What is "luneburg"

Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Heidekreis and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein (district of Lauenburg) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (district of Ludwigslust-Parchim).

Lüneburg (officially the Hanseatic Town of Lüneburg, German: Hansestadt Lüneburg, , Low German Lümborg, Latin Luneburgum or Lunaburgum, Old High German Luneburc, Old Saxon Hliuni, Polabian Glain), also called Lunenburg in English, is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of another Hanseatic city, Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The capital of the district of Lüneburg, its population is around 72,000 people. Lüneburg's urban area, which includes the surrounding communities like Adendorf, Bardowick, Bleckede, Amelinghausen and Reppenstedt, has a population of around 103,000. Lüneburg has been allowed to use the title " Hansestadt" (Hanseatic Town) in its name since 2007, in recognition of its membership in the former Hanseatic League. Lüneburg is also a university town.

Lüneburg was one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the north of the federal state between the three cities Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover.

The region was created under royal Hanoverian rule in 1823 as Landdrostei Lüneburg (about: High-Bailiwick of Lüneburg), renamed Regierungsbezirk (about: governorate) in 1885, then being a subdivision of the Prussian Province of Hanover. On 1 February 1978 the Lüneburg Region incorporated the neighbouring former Stade Region. The governorate, like all remaining Lower Saxon governorates, was dissolved in 2004.

Kreise (districts)

1. Celle
2. Cuxhaven
3. Harburg
4. Lüchow-Dannenberg
5. Lüneburg
6. Osterholz
7. Rotenburg
8. Soltau-Fallingbostel
9. Stade
10. Uelzen
11. Verden

Category:Former states and territories of Lower Saxony Category:History of Lüneburg Category:Government regions of Prussia Category:States and territories established in 1885 Category:States and territories disestablished in 2004 Category:1823 establishments in the Kingdom of Hanover

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