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Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its tourist attractions like the Heide-Park and the Soltau-Therme. Etymology The name Soltau comes from ''Solt'' (salt) and ''au'' (meadow). Geography Location Soltau lies between Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover in the Lüneburg Heath on the river Böhme. Subdivisions The municipality of Soltau has 16 '' Stadtteile'' (population in brackets as at 1 July 2003): # Ahlften (513) # Brock (158) # Deimern (198) # Dittmern (783) # Harber (1,291) # Hötzingen (332) # Leitzingen (62) # Marbostel (112) # Meinern (320) # Mittelstendorf (160) # Moide (39) # Oeningen (149) # Tetendorf (202) # Wiedingen (142) # Woltem (307) # Wolterdingen (1,012) Climate History Middle Ages The region of the Lüneburg Heath had already been sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiedingen
Wiedingen is a village in the borough of Soltau in the district of Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel, Soltau-Fallingbostel in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village has 142 inhabitants (as at: 2003Quelle: http://www.soltau.de/dokumente/36227/KENNZAHLEN%202003.pdf). The hamlets of ''Ellingen'' and ''Wieheholz'' belong to the municipality of Wiedingen. Location Wiedingen lies on the Lüneburg Heath northwest of Soltau on the River ''Soltau''. The Bundesstraße 71, B 71 federal highway and the Soltau–Neuenkirchen railway run through Wiedingen. History *The Battle of Soltau, the last known cavalry battle, took place on 28 June 1519 near Wiedingen. *In Wiedingen is an old defensive wall (''landwehr (border), landwehr'') known as the ''Wall to dem Wieholte''. *The Low German, Low Saxon name is ''Wiegen''. Current *The television series ''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' was shot, from the third episode, on the ''Menkenhof'' in Wiedingen. * The chair of the parish council is Wilhelm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böhme (river)
The Böhme is a right-bank, northeastern tributary of the Aller in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel in the north German state of Lower Saxony. The river is long. Course The Böhme rises on the southwestern edge of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park in the Pietzmoor. It flows mainly in a southwesterly direction through the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel losing 61 m in height. The Böhme leaves its source region southwest of the town of Schneverdingen and heads south, passing through the town of Soltau about later. It then runs close to the northwestern boundary of the Bergen-Hohne Training Area and through the centres of Dorfmark and Bad Fallingbostel. Above Walsrode it forms the Böhme Knee (''Böhmeknie''), which strikes out to the northwest, before finally swinging southwest to reach the Aller a little below the small village of Böhme between Ahlden and Rethem. Descriptions The Böhme is the westernmost of the large rivers in the Southern Heath or '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidekreis
Heidekreis ("Heath district") 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 as Soltau-Fallingbostel (). On 1 August 2011 it was renamed to Heidekreis. 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". The capital is Bad Fallingbostel, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest town in the district. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: * in the upper half the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg * in the lower half a megalithic grave Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dittmern
Dittmern is a village in the borough of Soltau in the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village has 783 inhabitants (as at: 2003Quelle: ). The hamlets of ''Friedrichseck'', ''Hambostel'', ''Grüne Aue'', ''Heidenhof'' and ''Höpenhof'' belong to the parish of Dittmern. The Low Saxon name for Dittmern is ''Dibbern''. Dittmern lies on the Lüneburg Heath northeast of Soltau on the ''Große Aue'' river. The district roads (''Kreisstraßen'') K 2 and K 9 and the A 7 motorway run through the parish. A motorway junction, ''Heideregion'', in the vicinity of Dittmern, is currently being planned. The parish chairman is Andreas Wagner-Wischhoff (as at 2008). Places of interest * The Soltau Heide Park, a very popular amusement park. * The Heidenhof Chapel dating to 1349 in the Heidenhof, on the terrain of the Heide Park. * Soltau Camp (''Lager Soltau'') the largest German POW camp of the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve. Northern Low Saxon is still widely spoken in the region. Lüneburg Heath has extensive areas, and the most yellow of heathland, typical of those that covered most of the North German countryside until about 1800, but which have almost completely disappeared in other areas. The heaths were formed after the Neolithic period by overgrazing of the once widespread forests on the poor sandy soils of the geest, as this slightly hilly and sandy terrain in northern Europe is called. Lüneburg Heath is therefore a historic cultural landscape. The remaining areas of heath are kept clear mainly through grazing, especially by a North German breed of moorland sheep called the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimern
Deimern is a village in the borough of Soltau in the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village has a population of 198 (as at: 2003Quelle: ). The hamlets of ''Timmerloh'', ''Harmelingen'' and ''Grasengrund'' belong to the parish of Deimern. Deimern lies on the Lüneburg Heath northeast of Soltau. The district roads (''Kreisstraße A Kreisstraße (literally: "district road" or "county road") is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a '' Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße ...n'') K 2 and K 3 cross near Deimern. The parish chairman is Jürgen Wallmann (as of 2019). The Ehbläcksmoor nature reserve is located in the parish. References {{Authority control Villages in Lower Saxony Heidekreis Soltau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brock (Soltau)
Brock is a village in the borough of Soltau in the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village has 158 inhabitants (as at: 2003Quelle: ). The hamlets of ''Bassel'', ''Hebenbrock'', ''Penzhorn'' and ''Imbrock'' are part of the parish. Brock lies on the Lüneburg Heath south of Soltau Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its touri ... on the river Böhme. The B 3 federal road and the A 7 motorway run through the parish of Brock. The motorway junction of ''Soltau-Süd'' also lies within the parish. The council chair is Wulf Heinrich Lühr. The first two episodes of the TV series '' Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' were shot at a farm in Brock. References Villages in Lower Saxony Heidekreis Soltau {{Heidekreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heide-Park
Heide Park Resort, commonly known as Heide Park, is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. With an overall area of over 850,000 m2 (210 acres), it is the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and among the largest in the country. It is part of the British-based Merlin Entertainments which operates 123 attractions in 24 countries. History The site originally belonged to the Heidenhof Wildlife Park, which was named after the chapel that was built there in 1350. After the zoo was closed in 1972 following a devastating storm, the showman Hans-Jürgen Tiemann bought the land and opened a small amusement park in 1978 (with the contractual requirement to maintain Heidenhof Chapel as well as the keeping of native animals). When Heide Park opened on 19 August 1978 it offered only six rides: the ''Monzapiste'', the ''Heide Park Express'', the ''Oldtimerrundkurs'', the ''Floßfahrt'' ( tow boat ride), the ''Wichtelhausenbahn'' and the ''Hochbahn''. In its first season, the He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolterdingen (Soltau)
Wolterdingen is a village near Donaueschingen in the southern Black Forest of the Baden-Württemberg federal state in Germany, the site of a post World War II British sector displaced person camp Displaced may refer to: * Forced displacement Forced displacement (also forced migration) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: d .... Villages in Baden-Württemberg {{BadenWürttemberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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