Transportation overland would have been far too expensive (apart from the River Ilmenau which was navigable at the time, no rivers flow from the main areas of heathland to Lüneburg), as can be seen not only from some of the delivery notes which still survive, but also from the fact that there are still large woods around Lüneburg itself, such as the Göhrde.
Transport maa kaudu oleks olnud liiga kallis (peale Ilmenau jõe, mis oli sel ajal laevatatav, ei voola jõgesid nõmmemaalt Lüneburgi), nagu võib näha mitte ainult mõnest säilinud saatelehest, vaid ka asjaolust, et ümber Lüneburgi on veel praegugi suured metsad, nagu Göhrde.