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Sachsenwald
Sign in to saveThe Sachsenwald () is a forest near Hamburg, Germany. The forest derives its name, which can be translated as 'Saxon woods' or 'Saxony forest', from being located in the former Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, which itself is a part of the greater Lower Saxony region as defined by the former Duchy of Saxony. Today, the forest is an unincorporated area in the district of Herzogtum Lauenburg (Duchy of Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein. It is also a member of the amt Hohe Elbgeest, in which it has non-voting representation. The Sachsenwald has an area of and is the largest contiguous forest area in Schles
Key facts
- Forest.image
- Sachsenwald near Langbett.jpg
- Forest.region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Forest.website
- https://www.sachsenwald.de/
- Forest.county
- Germany
- Forest.country
- Duchy of Lauenburg
- Forest.map_image
- File:Sachsenwald in RZ.svg
- Forest.map_caption
- Sachsenwald in the Duchy of Lauenburg. Amt Hohe Elbgeest shown in light red.
- Forest.owner
- 67% Bismarck Family 33% Eberhart von Rantzau
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Official website
Startseite - Natur und Erholung im Sachsenwald
Unser Sachsenwald – zu jeder Jahreszeit ein Erlebnis! Gregor Graf von Bismarck.
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- District of Duchy of Lauenburg
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 58.49
- Elevation
- 50
- Official website
- www.sachsenwald.de
- Image
- AF Vollmer Stangenmühlengrund im Sachsenwald (1852).jpg
- Licence plate code
- RZ
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- Sachsenwald
- postal code
- 21521
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The Sachsenwald () is a forest near Hamburg, Germany. The forest derives its name, which can be translated as 'Saxon woods' or 'Saxony forest', from being located in the former Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, which itself is a part of the greater Lower Saxony region as defined by the former Duchy of Saxony. Today, the forest is an unincorporated area in the district of Herzogtum Lauenburg (Duchy of Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein. It is also a member of the amt Hohe Elbgeest, in which it has non-voting representation. The Sachsenwald has an area of and is the largest contiguous forest area in Schleswig-Holstein.
Large parts of the forest belong to the House of Bismarck since 1871, who still have their headquarters at Friedrichsruh Castle on the edge of the Sachsenwald.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sachsenwald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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