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 .
4-670: Bispingen is a municipality in the Heidekreis district of Lower Saxony , Germany . It is a popular tourist destination with several holiday/theme parks. Its territory also includes the nature preserve of the Lüneburg Heath around the Wilseder Berg . Bispingen is located on the River Luhe and is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Soltau , or 50 km (31 mi) south of Hamburg . Bispingen lies near interchange 43 of
8-479: The A 7 motorway. Bispingen is popular with tourists as a local recreation area and nature reserve . 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
16-570: 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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