A cooperation funded by BINGO with all primary schools in the area covered by the Weddel-Lehre Water Association Project duration: 06 May – 12 June 2025 Where does our water come from? How is it cleaned and what animals live in our regional waters? These are […]

The Geopark-Carrier association Braunschweiger Land – Ostfalen is optimistic in these times and has published the new event calendar with the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park and the city of Königslutter am Elm. 2020 is a record year: with almost 400 events, the calendar has never been so extensive as [...]

The Geoparks in Germany – Geology You Can Touch The German Geoparks united under one stand – at the didacta education trade fair, stakeholders are promoting their extracurricular learning locations, which make billions of years of Earth's history tangible. Volcanic rock in your hands, the spray of the [...]

In 2000, four institutions came together and made a groundbreaking decision: the Vulkaneifel Geopark (Germany), the Natural History Museum of Lesvos Petrified Forest (Greece), the Haute Provence Geopark (France), and the Maestrazgo Natural Park (Spain) jointly founded the European Geoparks Network (EGN). This was about […]

Königslutter am Elm, 30.01.2020 The Association of Geopark Developers of the Braunschweig Region - Ostfalen elected a new board of directors. After the previous chairman Hans Werner Schlichting retired and Uwe Borchers (Königslutter am Elm) and Henry Bsecke (Schelling) will soon be retiring from active service, new elections were held at [...]

Grasleben and Königslutter am Elm, 18.12.2019 Sponsor Hans Werner Schlichting and board member Detlef Kaatz welcomed the expansion of the Geopark partner network to include SG Grasleben. Together, they want to promote the geopark and expand the infrastructure according to UNESCO requirements. The mayor of the [...]

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture has designed three installations in the Harz. Brunswick Land. Ostfalen Geopark as extracurricular learning venues according to the RNB (Education for Sustainable Development). In cooperation with the Municipal Museum Schloss Salder and the operators of the Jurameer Schandelah Geopoint (Dr. [...] Foundation.

And that's a good thing, because after all, it's all about this: the future Earth project! So get involved! Show your ideas and take part in the Federal Environment Competition! Every year, the BWU offers all young people the opportunity to get involved and counteract environmental problems with […]

Time Travel – Fossil hunting in Hornwood At 10am, we’ll be travelling back in time to the Middle Ages to investigate questions like: Why are there quarries? How did mussels get into the elm? What did it look like here in [...]

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary, associations and institutions from the nature and environmental sectors are offering information and participation activities at various stands around Lake Dowesee. The Geopark Harz. Brunswick. Eastphalia will also be there on the day and will be offering great deals. Come and spend a […]