Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel
Saint Dionysius Church
Saint Dionysius Church
Flag of Bad Fallingbostel
Coat of arms of Bad Fallingbostel
Location of Bad Fallingbostel within Heidekreis district
HeidekreisLower SaxonyNienburg (district)Hanover (district)Verden (district)Rotenburg (district)HarburgLüneburg (district)Uelzen (district)Celle (district)LindwedelBuchholzSchwarmstedtEsselHademstorfGiltenGrethemEickelohHodenhagenBöhmeHäuslingenAhldenFrankenfeldWalsrodeNeuenkirchenRethemSchneverdingenOsterheideBad FallingbostelWietzendorfSoltauMunsterBispingen
Bad Fallingbostel is located in Germany
Bad Fallingbostel
Bad Fallingbostel
Bad Fallingbostel is located in Lower Saxony
Bad Fallingbostel
Bad Fallingbostel
Coordinates: 52°52′03″N 09°41′48″E / 52.86750°N 9.69667°E / 52.86750; 9.69667
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHeidekreis
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Rolf Schneider[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total63.15 km2 (24.38 sq mi)
Elevation
67 m (220 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total12,340
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29683
Dialling codes05162, 05163
Vehicle registrationHK
Websitewww.badfallingbostel.de

Bad Fallingbostel (Northern Low Saxon: Bad Fambossel) is the district town (Kreisstadt) of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of Bad since 2002. It has close ties to Walsrode, a few miles to the west. Until 2015, there was a British Army base in Bad Fallingbostel, It also hosted Defender 2020, the largest US Army/NATO exercise since the Cold War. The town has around 11,000 inhabitants.

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.