Schaumburg Forest

Hespe is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The former Jagdschloss Baum (Baum Hunting Lodge) is a small Schloss near Bückeburg along the road to Lahde in the Schaumburg Forest. Jagdschloss Baum was built between 1760 and 1761 by Count Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe and is considered a prime example of late Baroque Classicism. An English landscape garden with a small pond adjoins the lodge. Just beyond the pond is a grotto flanked by two portals. These early Baroque portals were installed in 1758 and were probably created between 1604 and 1606 for the Bückeburg Palace's first-floor great hall. In 1776, Wilhelm zu Schaumburg Lippe built a step pyramid family mausoleum in the park near the lodge. Its entrance consists of an eastern-facing portico portal. Originally, ornamental plants were placed along the pyramid's stepped sides. The mausoleum was situated initially in a hedge garden which was later converted into a wooded park with alleyways.The lodge owes its name to a tollgate (Schlagbaum) located not far from the border of the small Fürstentum (principality) where the toll was collected. Today, the hunting lodge serves as the conference and recreation center for the Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe's Protestant youth group, Evangelische Jugend, as well as an educational center offering seminars, lectures, and holiday and weekend programs. A dining hall, common room, kitchen, and dormitories in the lodge's upper story are used to accommodate the various functions. An adjacent building, constructed after the hunting lodge, provides additional lodging for up to 40 guests.

Wiedensahl is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The caricaturist, painter and poet Wilhelm Busch was born here in 1832.

Seggebruch is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Leese-Stolzenau (German: Bahnhof Leese-Stolzenau) is a railway station located in Leese and near Stolzenau, Germany. The station is located on the Weser-Aller Railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn.

Nienstädt is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Helpsen. The Samtgemeinde Nienstädt consists of the following municipalities: Helpsen Hespe Nienstädt Seggebruch

Helpsen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The Obernkirchen Sandstein or Obernkirchen Sandstone is a geological unit in Lower Saxony, Germany whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. The remains of the dinosaur Stenopelix and numerous dinosaur tracks are known from the unit. The unit is a thin interval within the Bückeberg Formation As its name would suggest the lithology primarily consists of sandstone with thin intercalations of coal. This was deposited in a sandy barrier to lagoonal complex setting. The unit has historically been extensively quarried for its high quality building stone, which has been used as far away as Jakarta.

Kirchhorsten is a railway station located in Seggebruch, Germany. The station is located on the Hannover to Minden railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn as part of the Hanover S-Bahn. Kirchhorsten is served by the S1.

Nienburg (German: Bahnhof Nienburg) is a railway station located in Nienburg, Germany. The station is located on the Bremen–Hanover railway and the Nienburg–Minden railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn. The station is also served by the Hanover S-Bahn.