Bundesstraße 214
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The Bundesstraße 214 is a federal road that runs from Lingen to Brunswick
in North Germany.
, the highest elevation in the Emsland
, where it branches off the B 70 and B 213, and runs eastwards in the north of Osnabrück district
, where it crosses the Ankum Heights
in the North Teutoburg Forest
-Wiehengebirge Nature Park. It crosses the A 1 autobahn at the Holdorf
exit. The B 214 then continues, crossing the Damme Hills
and runs north of the Dümmer
lake through numerous boggy (moor) areas. In Nienburg
it crosses the River Weser. East of the Leine
river B 214 runs parallel to the Aller
through the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath
. It crosses the A 7 motorway at the Schwarmstedt
exit. Behind Celle
it changes direction to the southeast and continues on west of the river Oker
. In Ohof near Meinersen
it runs over the Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway, where there was a level crossing until 1997. Beyond the Wendeburg village of Neubrück it crosses the A 2 motorway and then the Mittelland Canal. Passing through Watenbüttel it finally arrives at Brunswick. It ends there today at Amalienplatz on the central ring road in the town and merges into the B 1
.
The westernmost section between Lingen, Fürstenau and Bersenbrück was opened to traffic on 1 July 1856. A regular post coach ran on this road from that day until the opening of the Rheine–Quakenbrück railway on 1 July 1879. From 1925 the section between Freren and Lingen was served by a bus line
.
214.
The B 214 used to run within Brunswick past its present end at Amalienplatz down Celler Straße and the western arm of the Oker and the Radeklint to the city centre.
Since the Reichsstraße times many of the B 214's former routes through villages and towns have been replaced by ring road section, the last (in 2008) being the bypass around Diepholz
. Since the B 214 now crosses the Weser at Nienburg together with the B 6
, there is no longer the risk of it being closed due to flooding.
The very short A 392 even has a motorway intersection, the Ölper Knoten with the A 391.
runs along the B 214 between Celle and Brunswick.
See also: List of federal roads in Germany
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
in North Germany.
Route
The B 214 begins on the Lingen HeightsLingen Heights
The Lingen Heights is a landscape of low, rolling hills up to 91 metres high in the North German Plain in the western part of the north German state of Lower Saxony.- Geography :...
, the highest elevation in the Emsland
Emsland
Landkreis Emsland is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the district of Bentheim and the Netherlands .- History :For a long time the region of the Emsland was...
, where it branches off the B 70 and B 213, and runs eastwards in the north of Osnabrück district
Osnabrück (district)
Osnabrück is a district in the southwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. With 2,121 km² it is the second largest district of Lower Saxony.- History :...
, where it crosses the Ankum Heights
Ankum Heights
The Ankum Heights , also called the Fürstenau Hills , are a ridge of hills up to 140 m high in the western part of the state of Lower Saxony on the North German Plain.- Geography :...
in the North Teutoburg Forest
Teutoburg Forest
The Teutoburg Forest is a range of low, forested mountains in the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia which used to be believed to be the scene of a decisive battle in AD 9...
-Wiehengebirge Nature Park. It crosses the A 1 autobahn at the Holdorf
Holdorf
Holdorf is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km southwest of Vechta, and 35 km north of Osnabrück....
exit. The B 214 then continues, crossing the Damme Hills
Damme Hills
The Damme Hills are a high, wooded ridge, up to , in the Oldenburg Münsterland in the southern part of the district of Vechta, in western Lower Saxony, Germany.- Location :...
and runs north of the Dümmer
Dümmer
The Dümmer See or Dümmer is a large lake in southern Lower Saxony . It has a surface of 13.5 km² and an average depth of one metre. Its elevation is 37 metres....
lake through numerous boggy (moor) areas. In Nienburg
Nienburg, Lower Saxony
Nienburg is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Situated on the scenic German Framework Road, Nienburg lies on the river Weser, approximately southeast of Bremen, and northwest of Hanover...
it crosses the River Weser. East of the Leine
Leine
The Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller river and 281 km in length.The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia...
river B 214 runs parallel to the Aller
Aller
The Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway...
through the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath
The Lüneburg Heath is a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve...
. It crosses the A 7 motorway at the Schwarmstedt
Schwarmstedt
Schwarmstedt is a municipality in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Aller and Leine, approx. 20 km south of Bad Fallingbostel, and 30 km east of Nienburg...
exit. Behind Celle
Celle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
it changes direction to the southeast and continues on west of the river Oker
Oker
The Oker is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany, that has historically formed an important political boundary. It is a left tributary of the River Aller, in length and runs in a generally northerly direction.- Course :...
. In Ohof near Meinersen
Meinersen
Meinersen is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated between the rivers Oker and Aller, approx. 12 km west of Gifhorn, and 25 km southeast of Celle....
it runs over the Hanover–Berlin high-speed railway, where there was a level crossing until 1997. Beyond the Wendeburg village of Neubrück it crosses the A 2 motorway and then the Mittelland Canal. Passing through Watenbüttel it finally arrives at Brunswick. It ends there today at Amalienplatz on the central ring road in the town and merges into the B 1
Bundesstraße 1
The Bundesstraße 1 or B1 is a German federal highway running in an east-west direction from the Dutch border near Aachen to the Polish border at Küstrin-Kietz on the Oder River.-Route description:...
.
Districts, towns and villages
- Lower Saxony
- Emsland district
- Lingen (Ems), ThuineThuineThuine is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, FrerenFrerenFreren is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km east of Lingen.Freren is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Freren....
, Andervenne
- Lingen (Ems), Thuine
- Osnabrück districtOsnabrück (district)Osnabrück is a district in the southwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. With 2,121 km² it is the second largest district of Lower Saxony.- History :...
- FürstenauFürstenau, GermanyFürstenau is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately northwest of Osnabrück, and east of Lingen.Fürstenau is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Fürstenau....
, AnkumAnkumAnkum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA....
, BersenbrückBersenbrückBersenbrück is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 30 km north of Osnabrück.Bersenbrück is the seat of the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück...
, GehrdeGehrdeGehrde is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, BadbergenBadbergenBadbergen is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies on the Hase. It is a hometown of Dörthe....
- Fürstenau
- Vechta district
- HoldorfHoldorfHoldorf is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km southwest of Vechta, and 35 km north of Osnabrück....
, Steinfeld (Oldenburg)Steinfeld, Lower SaxonySteinfeld is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 16 km southwest of Vechta, and 40 km northeast of Osnabrück....
- Holdorf
- Diepholz districtDiepholz (district)Diepholz is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Verden, Nienburg, Minden-Lübbecke , Osnabrück, Vechta and Oldenburg, and by the cities of Delmenhorst and Bremen. The biggest city is Stuhr.- History :From the 12th century to 1585 Diepholz was a county within the...
- DiepholzDiepholzDiepholz is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hunte, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen....
, WetschenWetschenWetschen is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, RehdenRehdenRehden is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz.Rehden is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Rehden....
, HemslohHemslohHemsloh is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, BarverBarverBarver is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Geography:Barver is in the north of the "Naturpark Dümmer" and "Naturpark Rehdener Geestmoor" and south of the "Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest", circa in the middle between Bremen and Osnabrück...
, WehrbleckWehrbleckWehrbleck is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, SulingenSulingenSulingen is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximatively 30 km east of Diepholz, and 45 km south of Bremen....
(ring roadRing roadA ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...
), MaasenMaasenMaasen is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, BorstelBorstel, Lower SaxonyBorstel is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- Diepholz
- Landkreis Nienburg/WeserNienburg (district)Nienburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Diepholz, Verden, Heidekreis, Hanover and Schaumburg, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia ....
- WietzenWietzenWietzen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, MarkloheMarkloheMarklohe is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Weser, approx. 5 km northwest of Nienburg, and 30 km south of Verden....
, Nienburg/Weser (Ortsumgehung), SteimbkeSteimbkeSteimbke is a municipality in the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 12 km east of Nienburg, and 40 km northwest of Hanover, in a swamp and heathland, whereas the Blindesee takes centre stage....
, RodewaldRodewaldRodewald is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- Wietzen
- Soltau-Fallingbostel districtSoltau-FallingbostelHeidekreis is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg.-History:...
- GiltenGilten, GermanyGilten is a municipality in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, SchwarmstedtSchwarmstedtSchwarmstedt is a municipality in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the confluence of the rivers Aller and Leine, approx. 20 km south of Bad Fallingbostel, and 30 km east of Nienburg...
, EsselEsselEssel is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Most of the village is located on the southern bank of the river Aller. The A 7 motorway runs through the village.-Subdivisions:The municipality of Essel comprises 4 subdivisions:...
, Buchholz (Aller)
- Gilten
- Celle district
- WietzeWietzeWietze is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the river Aller and its tributary Wietze, approx. 15 km west of Celle....
, HambührenHambührenHambühren is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. west of Celle.It is a very pleasant village to live in with many amenities....
, CelleCelleCelle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
, WienhausenWienhausenWienhausen is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is known for Wienhausen Abbey, referenced in the municipal coat of arms....
, EicklingenEicklingenEicklingen is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
, BröckelBröckelBröckel is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It belongs to the collective municipality of Flotwedel with its seat in Wienhausen.- Geography :Bröckel lies southeast of Celle...
(ring road)
- Wietze
- Hanover RegionHanover (region)Hanover was a Regierungsbezirk of the Prussian Province of Hanover and of Lower Saxony, Germany, that existed from 1885 until 2004. It was located in the south of the state around the city of Hanover, its capital....
- UetzeUetzeUetze is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Fuhse, approximately 35 km east of Hanover....
(Village in Kreuzkrug, part of Eltze)
- Uetze
- Gifhorn district
- MeinersenMeinersenMeinersen is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated between the rivers Oker and Aller, approx. 12 km west of Gifhorn, and 25 km southeast of Celle....
(village in Ohof)
- Meinersen
- Peine district
- EdemissenEdemissenEdemissen is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km north of Peine, and 25 km northwest of Braunschweig....
, WendeburgWendeburgWendeburg is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 11 km east of Peine, and 12 km northwest of Braunschweig....
(part of Neubrück)
- Edemissen
- Gifhorn district
- SchwülperSchwülperSchwülper is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich. The Municipality Schwülper includes the villages of Hülperode, Klein Schwülper, Lagesbüttel, Rothemühle, Groß Schwülper, Walle-Municipal Council:The council...
- Schwülper
- Brunswick
- Emsland district
Rivers crossed
- Hase, in BersenbrückBersenbrückBersenbrück is a town in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hase, approx. 30 km north of Osnabrück.Bersenbrück is the seat of the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück...
- HunteHunteThe Hunte is a 189 km long river in north-western Germany , left tributary of the Weser. It rises in the Wiehengebirge hills. In the Northern German Plain it flows through lake Dümmer. It flows generally northwards through the towns Bad Essen, Diepholz, Wildeshausen and Oldenburg. It flows...
, in Diepholz - Wagenfelder Aue, in Barver
- Weser, in Nienburg
- LeineLeineThe Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller river and 281 km in length.The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia...
, in Schwarmstedt - WietzeWietze (Aller)The Wietze is a river, about 30 km long, and a tributary of the River Aller in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The river begins at the confluence of the Edder and Flöth northeast of Hanover near Altwarmbüchen...
, in Wietze - FuhseFuhseThe Fuhse is a stream of Lower Saxony, Germany, a left tributary of the Aller. Spelled Fuse in maps of the 19th century and earlier, the name is thought to derive from the ancient Fosa flumen, after which the Germanic tribe of the Fosi took their name .The Fuhse originates on the west slope of the...
, in Celle shortly before its confluence with the AllerAllerThe Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway... - Mittelland Canal, in Brunswick north of Watenbüttel
History
Origin
The metalled, man-made road (Chaussee) between Brunswick and Celle was built from 1804 to 1815 and called Celler Straße.The westernmost section between Lingen, Fürstenau and Bersenbrück was opened to traffic on 1 July 1856. A regular post coach ran on this road from that day until the opening of the Rheine–Quakenbrück railway on 1 July 1879. From 1925 the section between Freren and Lingen was served by a bus line
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
.
Former routing and names
Between 1934 and 1938 the road was called the ReichsstraßeReichsstraße (Deutsches Reich)
The term Reichsstraße was introduced in 1934 into Nazi Germany in place of the hitherto existing class of Fernverkehrsstraße or FVS. On 17 January 1932, to improve road navigation in the Third Reich, the most important long distance routes were numbered...
214.
The B 214 used to run within Brunswick past its present end at Amalienplatz down Celler Straße and the western arm of the Oker and the Radeklint to the city centre.
Since the Reichsstraße times many of the B 214's former routes through villages and towns have been replaced by ring road section, the last (in 2008) being the bypass around Diepholz
Diepholz
Diepholz is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hunte, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen....
. Since the B 214 now crosses the Weser at Nienburg together with the B 6
Bundesstraße 6
The Bundesstraße 6 runs from the North Sea coast in a southeasterly direction through the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony to the Polish border.- History :...
, there is no longer the risk of it being closed due to flooding.
Replacements
The section between Brunswick and Watenbüttel and the so-called northern ring road in Brunswick around the formerly separate village of Ölper was replaced in the 1980s by the roughly 4 km long A 392 motorway (so-called Nordtangente Braunschweig), which then runs on eastwards to the exit at Hamburger Straße.The very short A 392 even has a motorway intersection, the Ölper Knoten with the A 391.
Cancelled plans
The route from Nienburg as far as the crossing with the B 3 near Celle was originally to have been upgraded to form part of the scrapped A 32 autobahn project.Holiday routes
The German Framework RoadGerman Framework Road
The German Timber-Frame Road is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to Lake Constance in the south. Along the road you can find nearly 100 cities and towns with remarkable timber-framed houses...
runs along the B 214 between Celle and Brunswick.
Places of interest
- Castle and historic old town (Altstadt) at FürstenauFürstenau, GermanyFürstenau is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately northwest of Osnabrück, and east of Lingen.Fürstenau is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Fürstenau....
- St. Nicholas' Church (St.Nikolaus-Kirche or Artländer Dom) in AnkumAnkumAnkum is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany.From the Parish Ankum many people had emigrated to the Netherlands until 1800 and later to the USA....
- Wienhausen Abbey
See also: List of federal roads in Germany