Explore the town and villages

Discover Lehre

Get to know Lehrte and its neighborhoods on a total of 16 discovery tours!

Who in Lehrte knows all the sights and unique features of the city and its neighborhoods? The city marketing working group “Experience City & Nature” (AK), in collaboration with local historians from the neighborhoods, has put together 16 tours that allow visitors to explore the city of Lehrte and its neighborhoods.

Here You can learn more in advance about the working group’s 16 tours and seven additional QR projects. Topics include the medicinal plant garden, the orchard meadow, and tours such as “Discovering Lehrte and Its Neighborhoods” or sights in the city and its neighborhoods. The tours and walking tours can be done on foot, by bike, or by car.

Information about QR codes

The medicinal plant garden at Lehrte Hospital

You can start the tours on your smartphone using Komoot, or download them directly to your own navigation device as a GPX file. If you don’t have a smartphone, you can download them as PDF files and print them out. Along the way, you can use QR codes at various stops to access information about buildings, monuments, churches, and the Stolpersteine, as well as individual plants in the medicinal herb garden, the field crops nature trail, and the trees in the orchard meadow. The best way to explore the districts of Ahlten, Aligse, Arpke, Hämelerwald, Immensen, Kolshorn, Röddensen, Sievershausen, and Steinwedel is by bike.

Examples of themed tours

Bodies of Water in and Around Lehrte: Lake Hohnhorst

The “Waterways in and around Lehrte” tour is a nature bike ride for the whole family—with plenty of beautiful spots to stop and relax. Since it passes through several train stations, the approximately 60-km-long tour can also be completed in separate stages. “On the Trail of the Storks” is an approximately 20-km-long tour to the stork nests in Sievershausen, Arpke, Immensen, Steinwedel, and Lehrte.

Since additional tour information can always be added, the AK would appreciate any information or updates sent to the following email address.

If you're curious about these tours, have any questions, or would like to volunteer with the AK, please contact us at this email address.