Harburg (district)

For other uses, see Harburg (disambiguation).

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

Harburg

District

Flag

Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
Capital| Winsen (Luhe)
Government

• District admin.| Rainer Rempe (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 1,245 km2 (481 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2023)[1]

• Total

| 264,767
• Density| 210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| WL
Website| www.landkreis-harburg.de

District Harburg is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg and therefore no longer within the district. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Lüneburg, Heidekreis, Rotenburg (Wümme) and Stade, by the City of Hamburg and the State of Schleswig-Holstein (District of Lauenburg).

## History

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In 1885 the Prussian government established three districts in this region: the District of Harburg, the District of Winsen and the district-free City of Harburg upon Elbe. In 1932 the districts of Winsen and Harburg were merged; the City of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg (which had been merged in 1927) became the capital of the district, although it remained district-free and hence was not a part of the district.

In 1937 the City of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg was incorporated into the City of Hamburg with the Greater Hamburg Act. Harburg and Wilhelmsburg became two boroughs of Hamburg. The District of Harburg remained with the State of Prussia and retained its autonomy. Winsen upon Luhe became the new capital of the District in 1944.

## Geography

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The District is located south of Hamburg and includes several suburbs of the Hamburg metropolitan area. In the south of the district part of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide) is found.

## Coat of arms

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The lion was the heraldic animal of the Welfen family and the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to which the region belonged before it became part of Prussia. The key is from the arms of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, to which western parts of the district belonged earlier.

## Cities and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Cities  | Samtgemeinden

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1. Buchholz in der Nordheide
2. Winsen (Luhe)

Free municipalities

1. Neu Wulmstorf
2. Rosengarten
3. Seevetal
4. Stelle

* 1\. Elbmarsch

1. Drage
2. Marschacht1
3. Tespe

* 2\. Hanstedt

1. Asendorf
2. Brackel
3. Egestorf
4. Hanstedt1
5. Marxen
6. Undeloh

* 3\. Hollenstedt

1. Appel
2. Drestedt
3. Halvesbostel
4. Hollenstedt1
5. Moisburg
6. Regesbostel
7. Wenzendorf

* 4\. Jesteburg

1. Bendestorf
2. Harmstorf
3. Jesteburg1

* 5\. Salzhausen

1. Eyendorf
2. Garlstorf
3. Garstedt
4. Gödenstorf
5. Salzhausen1
6. Toppenstedt
7. Vierhöfen
8. Wulfsen

* 6\. Tostedt

1. Dohren
2. Handeloh
3. Heidenau
4. Kakenstorf
5. Königsmoor
6. Otter
7. Tostedt1
8. Welle
9. Wistedt

| 1seat of the Samtgemeinde

## References

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1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

## External links

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Media related to Landkreis Harburg at Wikimedia Commons

* Official site (in German)

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Urban and rural districts in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany

Region|

* Hanover

Urban districts|

* Braunschweig
* Delmenhorst
* Emden
* Oldenburg
* Osnabrück
* Salzgitter
* Wilhelmshaven
* Wolfsburg

Rural districts|

* Ammerland
* Aurich
* Bentheim
* Celle
* Cloppenburg
* Cuxhaven
* Diepholz
* Emsland
* Friesland
* Gifhorn
* Goslar
* Göttingen
* Hameln-Pyrmont
* Harburg
* Heidekreis
* Helmstedt
* Hildesheim
* Holzminden
* Leer
* Lüchow-Dannenberg
* Lüneburg
* Nienburg
* Northeim
* Oldenburg
* Osnabrück
* Osterholz
* Peine
* Rotenburg
* Schaumburg
* Stade
* Uelzen
* Vechta
* Verden
* Wesermarsch
* Wittmund
* Wolfenbüttel

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

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