Soltau-Fallingbostel

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Soltau-Fallingbostel
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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Bad Fallingbostel Template:Row}\|label=Adm. region:\|contents={{{regierungsbezirk\|}}}}}Template:Row}\|label=Region:\|contents={{{region\|}}}}}
Area:	1873 km²
Inhabitants:	142,200 (2003)
pop. density:	76 inh./km²
Car identification:	SFA
Homepage:	soltau-fallingbostel.de
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Image:Lower saxony sfa.png

Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

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History

Historically the region belonged to the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Soltau and Fallingbostel.

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Geography

The district includes the western half of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). Since this landscape is so characteristic for the district, it calls itself "the Heath District". It is named for the two towns of Soltau and Bad Fallingbostel. The latter is the capital, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest place in the district.

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