Bomlitz
| Bomlitz | ||
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  Bomlitz | ||
Location of Bomlitz within Heidekreis district  | ||
| Coordinates: 52°53′N 9°39′E / 52.883°N 9.650°ECoordinates: 52°53′N 9°39′E / 52.883°N 9.650°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Heidekreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Michael Lebid (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 64 km2 (25 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 6,929 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 29699 | |
| Dialling codes | 05161 | |
| Vehicle registration | SFA/HK | |
| Website | www.bomlitz.de | |
Bomlitz is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
Location
Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area. The two rivers, Bomlitz and Warnau run through the municipality.
Parishes
The municipality of Bomlitz comprises eight parishes: Ahrsen, Benefeld, Bomlitz (Kernort), Bommelsen, Borg, Jarlingen, Kroge and Uetzingen.
Nearby towns
| Visselhövede 14 km |
Neuenkirchen (Lüneburg Heath) 17 km |
Soltau 17 km | |
| style="width:33% rowspan=3 | Verden 35 km |
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Wietzendorf 29 km | |
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| Walsrode 9 km |
Hanover 69 km |
Fallingbostel 6 km |
History
In the fall of 1944, a short-lived satellite camp of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp operated at Bomlitz-Benefeld. Guarded by SS staff, around 600 women were forced to work at the Eibia GmbH gunpowder works.[2]:204
Politics
Municipal council
The municipal council (Gemeinderat) of Bomlitz consists of 20 councillors and the mayor (Bürgermeister) who is from the SPD party.
- CDU 8 seats
- SPD 12 seats
(as at the local elections on 10 September 2006)
- Mayor: Michael Lebid
Twin towns
- Kępice, Poland
- Blainville sur Orne, France.
Parks
Nearby is the Walsrode Bird Park. It is one of the largest bird parks in the world with an area of 240,000 m². About 4,000 birds of over 700 different species live on the site.
Natural monuments
In the Eibia local recreation area there are several pre-Christian tumuli.
Sport
There are 2 large sports clubs in Bomlitz:
- SG Bomlitz-Lönsheide
The Bomlitz-Lönsheide Sports Club (Sportgemeinschaft Bomlitz-Lönsheide) was formed by the merger of Bomlitz Sports Club (Sportverein Bomlitz) and the Uetzingen-Honerdingen Sports Club (Spielgemeinschaft Uetzingen-Honerdingen). The club has 14 specialisations (including football, handball, cycling and swimming).
- SG Benefeld-Cordingen
The Benefeld-Cordingen Sports Club (Sportgemeinschaft Benefeld-Cordingen) has almost 1,200 members and offers a similarly broad spectrum of sports (including football, handball, gymnastics, walking and, since its merger with the Tennisclub Blau-Weiss Bomlitz in 2010, tennis as well).
- Bomlitz has a heated open-air swimming pool with a 50 metre pool, diving board and non-swimmer's and small children's pools.
References
- ↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)
- ↑ Knoch, Habbo (ed) (2010). Bergen-Belsen: Wehrmacht POW Camp 1940–1945, Concentration Camp 1943–1945, Displaced Persons Camp 1945–1950. Catalogue of the permanent exhibition. Wallstein. ISBN 978-3-8353-0794-0.
Sources
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bomlitz. |
- Olaf Mußmann: Bomlitz. Perspektiven der Geschichte. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1989; ISBN 3-89264-305-9
- Olaf Mußmann: Komplexe Geschichte. Systemtheorie, Selbstorganisation und Regionalgeschichte. Von der Papiermühle zur Pulverfabrik. Ein historischer Längsschnitt der Gemeinde Bomlitz. Universität, Dissertation, Hanover 1994
- Olaf Mußmann: Selbstorganisation und Chaostheorie in der Geschichtswissenschaft. Das Beispiel des Gewerbe- und Rüstungsdorfes Bomlitz 1680–1930. Leipziger Univ.-Verlag, Leipzig 1998; ISBN 3-933240-10-7
- Thorsten Neubert-Preine: Bomlitz. Von der Papiermühle zur Großgemeinde. Herausgeber Stiftung Geschichtshaus Bomlitz, Rückblende Nr. 5, Mai 2010
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