title: Bundesstraße 209
text: # Bundesstraße 209
  
  Bundesstraße 209 (B 209) is a German federal road that runs from Nienburg/Weser district in Lower Saxony to Schwarzenbek in the district of Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein.
  
  ## Route
  
  The B 209 begins in Nienburg/Weser district between the villages of Rohrsen and Drakenburg on the B 215 and runs in a northeasterly direction past the villages of Heemsen and Anderten.
  
  After crossing the river Aller at Rethem in Soltau-Fallingbostel district it passes through the villages of Groß Eilstorf and Kirchboitzen before entering the one-way system in the town centre of Walsrode. This is a traffic bottleneck which causes delays during the rush hour.
  
  The B 209 then passes through Honerdingen, before reaching junction 47 on the A 7 autobahn located in Bad Fallingbostel's industrial estate.
  
  East of Soltau by the B 71 to Munster, the B 209 then turns northeast again towards Amelinghausen and continues from there to Lüneburg. Near Artlenburg the B 209 crosses the Elbe Lateral Canal, the bridge being combined with a barrier.
  
  Near Lauenburg the B 209 crosses the Elbe, passes over the B 5 and runs finally into Schwarzenbek, where it meets the B 207 and B 404.
  
  ## History
  
  To 1 July 1989 a section between Bad Fallingbostel and Soltau, part of the present day L 163 state road, was designated as Bundesstraße 209. As a result of the parallel routing of the A 7 autobahn, this section was downgraded however. In Bad Fallingbostel the autobahn slip road (then an independent branch) to the A 7 was designated the B 209a. When the road between Bad Fallingbostel and Soltau was downgraded on 1 July 1989 the slip road became part of the B 209. Its distance is separately measured however.
  
  ## Route / Junctions
  
  | | | Drakenburg B 215 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | | Rethem (Aller) |
  | | (27) | Walsrode West A 27 E234 |
  | | | Walsrode |
  | | | Bad Fallingbostel |
  | | (47) | Fallingbostel A 7 E45 |
  | | | Ersetzt durch die A 7 E45 |
  | | (46) | Dorfmark |
  | | (45) | Soltau-Süd |
  | | (44) | Soltau-Ost A 7 B 71 E45 |
  | | | Amelinghausen |
  | Diversion | | Lüneburg local diversion B 4 B 216 |
  | | | Adendorf |
  | | | Brietlingen |
  | | | Lauenburg/Elbe B 5 |
  | | | Schwarzenbek B 207 B 404 |
  