Altes Land is an area of reclaimed marshland straddling parts of Lower Saxony and Hamburg. The region is situated downstream from Hamburg on the southwestern riverside of the Elbe around the towns of Stade, Buxtehude, Jork and the Samtgemeinde of Lühe. In Hamburg it includes the boroughs of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder. Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018... The term downstream has several possible meanings: In geography, downstream means literally away from the source of a stream or river, along the normal direction of water flow. ... A compass rose with Southwest highlighted. ... This article is about a river in Central Europe. ... View of the old hanse-harbor of Stade in 1987. ... Buxtehude is a town at the Este River in Northern Germany in the district of Stade and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg). ... Jork is a small town near Hamburg (Germany). ... An Amt is a name for subnational administrative units used in some northern European countries. ... Lühe is a commune in the north west of Hamburg (Germany). ... Neuenfelde is a town located in the Hamburg-Harburg district of Hamburg, near the Lower Saxony border of Germany. ...

The region is the biggest continuous fruit orchard in Central Europe and the world's northernmost orchard region of such size. It extends over 143 km². 77% of the trees are apples, 12.7% are cherries. Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Binomial name Borkh. ... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ...

Etymology

The region's official standard German name is Altes Land, which means "old country". However, Altes Land is a mistranslation of the original Low Saxon Olland, which originally had nothing to do with "old": It stems from Holland. This is a reference to the area's original reclamation and colonisation by Dutch settlers. The first colonisation agreement goes back to 1113 and was drawn up during the time of Archbishop Friedrich I of Bremen. One of the municipalities of the Altes Land is Hollern, a name which comes from Holländer - German for the Dutch. However, the mistranslation of Olland as Altes Land has now come full circle, since most Low Saxon speakers today refer to the region as Dat Ole Land (literally the old land). There also is an eponymous periodical. Not to be confused with Entomology, the scientific study of insects. ... Standard German is the prescriptive norm variant of the German language used as a written language, in formal contexts, and for communication between different dialect areas. ... Look up translate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nedersaksisch, Neddersassisch, Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of Low German dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands with a population of 6. ... Events Pierre Abélard opens his school in Paris End of Kyanzitthas reign in Myanmar Alaungsithus reign begins in Myanmar Suryavarman Is reign begins in the Khmer Empire Bridlington Priory founded Births August 24 - Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (died 1151) Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Zupan Deaths... The Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire. ... The Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire. ... Hollern-Twielenfleth is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Low Saxon (in Low Saxon, Nedersaksisch, Neddersassisch, Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of Low German dialects spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. ... An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) whose name has become identified with a particular object or activity. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ...

The Altes Land is divided into three "miles" (Meilen); the first, second and third miles. These miles are zones along the banks of the Elbe. The First Mile, between the rivers Schwinge and Lühe, was first dyked and then settled in around 1140. The Second Mile is the area east of the first between the Lühe and the Este, an area which was dyked at the end of the 12th century. The Third Mile, between the Este and the Elbe, was only dyked at the end of the 15th century as the area was especially hard-hit by storm tides. A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... Afsluitdijk, a 32 km dike in the Netherlands. ... Events Henry Jasomirgott was made count palatine of the Rhine. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... A storm tide is a tide with a high flood period caused by a storm. ...

The areas closest to the Elbe are those with the highest population. They include the most fertile marshlands; towards Geest the area connects to fens. Geest was a large fruit and vegetable producing company which was acquired by Bakkavor Geestland is a type of terrain Geest is old superficial alluvial soil Category: ... A fen is a sere, a phase in the natural ecological succession from the open water of a lake to (for example) woodland. ...

The fertile land led to the development of a culture dominated by farming. The villages are known as Marschhufendörfer, a special kind of village where the farmyards are set along a street with the land directly behind them. A characteristic feature is the richly-decorated half-timbered farmhouses with their elaborate gateways. Braubach (Germany) Timber framing is the modern term for the traditional half-timbered construction in which timber provides a visible skeletal frame that supports the whole building. ...

Today tourism plays a major role in the local economy, particularly during the cherry blossom and apple blossom. However, parts of the orchard plantations are slowly being displaced by residential developments. Many of these new homes are then sold or rented to commuters who work in nearby Hamburg. Tourists on Oahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. ... Washington, D.C. Tidal Basin showing cherry trees in flower Cherry tree blossoms A cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard pit enclosing the seed. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018...

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