Uelzen (district)

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Uelzen

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Uelzen } } |- | Area:||1454 km² |- | Inhabitants:||97,400 (2003) |- | pop. density:||67 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||UE |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-uelzen.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} 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). Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History From medieval times 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 has its source in the district. From here it runs northwards to the town of Lüneburg. The countryside is plain and sparsely populated. 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 Towns and municipalities Towns Samtgemeinden Free municipalities Uelzen Altes Amt Ebstorf Bevensen (incl. town Bad Bevensen) Bodenteich Rosche Suderburg Wrestedt Bienenbüttel External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities 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   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: