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4 unusual facts about Bruchhausen-Vilsen


Christine Charlotte of Württemberg

Christine Charlotte of Württemberg (21 October 1645, Stuttgart – 16 May 1699, Bruchhausen) was a princess of Württemberg by birth and a princess consort of East Frisia, married in 1662 to George Christian, Prince of East Frisia.

David Heinrich Hoppe

David Heinrich Hoppe (15 December 1760 – 1 August 1846) was a German pharmacist, botanist and physician who was a native of Bruchhausen-Vilsen.

Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein

On 2 July 1966, museum railway services began on the narrow gauge section of line from Bruchhausen-Vilsen to Heiligenberg operated by the Verkehrsbetriebe Grafschaft Hoya, about 35 km south of Bremen, using the steam locomotive Bruchhausen and one coach.

Engeln

Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the municipality Bruchhausen-Vilsen.


Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein

Under the name Hoyaer Eisenbahn, a connecting service is operated on the EystrupHoya–Bruchhausen-Vilsen–Syke route.

At weekends from May to September and in December, regular services are run on the Bruchhausen-Vilsen–Asendorf route - predominantly with steam trains.

Sandhausen

The tobacco industry, which thrived in Sandhausen in the past, is now restricted to the rural parish of Bruchhausen.

Siede

The Siede emerges near Reihausen in the village of Engeln in the parish of Bruchhausen-Vilsen, flows in a southerly direction through Siedenburg to which has given its name.


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