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Bad Bodenteich
Bad Bodenteich ( Eastphalian: ''Bonndiek'') is a municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southeast of Uelzen. Bad Bodenteich was the seat of the former ''Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division) ...'' ("collective municipality") Bodenteich. References Uelzen (district) Spa towns in Germany {{Uelzen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastphalian Dialect
Eastphalian, or Eastfalian (, Eastphalian and Low Saxon: ''ostfälsch Platt''), is a Low German language spoken in southeastern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Geographical extent The language area between the Weser and Elbe rivers stretches from the Lüneburg Heath in the north to the Harz mountain range and Weser Uplands in the south. It comprises the Hanover Region, Brunswick and Calenberg Land as well as the Magdeburg Börde, including the cities of Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen and Magdeburg. It roughly corresponds with the historic region of Eastphalia. Classification Eastphalian as a separate dialect was determined by 19th century linguistics, tracing it back to Old Saxon variants spoken in eastern parts of the medieval stem duchy of Saxony. Towards the Elbe region in the southeast, the language area is increasingly influenced by the High German consonant shift. Features The most prominent characteristic in Eastpha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uelzen (district)
Uelzen () is a districts of Germany, district () in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Gifhorn (district), Gifhorn, Celle (district), Celle, Heidekreis, Lüneburg (district), Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel). The district capital is the town of Uelzen. History From the Middle Ages on the region was part of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. Geography The district comprises the eastern part of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''). The Ilmenau River, Ilmenau river has its source in the district. From here it runs northwards to the town of Lüneburg. The countryside is flat and sparsely populated. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: * three crosses, symbolising the monasteries of Ebstorf, Oldenstadt and Medingen, Lower Saxony, Medingen * the heraldic lion from the arms of Brunswick-Lüneburg Towns and municipalities Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian language, Saterland Frisian are still spoken, though by declining numbers of people. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the Bremen (state), state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-exclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uelzen
Uelzen (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Uelzen (), is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the district of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality. Uelzen is characterised by timber-framed architecture and also has some striking examples of North German brick Gothic. The town earned pan-regional fame when Friedensreich Hundertwasser was selected to redesign the railway station: the final work of the celebrated Viennese artist and architect was ceremonially opened in 2000 as the Hundertwasser Station, Uelzen, and remains a popular tourism destination. The Polabian name for Uelzen is (spelled ''Wiltzaus'' in older German reference material), possibly derived from or (< Slavic *) 'alder'. History The town was founded in 1250. In 1270 Duke[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samtgemeinde
A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division), Ämter'' in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Brandenburg, and the ''Verbandsgemeinden'' in Rhineland-Palatinate. Function A is a Government agency, government body composed of a collective association of ''Gemeinde (Germany), gemeinden'' (municipality, municipalities), the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' were introduced in Lower Saxony on 4 March 1955 upon the adoption of the Lower Saxony Municipal Code (''Niedersächsische Gemeindeordnung''), which was based on United Kingdom, British administrative structures at the time. According to §71 paragraph 1 Lower Saxony law on local government, a should have at least 7,000 inhabitants. Approximately 80% of the municipalities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodenteich (Samtgemeinde)
Bodenteich is a former ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the village Bad Bodenteich. At the 1 November 2011 local government reform, the ''Samtgemeinden'' Bodenteich and Wrestedt merged to form the new ''Samtgemeinde'' Aue. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Bodenteich consisted of the following municipalities: # Bad Bodenteich Bad Bodenteich ( Eastphalian: ''Bonndiek'') is a municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km southeast of Uelzen. Bad Bodenteich was the seat of the former ''Samtgemeinde A (, ; ... # Lüder # Soltendieck {{coord, 52.832, N, 10.682, E, display=title, source:dewiki Former Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony Uelzen (district) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
