Uetzingen is a village in the town of

Walsrode Walsrode (; ) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020. History Middle Ages 986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded ...

in North Germany. It lies in the Lower Saxon district of

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 Hist ...

. The village has 462 inhabitants and its parish covers an area of 10 km².

Geography

Location

Uetzingen is the southernmost village in the former municipality of

Bomlitz Bomlitz is a village and a former municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2020, it was merged into the town Walsrode. Geography Location Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area. ...

, 2 km south of Bomlitz itself. The hamlets of Elferdingen and Wenzingen belong to Uetzingen.

Neighbouring parishes

The neighbouring parishes are - clockwise from the north – Benefeld,

Bad Fallingbostel Bad Fallingbostel (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bad Fambossel'') is the district town (''Kreisstadt'') of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of ...

, Honerdingen, Hünzingen and Cordingen.

History

Since the land reform of 1974 the hitherto independent parish of Uetzingen has been one of 8 villages in the parish of Bomlitz.

Infrastructure

Transport

Uetzingen lies some distance from the major transport routes. The A 27 motorway is 7 km away to the southwest, and the A 7 passes 6 km away to the southeast. The B 440 federal road from

Dorfmark The village of Dorfmark is part of the borough of Bad Fallingbostel in Heidekreis, Heidekreis district in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Dorfmark has 3,469 inhabitants, over 22% of the borough's population, and an area of , some 24% o ...

via

Visselhövede Visselhövede () is a town in the district of Rotenburg (district), Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg an der Wümme, Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden, Germany, Verden. Larger cities within a 100&n ...

Rotenburg (Wümme) Rotenburg may refer to: *Rotenburg (district), Lower Saxony, Germany *Rotenburg an der Wümme, capital of the district *Rotenburg an der Fulda, near Kassel in Hesse *Hersfeld-Rotenburg, a district in Hesse, Germany See also * Rotenberg (disambigua ...

runs by to the northeast, 5 km away.

External links

The parish of Bomlitz (overview of the villages)

Heidekreis Walsrode {{Heidekreis-geo-stub