Alfeld (Leine)

Alfeld (Leine) is in the southern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.

The town is surrounded by the Seven Hills (Sieben Berge), which are famously said to be the inspiration for the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale 'Snow White'.

Local trains from Hanover, Uelzen and Göttingen call every hour. They take a little over half an hour from Hanover or 40 minutes from Göttingen, where you may connect from high-speed and intercity trains.

Alfeld is located on highway B 3 (Hanover–Göttingen).

51°59′7″N 9°49′13″E

Map of Alfeld (Leine)

• 51.983919.812221 Fagus Factory, Hannoversche Straße 58 (500 m from the station (back exit)), ☏ +49 5181 790. Su 10:30 - 11:30. Shoelast production site that has been operative since the 1910s. Designed in 1911 by Walter Gropius who would later become a founder of the Bauhaus school and leading representative of modern architecture. The Fagus Factory is one of the first works of modernism in the world and has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011. Guided tour: €16.  

• 51.975689.817541 Hotel am Schlehberg, Heinrich-Rinne-Straße 37, ☏ +49 5181 8531 0.  
• Hotelrestaurant "Merlin".  

• Bad Gandersheim, spa town, 23 km south (40 minutes by train, change in Kreiensen)
• Bad Salzdetfurth, spa town, 20 km northeast
• Einbeck, medieval old town, 25 km south (35–40 minutes by train and bus, change in Einbeck-Salzderhelden)
• Hildesheim, 30 km north (30 minutes by train, change in Elze)