Reddingen
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Reddingen is a village in the municipality of Wietzendorf
Wietzendorf
Wietzendorf is a municipality in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 11 km southeast of Soltau, and 50 km southwest of Lüneburg....

 in Soltau-Fallingbostel district, 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. The village, even with its associated hamlets of Reiningen and Halmern, only has 100 inhabitants.

Location

Reddingen lies on 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...

. The Wietze
Wietze (Örtze)
The Wietze is a river, 29 kilometres long, in the South Lüneburg Heath, in Lower Saxony, Germany.The river rises east of the Soltau suburb of Moide and flows from there in a southerly direction to Wietzendorf. Here it is joined by the only tributary of any size, the Aue...

 river flows through the settlement of Reiningen. The Munster South Training Area begins immediately north of the three villages and is closed to the public.

Transport

The K 11 and K 38 district roads
Kreisstraße
A Kreisstraße is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a Kreis or district or between two neighbouring districts. In terms of importance, the Kreisstraße ranks below a Landesstraße , but above a Gemeindestraße or "local road"...

 meet in the village. The VNN's bus line no. 352 runs through the villages.

By the Wietze in Reiningen is a water gauge and a hydrometric
Hydrometry
Hydrometry is the monitoring of the components of the hydrological cycle including rainfall, groundwater characteristics, as well as water quality and flow characteristics of surface waters...

 gauging station belonging to the NLWKN for gathering environmental data.

In Halmern, Reddingen and Reiningen there are no road names, just house numbers which the residents, postal staff, local suppliers and visitors have to get to know.

Politics

The chair of the parish council (Ortsvorsteher) is Wilhelm Grünhagen.
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