Soltau-Fallingbostel
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| State: | Lower Saxony |
| Adm. Region: | LÃÂüneburg |
| Capital: | Bad Fallingbostel |
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| Inhabitants: | 142,200 (2003) |
| pop. density: | 76 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | SFA |
| Homepage: | http://www.soltau-fallingbostel.de |
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Soltau-Fallingbostel is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, LÃÂüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg.
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Historically the region belonged to the duchy of Brunswick-LÃÂüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Soltau and Fallingbostel.
The district includes the western half of the Lueneburg Heath (LÃÂüneburger 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.History
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The coat of arms displays:
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