Söhlde: Culture, History and Walking Trail

Söhlde lies between Hildesheim and Braunschweig on the B1 and B444. The municipality offers visitors a range of attractions: local history at the local history museum and Kehrwiederturm, scenery along the Mieckenberg circular trail, and a glimpse of dairy sheep farming at Hof im Greth. The small indoor swimming pool is another listed attraction. You can choose what to visit based on whether you are more interested in history, nature or a visit to a dairy sheep farm.

Getting there and finding your way

The B1 and B444 provide road connections between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Check road conditions before setting off. For train travel, there is a station one kilometre outside Hoheneggelsen. Regional Express RE50 connects it with Hildesheim, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg. In addition, RVHI regional services connect the municipality of Söhlde with Hildesheim.

If you are travelling by public transport, the connections and the relevant timetable are the key planning details. Check train connections, service names and bus timetables again before your trip. This will help you plan your arrival around the places you would like to visit during your stay.

Local history museum and Kehrwiederturm

The Hoheneggelsen local history museum in the municipality of Söhlde brings together a range of objects relating to everyday life and local history. Exhibits include household items, association flags, school supplies, crockery, books on cultural history and written records. One of the museum’s notable exhibits is an almost complete shoemaker’s workshop. A kitchen exhibition complements the collection; the oldest kitchen on display dates from 1910.

These exhibits make a visit to the museum interesting for anyone curious about work, school and household life in the past. The workshop and historic kitchen offer a different perspective from the books and written records. As the displays may change, check current access and exhibition details before your visit.

In Steinbrück, Kehrwiederturm was built in 1573 as an additional fortification. An Evangelical chapel was also established in the tower. The tower thus links a specific chapter of local history with its later religious use. Together with the museum, it offers a focus on history that encompasses both everyday objects and architectural history.

Mieckenberg circular trail: forest, fields and views

The Mieckenberg circular trail starts at the church in Nettlingen and climbs uphill into the forest. From there, it offers a westward view towards Wöhle. Further along, the trail passes fields and meadows before reaching an eastern viewpoint overlooking the surrounding agricultural landscape.

The two different views and the transition between forest and open countryside give the circular trail a variety of scenery. If you enjoy spending time outdoors, you can take these features into account when choosing an outing. Views depend on the season and weather, so visibility may vary depending on when you visit.

More things to do in Söhlde

The Söhlde small indoor swimming pool has a movable floor that can be adjusted to different water depths. This feature allows the pool to be set to different depths. Check whether the pool is currently open before visiting.

At Hof im Greth in Söhlde, visitors can take a guided tour of a dairy sheep farm followed by a sheep’s cheese tasting. There is also a cheese-making course and a farm shop selling products. The tour with tasting and the course offer different experiences: you can choose between a guided farm visit and learning about cheese-making. Check the current schedule before booking, and check that the course and farm shop are available before visiting.

Culture in the wider destination of Hildesheim

The wider destination of Hildesheim also offers cultural attractions. The Fagus Factory in Alfeld is considered the first truly modern building and a pioneering work of modern industrial architecture. The factory houses a UNESCO visitor centre with interactive stations about the history of the World Heritage Site and the core principles of the World Heritage Convention.

In Hildesheim, St. Mary’s Cathedral houses the Bernward Doors, a masterpiece of bronze casting. Together with St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Michael’s Church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985. The three-aisled basilica is built in the Ottonian, pre-Romanesque or early Romanesque style. Its monumental 13th-century ceiling painting depicts the family tree of Christ on 1,300 oak boards. These examples are part of the wider destination of Hildesheim and are not features of Söhlde.

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