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 .
4-517: Hodenhagen is a municipality in the district of Heidekreis , in Lower Saxony , Germany . The town was once the site of Hudemühlen Castle, which is now destroyed. The castle was famous as the home of the kobold Hinzelmann . The site of another medieval castle, Hodenhagen Castle on the River Meiße , is also located nearby. Serengeti Park , an amusement park with a safari theme, is located within
8-489: The municipality. This Heidekreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Heidekreis 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 ( German pronunciation: [ˈzɔltaʊ falɪŋˈbɔstəl] ). On 1 August 2011 it
12-540: The towns and municipalities, the parishes, the banks, the Lüneburg Regional Association and private cultural initiatives. The district is a member of the Lüneburg Regional Association ( Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband ), which looks after regional, cultural-political tasks. There are 29 nature reserves in the Heidekreis. The largest one ( Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve ) has an area of 13,222 ha in
16-626: Was renamed to Heidekreis. 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. The coat of arms displays: Free municipalities Unincorporated area Cultural matters are looked after by those charged with communal cultural support within
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