Soltau-Fallingbostel

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Soltau-Fallingbostel
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district Soltau-Fallingbostel
State	Lower Saxony
County seat	Bad Fallingbostel
Area	1873 km²
Population	142,200 (2003)
Pop. density	76 inh./km²
Car identification	SFA
Web page	soltau-fallingbostel.de

Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district (Landkreise) 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.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Cities	Samtgemeinden	Free municipalities
Bad Fallingbostel Munster Schneverdingen Soltau Walsrode	Ahlden Rethem (incl. town Rethem) Schwarmstedt	Bispingen Bomlitz Neuenkirchen Wietzendorf

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Urban districts	Brunswick \| Delmenhorst \| Emden \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Salzgitter \| Wilhelmshaven \| Wolfsburg
Rural districts	Ammerland \| Aurich \| Grafschaft Bentheim \| Celle \| Cloppenburg \| Cuxhaven \| Diepholz \| Emsland \| Friesland \| Gifhorn \| Goslar \| Göttingen \| Hamelin-Pyrmont \| Harburg \| Helmstedt \| Hildesheim \| Holzminden \| Leer \| Lüchow-Dannenberg \| Lüneburg \| Nienburg \| Northeim \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Osterholz \| Osterode \| Peine \| Rotenburg \| Schaumburg \| Soltau-Fallingbostel \| Stade \| Uelzen \| Vechta \| Verden \| Wesermarsch \| Wittmund \| Wolfenbüttel