The Lüneburg Regional Association (german: Lüneburgische Landschaftsverband) is a registered association 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 ...

and is one of a number of regional associations in the state.

History

The association was founded in 1990''Gründung und Mitglieder''
at www.lueneburgischer-landschaftsverband.de. Accessed on 10 Jul 2011. under the name of "Regional Cultural Support in the former Principality of Lüneburg" (''Regionale Kulturförderung im ehemaligen Fürstentum Lüneburg'') but was renamed in 1997. Its sphere of activity covers the region of the historic

Principality of Lüneburg The Principality of Lüneburg (later also referred to as Celle) was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire, immediately subordinate to the emperor. It existed from 1269 until 1705 and its territory ...

and thus predominantly the Lüneburg Heath, but also the

Wendland The Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Its heart is the Hanoverian Wendland in the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony. In ...

and

Amt Neuhaus Amt Neuhaus is a municipality in the District of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Amt'' means "municipal office" in German. The original "municipal office of ''Neuhaus''" existed since at least the 17th century until 1885, consecutively as p ...

. Members of the Lüneburg Regional Association are the''

Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

'' (counties) of Harburg,

Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also called ...

Uelzen Uelzen (; officially the ''Hanseatic Town of Uelzen'', German: ''Hansestadt Uelzen'', , Low German ''Ülz’n'') is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a ...

Soltau-Fallingbostel Heidekreis ("Heath district") is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg. History Histo ...

, Celle,

Gifhorn Gifhorn () is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn (district), Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 42,000 and is mainly influenced by the small distance to the more industrial and commercially import ...

and

Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany, which is usually referred to as Hanoverian Wendland (''Hannoversches Wendland'') or Wendland. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen and Lüneburg and the s ...

, die towns of

, Celle and

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's he ...

as well as the historic estates of the former Principality of Lüneburg.

Role

The primary role of the Lüneburg Regional Association, like the other regions and regional associations in Lower Saxony, is to carry out cultural-political functions. It has the legal status of a registered charity (''eingetragener Verein'') and looks after central, communal tasks on behalf of its local authorities and local tasks on behalf of the state of Lower Saxony, in the areas of culture, science, and education. Its work is financed on the one hand by grants from the state of Lower Saxony, and on the other hand by contributions from its member authorities and grants from the regional fire office, of which the estates of the former Principality of Lüneburg, a member of the regional association, form a part.

References

External links

Official website
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