Lüneburg (district)

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Lüneburg

Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district of Lüneburg
State Lower Saxony
District seat Lüneburg
Area 1323.1 km²
Population 173,164 (2003)
Pop. density 130.9 /km²
Licence plate code LG
Web page http://www.lueneburg.de

Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Soltau-Fallingbostel and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein (District of Lauenburg) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (District of Ludwigslust).

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[edit] History

The history of the region has ever been influenced by the City of Lüneburg; see there for more details.

The district was established after the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

In 1993 the municipality of Amt Neuhaus joined Lower Saxony and the District of Lüneburg. This region had always been ruled by Lüneburg before the division of Germany made it a part of East Germany after 1945. It is hence one of the very few municipalities of the former East Germany that are now part of a West German state.

[edit] Geography

The district is characterised by the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide) in the south and the riverside woodlands along the Elbe. Though most of the district is located south of the river, there is a small portion around the municipality of Amt Neuhaus on the opposite side.

[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • the hearts of the Danish national arms (since Duke Wilhelm of Lüneburg was married to a Danish princess in the 14th century)

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns Samtgemeinden
  1. Bleckede
  2. Lüneburg


Free municipalities

  1. Adendorf
  2. Amt Neuhaus
  1. Amelinghausen1
  2. Betzendorf
  3. Oldendorf (Luhe)
  4. Rehlingen
  5. Soderstorf
  1. Bardowick1
  2. Barum
  3. Handorf
  4. Mechtersen
  5. Radbruch
  6. Vögelsen
  7. Wittorf
  1. Boitze
  2. Dahlem
  3. Dahlenburg1
  4. Nahrendorf
  5. Tosterglope
  1. Kirchgellersen
  2. Reppenstedt1
  3. Südergellersen
  4. Westergellersen
  1. Barnstedt
  2. Deutsch Evern
  3. Embsen
  4. Melbeck1
  1. Barendorf1
  2. Neetze
  3. Reinstorf
  4. Thomasburg
  5. Vastorf
  6. Wendisch Evern
  1. Artlenburg
  2. Brietlingen
  3. Echem
  4. Hittbergen
  5. Hohnstorf
  6. Lüdersburg
  7. Rullstorf
  8. Scharnebeck1
1seat of the Samtgemeinde

[edit] External links

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