Uelzen (district)

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Uelzen
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district Uelzen
State	Lower Saxony
County seat	Uelzen
Adm. region	Lüneburg
Area	1454 km²
Population	97,400 (2003)
Pop. density	67 inh./km²
Car identification	UE
Web page	http://www.landkreis-uelzen.de

Uelzen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Gifhorn, Celle, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt (district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel).

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

[edit] History

From medieval times on the region was part of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states.

[edit] Geography

The district comprises the eastern part of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). The Ilmenau river has its source in the district. From here it runs northwards to the town of Lüneburg. The countryside is plain and sparsely populated.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

three crosses, symbolising the monasteries of Ebstorf, Oldenstadt and Medingen
the heraldic lion from the arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden	Free municipalities
Uelzen	Altes Amt Ebstorf Bevensen (incl. town Bad Bevensen) Bodenteich Rosche Suderburg Wrestedt	Bienenbüttel

[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