Heidekreis

Heidekreis
Flag of Heidekreis
Coat of arms of Heidekreis
Map
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
CapitalBad Fallingbostel
Government
 • District admin.Jens Grote (Ind.)
Area
 • Total1,873.5 km2 (723.4 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total145,394
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationHK (until 31.7.2011: SFA)
Websitewww.heidekreis.de

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.

Wilseder Berg in the Lüneburg Heath
  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.