Altenboitzen
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Altenboitzen | |
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Location of Altenboitzen  | |
  Altenboitzen  Altenboitzen | |
| Coordinates: 52°49′0.55″N 9°30′55.38″E / 52.8168194°N 9.5153833°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Heidekreis |
| Town | Walsrode |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 350 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29664 |
| Dialling codes | 05166 |
Altenboitzen is a village and today a village within the borough of Walsrode in Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of Walsrode since 1974.
Location
[edit]The village lies southwest of the town on the Lüneburg Heath. The Jordanbach stream flows through Altenboitzen and continues in a southwesterly direction before discharging into the River Böhme.
Road names
[edit]Altenboitzen has no road names, only house numbers.
Politics
[edit]The municipal administrator (Ortsvorsteher) is Stephan Rengstorf.
Points of interest
[edit]- In 2001 Altenboitzen was voted as one of the most beautiful villages in Lower Saxony in the competition Unser Dorf hat Zukunft ("Our Village Has a Future").
- The village is on the Verden to Walsrode railway, which was established in 1910, and which is operated by the Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn company. It was also known as the Jordan-Bomlitz Railway between Bomlitz and Altenboitzen.
External links
[edit]Ortschaften (localities) of Walsrode | ||
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