The Lüneburg Regional Association is a registered association in the German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 and is one of a number of regional associations in the state.

History

The association was founded in 1990 under the name of "Regional Cultural Support in the former Principality of Lüneburg" (Regionale Kulturförderung im ehemaligen Fürstentum Lüneburg) but was renamed in 1997. Its sphere of activity covers the region of the historic Principality of Lüneburg

Principality of Lüneburg

The Principality of Lüneburg was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire, immediately subordinate to the emperor. It existed from 1269 until 1705 and its territory lay within the modern-day state of Lower Saxony in Germany...

 and thus predominantly the Lüneburg Heath

Lüneburg Heath

The Lüneburg Heath is a large area of heath, geest and woodland in northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover, and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve...

, but also the Wendland and Amt Neuhaus

Amt Neuhaus

Amt Neuhaus is a municipality in the District of Lunenburg , in Lower Saxony, Germany.- History :In the course of the eastern colonisation the area of today's Amt Neuhaus became a part of the Duchy of Saxony...

. Members of the Lüneburg Regional Association are the Landkreis (counties) of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Celle, Gifhorn and Lüchow-Dannenberg, die towns of Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

, Celle

Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...

 and Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...

as well as the historic estates of the former Principality of Lüneburg.

Role

The primary role of the Lüneburg Regional Association, like the other regions and regional associations in Lower Saxony, is to carry out cultural-political functions. It has the legal status of a registered charity (eingetragener Verein) and looks after central, communal tasks on behalf of its local authorities and local tasks on behalf of the state of Lower Saxony, in the areas of culture, science, and education. Its work is financed on the one hand by grants from the state of Lower Saxony, and on the other hand by contributions from its member authorities and grants from the regional fire office, of which the estates of the former Principality of Lüneburg, a member of the regional association, form a part.

External links

• Official website