A BINGO-funded cooperation with all primary schools in the area covered by the Weddel-Lehre Water Association. Project period: 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 questions that the environmental project [...]

The Geopark-Carrier Association Braunschweiger Land – Ostfalen is optimistic in these times and has published the new calendar of events together 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 as extensive as…

The Geoparks in Germany – Geology you can touch. Germany's geoparks united at one stand – at the didacta educational fair, the participants promote their extracurricular learning locations, which make billions of years of Earth's history tangible. Volcanic rock in your hands, the spray of a geyser on your face, with […]

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

Königslutter am Elm, 30.01.2020 The Geopark-Carrier Association Braunschweiger Land – Ostfalen e.V. has elected a new Managing Board. Following the retirement of the previous chairman Hans Werner Schlichting and the soon-to-retire Uwe Borchers (Königslutter am Elm) and Henry Bäsecke (Schöningen) from active service, new elections to the Board of Directors were […]

Grasleben & 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 the requirements of UNESCO. The mayor of the collective municipality [`Samtgemeinde`] [...]

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture has recognised three facilities within the Geopark Harz – Brunswick Land – Ostfalen as extracurricular learning destinations for Education for Sustainable Development (GNI). Alongside the Municipal Museum Schloss Salder and the operators of the Geopoint Jurameer Schandelah (Dr. Scheller Foundation and the State […]

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

Time travel – fossil hunting in Hornwood Join us on a journey back in time to the Middle Ages, where we'll be investigating lots of questions from 10 a.m.: Why are there quarries? How did mussels end up in the Elm? What did this area look like in the past? And how long is 240 [...]

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary, associations and institutions from the environmental and nature sectors will be offering information and participatory activities at various stands around Lake Dowesee. The Geopark Harz . Brunswick Land . Ostfalen will also be present on this day and will be offering great promotions. Come along and have […]