Holzminden (district)

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Holzminden
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district Holzminden
State	Lower Saxony
County seat	Holzminden
Area	692 km²
Population	80,300 (2002)
pop. density	116 inh./km²
Car identification	HOL
Web page	landkreis-holzminden.de

Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Hamelin-Pyrmont, Hildesheim and Northeim, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Höxter and Lippe).

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The district was established in 1833 within the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It was moved to the Prussian Province of Hanover as part of a territorial exchange in 1942. The last territorial modification was in 1974.

[edit] Geography

The district is located in the Weserbergland mountains, roughly between Hamelin and Göttingen. The Weser River forms the southwestern border of the district and runs through its northern parts.

[edit] Coat of arms

The lion is taken from the arms of the County of Everstein; the counts ruled over the region in the 14th century and were the founders of the City of Holzminden. The bar in the bottom is symbolising the Weser River.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden	Free municipalities
Holzminden	Bevern Bodenwerder¹ Boffzen Eschershausen¹ Polle Stadtoldendorf¹ ¹includes town of the same name	Delligsen

Towns

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

Holzminden

¹includes town of the same name

Delligsen

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Urban districts	Brunswick \| Delmenhorst \| Emden \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Salzgitter \| Wilhelmshaven \| Wolfsburg
Rural districts	Ammerland \| Aurich \| Grafschaft Bentheim \| Celle \| Cloppenburg \| Cuxhaven \| Diepholz \| Emsland \| Friesland \| Gifhorn \| Goslar \| Göttingen \| Hamelin-Pyrmont \| Harburg \| Helmstedt \| Hildesheim \| Holzminden \| Leer \| Lüchow-Dannenberg \| Lüneburg \| Nienburg \| Northeim \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Osterholz \| Osterode \| Peine \| Rotenburg \| Schaumburg \| Soltau-Fallingbostel \| Stade \| Uelzen \| Vechta \| Verden \| Wesermarsch \| Wittmund \| Wolfenbüttel