüneburg Heath.

Understand
Bad Bevensen lies in a gently-rolling landscape on the North German Plain. The region is characterized by potato, sugar beet and grain farming, by forests, small heaths, the valley of the Ilmenau and the Elbe Lateral Canal.

The River Ilmenau flows through the town and the Elbe Lateral Canal runs past it to the east.

The town was first mentioned in the records in 1162, but was not given town rights until 1929. It has been officially recognised by the state as a mineral health spa since 1976. There are up to 6 large rehabilitation clinics around Bad Bevensen and many of the town's facilities and businesses are geared up to catering for rehabilitation patients. This tends to give the town a slow, relaxing pace of life.

Get in
Road: Bad Bevensen is 85 km southeast of Hamburg on the B4 federal road. It is between the towns of Uelzen and Lüneburg which can be accessed from the A7 autobahn. Air: The nearest airports are at Hanover and Hamburg. Rail: There are hourly connections from the Bad Bevensen station both north to Hamburg and south, via Uelzen to Hanover.

Get around
Once in Bad Bevensen most facilities and hotels are accessible by foot. However for the less able, a good taxi service is available. Most of the main hotels are east of the River Ilmenau and restaurants to the west.

See

 * "From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen
 * "From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen
 * "From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen
 * "From the Forest" (Naturkundliche Ausstellung "Aus dem Walde"), daily 10:00-16:30, natural history exhibition behind the hotel "Vier Linden" in Medingen

Buy
The spa town is in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath and as such most of the souvenirs are heath related (prints and local arts and crafts).

Drink
Most of the hotels and restaurants have bar facilities.

Go next

 * Bergen, 55km SW of Bad Bevensen
 * Brome, 60km SE
 * Celle, 55km SW
 * Dedelstorf, 45km S
 * Ehestorf, 60km NW
 * Gifhorn, 37km S
 * Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein. 55km NW
 * Hamburg, Germany. 55km NW
 * Hankensbuettel, 38km S
 * Hanstedt, 38km NW
 * Leiferde, Lower Saxony. 63km S
 * Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. 45km east
 * Muden, 64km S
 * Seevetal, 51km NW