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Auf der Horst, Hannover — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A district of Hannover, Auf der Horst puts three churches and the Heimatmuseum Garbsen on the map and very little else.
About Auf der Horst
Where to stay in Auf der Horst
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Anyone booking around the Altgarbsen Church, Church Willehadi or the Heimatmuseum Garbsen will find that Auf der Horst runs on housing and parish buildings, so the bed usually ends up in central Hannover with a ride out each morning. Hotels are scarce in Auf der Horst. St. Raphael and the other two churches are the reasons to be in the district at all, and none of them comes with a lobby, a reception desk or a restaurant row attached.
Parking is easy. If you are visiting family, stay; otherwise take the city centre.
About Auf der Horst
What are the main landmarks in Auf der Horst?
Churches do the work here. The Altgarbsen Church, Church Willehadi and St. Raphael together account for almost everything the register holds for Auf der Horst, which is a short list for a place whose whole entry runs to four names. One museum breaks the pattern.
The Heimatmuseum Garbsen keeps the local record under the Garbsen name.
What is the history of Auf der Horst?
The entry offers no charter and no founding year. Auf der Horst survives in the record chiefly through its buildings, and the Heimatmuseum Garbsen is the one institution here whose stated business is keeping that local record at all. Dates are simply absent.
Neither Church Willehadi nor St. Raphael nor the Altgarbsen Church comes with a year attached, so the district's past is read off its fabric rather than off a document.
Where is Auf der Horst?
House streets and church plots fill Auf der Horst, a small built patch of Hannover with no river, ridge or open water on its record.
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Updated August 2026