Hankensbüttel

This article covers attractions and facilities for visitors in and around the villages of Hankensbüttel, Knesebeck and Wittingen in the district of Gifhorn.

Take a flight to Hamburg, Hannover or Berlin. Then take a high-speed train to Wolfsburg. From there, you may take a cab to Knesebeck. Alternatively, take the regional train to Knesebeck (via Braunschweig, Gifhorn), which might be a little bit slower.

• Hankensbüttel Otter Centre

  address: Sudendorfallee 1
  A great place to relax and enjoy wildlife. As well as otters, there are polecats, minks, otter hounds, badgers and other animals. Very educational and child-friendly with a good self-service restaurant on site. Well worth a detour (32 km / 20 mi).

• Privatbrauerei Wittingen

  phone: +49 5831 255-55
  address: Ernst-Stackmann-Straße 7, Wittingen
  Tour of the brewery available by appointment.

There are good opportunities in Knesebeck for hiking, jogging, hunting and horse-riding.

• Freibad Campingplatz

  address: An der Badeanstalt
  Public outdoor pool and beach, mini golf

• Gasthaus Schützenhof

  phone: +49 5834 530151
  address: Lindenstr. 20

• Lübener Tenne

  phone: +49 5831 25330
  address: Lüben 1
  Brunch, traditional food, hospitality

• Cafe Knesebecker Strandperle

  phone: +49 5834 5309120
  address: An der Badeanstalt 1

• Tito's Bar

  phone: +49 5831 251757
  address: Posener Str. 6, Wittingen

Budget

• For pensions (rooming houses) and small rooms, try here.

• Jugendherberge Hankensbüttel

  phone: +49 58 32 25 00
  address: Helmrichsweg 24

Mid-range

• Hotel and Restaurant Knesebecker Hof

  phone: +49 5834 98810
  address: Wittinger Str. 2

• Rentelmannsche Mühle

  phone: +49 5832 9317
  address: An der Emmener Mühle 1, Hankensbüttel

Splurge

• Hotel Restaurant Wittinger Tor

  phone: +49 5831 25300
  address: Salzwedeler Str. 4, Wittingen

Attractions in the region are the Lüneburger Heide and the town of Gifhorn, the Phaeno and Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the historic old towns of Celle and Lüneburg as well as the Museumsdorf Hösseringen near Uelzen.