Uelzen (district)

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

Uelzen

District

Flag

Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
Capital| Uelzen
Government

• District admin.| Heiko Blume (CDU)
Area

• Total

| 1,454 km2 (561 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2023)[1]

• Total

| 91,832
• Density| 63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| UE
Website| landkreis-uelzen.de

Uelzen (German pronunciation: [ˈʏltsən]) is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Gifhorn, Celle, Heidekreis, Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel). The district capital is the town of Uelzen.

## History

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From the Middle Ages on the region was part of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states.

## Geography

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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 flat and sparsely populated.

## Coat of arms

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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

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

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1. Uelzen

Free municipalities

1. Bienenbüttel

* 1\. Aue

1. Bad Bodenteich
2. Lüder
3. Soltendieck
4. Wrestedt1

* 2\. Bevensen-Ebstorf

1. Altenmedingen
2. Bad Bevensen1, 2
3. Barum
4. Emmendorf
5. Ebstorf
6. Hanstedt
7. Himbergen
8. Jelmstorf
9. Natendorf
10. Römstedt
11. Schwienau
12. Weste
13. Wriedel

* 3\. Rosche

1. Oetzen
2. Rätzlingen
3. Rosche1
4. Stoetze
5. Suhlendorf

* 4\. Suderburg

1. Eimke
2. Gerdau
3. Suderburg1

| 1seat of the Samtgemeinde; 2town

## 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 Uelzen at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (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

53°00′N 10°35′E﻿ / ﻿53.0°N 10.58°E﻿ / 53.0; 10.58

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