Uetzingen is a village in the parish of Bomlitz

Bomlitz

Bomlitz is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Location :Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area...

 in North Germany. It lies in the Lower Saxon

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...

 district of Soltau-Fallingbostel. The village has 462 inhabitants and its parish covers an area of 10 km².

Location

Uetzingen is is the southernmost village in the parish of Bomlitz, 2 km south of Bomlitz itself. The hamlets of Elferdingen and Wenzingen belong to Uetzingen.

Neighbouring parishes

The neighbouring parishes are - clockwise from the north – Benefeld

Benefeld

Benefeld is part of the municipality of Bomlitz in the Lower Saxon Heidekreis district in north Germany. Benefeld has a population of 2,232, although its parish covers just 2 km² .- Location :...

, Bomlitz

Bomlitz

Bomlitz is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Location :Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area...

, Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel is the district town of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of Bad since 5 August 2002. It has close ties to Walsrode, a few miles to the west...

, Honerdingen, Hünzingen and Cordingen.

History

Since the land reform of 1974 the hitherto independent parish of Uetzingen has been one of 8 villages in the parish of Bomlitz.

Transport

Uetzingen lies some distance from the major transport routes. The A 27

Bundesautobahn 27

branches off the A 7 at Autobahndreieck Walsrode to the northwest, crossing A 1 at the Bremer Kreuz and continuing eastwards of Bremen, toward Cuxhaven....

 motorway is 7 km away to the southwest, and the A 7 passes 6 km away to the southeast. The B 440 federal road

Bundesstraße 440

The B 440 is a German federal road in Lower Saxony. It runs from the district town of Rotenburg an der Wümme to Bad Fallingbostel. It was based on an old Army road built by Napoléon Bonaparte.- Course :...

 from Dorfmark

Dorfmark

The village of Dorfmark is part of the borough of Bad Fallingbostel in the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony.Dorfmark has 3,469 inhabitants, over 22% of the borough's population, and an area of , some 24% of the total area in the borough.The River Böhme flows through Dorfmark...

 via Visselhövede

Visselhövede

Visselhövede is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg....

 to Rotenburg (Wümme) runs by to the northeast, 5 km away.

External links

• The parish of Bomlitz (overview of the villages)
• The village of Uetzingen