Altenboitzen is a village and today a village within the borough of

Walsrode Walsrode (; nds, Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020. History Middle Ages 986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first ...

in Heidekreis district in the German state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of Walsrode since 1974.

Location

The village lies southwest of the town on the

Lüneburg Heath Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the 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 a ...

. The ''

Jordanbach The Jordanbach is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right-bank tributary of the Böhme. The Jordanbach lies entirely within the borough of Walsrode which is part of Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony. It is about long and has its sourc ...

'' stream flows through Altenboitzen and continues in a southwesterly direction before discharging into the

River Böhme A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Road names

Altenboitzen has no road names, only house numbers.

Politics

The municipal administrator (''Ortsvorsteher'') is Stephan Rengstorf.

Points of interest

*In 2001 Altenboitzen was voted as one of the most beautiful villages in Lower Saxony in the competition ''Unser Dorf hat Zukunft'' ("Our Village Has a Future"). *The village is on the Verden to

railway, which was established in 1910, and which is operated by the Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn company. It was also known as the Jordan-Bomlitz Railway between

Bomlitz Bomlitz is a village and a former municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2020, it was merged into the town Walsrode. Geography Location Bomlitz lies on the Lüneburg Heath in a heavily wooded area. ...

and Altenboitzen.

External links

Altenboitzen at www.stadt-walsrode.de

Map of Walsrode
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