Ostheide
Encyclopedia
Ostheide is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Lüneburg
, in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. It is situated approx. 8 km east of Lüneburg
. Its seat is in the village Barendorf.
Lüneburg (district)
Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Heidekreis and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .-History:The Amt of Lüneburg appeared in 1862...
, in 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...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated approx. 8 km east 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...
. Its seat is in the village Barendorf.
Division of the municipality
The Samtgemeinde Ostheide consists of the following municipalities:- BarendorfBarendorfBarendorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Barendorf has an area of 9.24 km² and a population of 2,344 ....
- NeetzeNeetzeNeetze is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- ReinstorfReinstorfReinstorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- ThomasburgThomasburgThomasburg is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- VastorfVastorfVastorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- Wendisch EvernWendisch EvernWendisch Evern is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Recent history :On 4 May 1945 on the Timeloberg hill at the edge of Wendisch Evern a German delegation under the command of Hans-Georg von Friedeburg signed a document in the presence of British Field Marshal...