Brock is a village in the borough of
Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its tour ...
in the
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 ...
. The village has 158 inhabitants (as at: 2003
[Quelle: ]). The hamlets of ''Bassel'', ''Hebenbrock'', ''Penzhorn'' and ''Imbrock'' are part of the parish.
Brock 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 ...
south of
Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its tour ...
on the river
Böhme.
The
B 3 federal road and the
A 7 motorway run through the parish of Brock. The motorway junction of ''Soltau-Süd'' also lies within the parish.
The council chair is Wulf Heinrich Lühr.
The first two episodes of the TV series ''
Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' were shot at a farm in Brock.
References
Villages in Lower Saxony
Heidekreis
Soltau
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