Handeloh is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in

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Geography

Location

Handeloh lies between the rivers

Seeve Seeve is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Elbe. It is approximately long. The municipality of Seevetal is named after this river. Course The Seeve source located is near Wehlen, south-east of Undeloh in the northern pa ...

and Este, south of

Buchholz in der Nordheide Buchholz in der Nordheide (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bookholt'') is the largest town in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg. Geography Buchholz is home to the Brunsberg, at ...

. The

Harburg Hills The Harburg Hills (German: Harburger Berge) are a low ridge in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony and the southern part of the city state of Hamburg. They are up to high. Geography and history The Harburg Hills lie northwe ...

lie to the northwest and 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 ...

Nature Reserve to the southeast. The parish belongs to the collective municipality of

Tostedt Tostedt (Low German ''Töst'') is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the central administration of the collective municipality (Samtgemeinde Tostedt) which consists of 9 joint communities. Geography Ge ...

, whose seat is in the village of

Neighbouring communities

* Welle *

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Undeloh Undeloh (Low German: Unnel) is a village in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Location Undeloh lies on the Lüneburg Heath near its highest hill, the Wilseder Berg. Neighbouring communities * Jesteburg, ...

* Buchholz in der Nordheide

Sub-divisions

Handeloh has the following sub-divisions: Handeloh, Höckel, Inzmühlen and Wörme.

Politics

Parish council

The parish council, which was elected on 11 September 2011, is made up as follows: * Freie Wählergemeinschaft Handeloh 4 seats * CDU 4 seats *

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

2 seats *

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2 seats *single candidate 1 seat (as at: the

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on 11 September 2011)

Coat-of-arms

On the left hand side of the shield, in the upper half a gold wagon wheel with 8 spokes on green, in the lower half two blue wavy lines on silver, on the right hand side a black pine with four roots on gold. Meaning: The wagon wheel symbolises the former importance of forestry in the parish. The two wavy lines represent the rivers Este and Seeve that flow through the parish. The dense woods are portrayed by the pine tree whose four roots symbolise the four villages in the parish association.

Culture and places of interest

Museums

* The ''Alte Schmiede'' ("Old Smithy") Natural History Museum and Training School :Exhibitions cover the local bird world, mammals and birds of North Germany, including the coasts, local amphibians and reptiles. :The training school hosts seminars for employees in nature conservation management and support.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The village is served by two stations on the

Heath Railway The Heath Railway (German: ''Heidebahn'') is a regional railway line in North Germany that crosses the Lüneburg Heath from which it derives its name. Most of the line is unelectrified and single-tracked. It links Buchholz in der Nordheide with H ...

(''Heidebahn''): Handeloh and Büsenbachtal. The latter also serves the village of Wörme and the Büsenbach valley walking area. In addition the station of Handeloh on the Heath Railway is the last stop within the

HVV The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) ( en, "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ...

tariff zone. However since 2008 season tickets have been valid to Soltau.www.soltau-fallingbostel.de

Media

A manor house (''Reiterhof'') in Handeloh was the main setting for the 52-part TV series ''

Neues vom Süderhof ''Neues vom Süderhof'' (lit. "News from the Suderhof") is a German children's television series. The heart of the series are the five Brendel children who live on the Süderhof farm. Dr. Günther Brendel is a veterinarian and his wife Sonia is ...

''.

External links

Handeloh parish

References

{{Authority control Harburg (district)