Forst, Lower Saxony

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Forst, Lower Saxony
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Coordinates: 51°52′45″N9°28′17″E / 51.87915°N 9.47134°E / 51.87915; 9.47134
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Holzminden
Municipality Bevern
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Forst is a district of the municipality Bevern, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Forst lies in the Weser Uplands.

In the 1970s, the krautrock musicians Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother lived there. [1]

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References

  1. rockreport.de (in German)