Soltau-Fallingbostel Totally Explained

Everything about Soltau-fallingbostel totally explained

Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg.

History

Historically the region belonged to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Soltau and Fallingbostel.

Geography

The district includes the western half of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). Since this landscape is so characteristic for the district, it calls itself "the Heath District". It is named for the two towns of Soltau and Bad Fallingbostel. The latter is the capital, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest place in the district.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

in the upper half the heraldic lion of Brunswick-Lüneburg

in the lower half a megalithic grave

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden
Bad Fallingbostel Munster Schneverdingen Soltau Walsrode Free municipalities Bispingen Bomlitz Neuenkirchen Wietzendorf Unincorporated area Osterheide	1. Ahlden Ahlden Eickeloh Grethem Hademstorf Hodenhagen¹ 2. Rethem/Aller Böhme Frankenfeld Häuslingen Rethem^{1, 2}	3. Schwarmstedt Buchholz Essel Gilten Lindwedel Schwarmstedt¹
	¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

Further Information

Get more info on 'Soltau-fallingbostel'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://soltau-fallingbostel.totallyexplained.com">Soltau-Fallingbostel Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.