Bomlitz is a village and a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Heidekreis district, in

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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. On 1 January 2020, it was merged into the town

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 ...

Geography

Location

Bomlitz lies 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 ...

in a heavily wooded area. The two rivers,

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 Warnau run through the municipality.

Parishes

The municipality of Bomlitz comprised eight localities (''Ortschaften''): Ahrsen,

Benefeld Benefeld is part of the municipality of Walsrode in the Lower Saxon Heidekreis district in north Germany. Benefeld has a population of 2,232, although its parish covers just 2 km² (as at 2008). Geography Location Benefeld lies in the so ...

, Bomlitz,

Bommelsen Bommelsen is a village in the town of Walsrode in North Germany. It lies in the Lower Saxon Heidekreis district. The parish has about 286 inhabitants and an area of 10 km². Geography Location Bommelsen lies in the northern part of the ...

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, Jarlingen, Kroge and

Uetzingen Uetzingen is a village in the town of Walsrode in North Germany. It lies in the Lower Saxon district of Heidekreis. The village has 462 inhabitants and its parish covers an area of 10 km². Geography Location Uetzingen is the southernmos ...

History

In the fall of 1944, a short-lived satellite camp of

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Bergen-Belsen , or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as a prisoner of war camp, in 1943, parts of it became a concent ...

operated at Bomlitz-Benefeld. Guarded by SS staff, around 600 women were forced to work at the Eibia GmbH gunpowder works.

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal council (''Gemeinderat'') of Bomlitz consists of 20 councillors and the mayor (''Bürgermeister'') who is from the

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party. * CDU 8 seats *

12 seats (as at the

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on 10 September 2006) * Mayor: Michael Lebid

Twin towns

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, Poland * Blainville sur Orne, France.

Parks

Nearby is the

Walsrode Bird Park Weltvogelpark Walsrode, known as Walsrode Bird Park or Jubs in English until 2010, is a bird park located in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany within the municipality of Bomlitz near Walsrode in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany ...

. It is one of the largest

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in the world with an area of 240,000 m². About 4,000 birds of over 700 different species live on the site.

Natural monuments

In the Eibia local recreation area there are several pre-Christian tumuli.

Sport

There are 2 large sports clubs in Bomlitz: * SG Bomlitz-Lönsheide The Bomlitz-Lönsheide Sports Club (''Sportgemeinschaft Bomlitz-Lönsheide'') was formed by the merger of Bomlitz Sports Club (''Sportverein Bomlitz'') and the Uetzingen-Honerdingen Sports Club (''Spielgemeinschaft Uetzingen-Honerdingen''). The club has 14 specialisations (including football, handball, cycling and swimming). * SG Benefeld-Cordingen The Benefeld-Cordingen Sports Club (''Sportgemeinschaft Benefeld-Cordingen'') has almost 1,200 members and offers a similarly broad spectrum of sports (including football, handball, gymnastics, walking and, since its merger with the Tennisclub Blau-Weiss Bomlitz in 2010, tennis as well). * Bomlitz has a heated open-air swimming pool with a 50-metre pool, diving board and non-swimmer's and small children's pools.

References

Sources

* Olaf Mußmann: ''Bomlitz. Perspektiven der Geschichte.'' Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1989; * Olaf Mußmann: ''Komplexe Geschichte. Systemtheorie, Selbstorganisation und Regionalgeschichte. Von der Papiermühle zur Pulverfabrik. Ein historischer Längsschnitt der Gemeinde Bomlitz.'' Universität, Dissertation, Hanover 1994 * Olaf Mußmann: ''Selbstorganisation und Chaostheorie in der Geschichtswissenschaft. Das Beispiel des Gewerbe- und Rüstungsdorfes Bomlitz 1680–1930.'' Leipziger Univ.-Verlag, Leipzig 1998; * Thorsten Neubert-Preine: ''Bomlitz. Von der Papiermühle zur Großgemeinde.'' Herausgeber Stiftung Geschichtshaus Bomlitz, Rückblende Nr. 5, Mai 2010 {{Authority control Walsrode Heidmark Former municipalities in Lower Saxony