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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 tourist attractions like the Heide-Park and the Soltau-Therme.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.name
Soltau
German location.image_photo
Soltaualtesrathaus.jpg
German location.image_caption
Old town hall
German location.image_coa
DEU_Soltau_COA.svg
German location.image_flag
Flagge_Soltau.svg
German location.image_plan
Soltau_in_HK.svg
German location.state
Niedersachsen
German location.district
Heidekreis
German location.elevation
57
German location.area
203.77
German location.postal_code
29614
German location.area_code
05191
German location.licence
HK
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
03 3 58 021
German location.mayor
Karsten Brockmann
German location.leader_term
2021–26
German location.party
Independent

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Located in
Heidekreis
Population
22040
Area
203.77
Elevation
70
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Visselhövede
Official website
www.soltau.de
Image
Soltaualtesrathaus.jpg
Dialing code
05191
Licence plate code
HK
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twinned administrative body
Zielona Góra
Commons category
Soltau
topic's main category
Category:Soltau
postal code
29614
different from
Soltau
hashtag
Soltau
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Encyclopedic overview

36 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Subdivisions
  • Climate
  • History
  • Middle Ages
  • Modern era
  • Post WW-II
  • Demographics
  • Culture and places of interest
  • Churches
  • Museums and leisure facilities
  • Parks, nature reserves and cemeteries
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Economy
  • Industry
  • Trade
  • Banks
  • Education
  • Media
  • Infrastructure
  • Transport
  • Rail
  • Roads
  • Cycling
  • Governance
  • Town council
  • Mayor
  • Elections
  • Town twinning
  • Coat of arms
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

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 tourist attractions like the Heide-Park and the Soltau-Therme.

==Etymology== The name Soltau comes from Solt (salt) and au (meadow).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soltau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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