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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.

Key facts

District DE.name
Heidekreis
District DE.state
Lower Saxony
District DE.capital
Bad Fallingbostel
District DE.area
1873.5
District DE.Kreisschlüssel
03358
District DE.carsign
HK (until 31.7.2011: SFA)
District DE.Landrat
Jens Grote
District DE.admin_party
Independent
District DE.image_coa
Wappen des Heidekreises.svg
District DE.image_flag
Flagg Landkreis Heidkreis.svg

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Lower Saxony
Contains
Osterheide
Population
140369
Area
1873.50
Elevation
64
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Verden district
Highest point
Wilseder Berg
Official website
www.heidekreis.de
Image
Wilseder Berg 006.jpg
Licence plate code
HK
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Commons category
Landkreis Heidekreis
topic's main category
Category:Heidekreis
inception
1977-00-00
Commons gallery
Landkreis Heidekreis
category of associated people
Category:People from Heidekreis
male population
69757
female population
69998
Sources (8)

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Towns and municipalities
  • Culture and places of interest
  • Museums and collections
  • Cinemas
  • Lüneburg Regional Association
  • Nature reserves
  • Jewish cemeteries
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

thumb|Wilseder Berg in the Lüneburg Heath

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heidekreis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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3 mapped locations