Lüneburg (region)
The Region of Lüneburg was one of the last four administrative districts of Lower Saxony.
History
The history of the district of Lüneburg goes back to the year 1885, when the 1866 Prussian become former Kingdom of Hanover was divided as now Prussian province of Hannover in administrative districts. Model were built in other Prussian provinces 1815/16 administrative districts. The Lüneburg Region was formed from the existing since 1823 Landdrostei Lüneburg.
With the National Socialist Greater Hamburg Act of 1937 the government district lost its by far the largest city, the then - Harburg William Castle, at Hamburg.
On March 1, 1974, the Region of Lüneburg has been reduced by the area of the former district of Burgdorf. This was dissolved, incorporated in the county of Hanover and therefore assigned to the district government. On February 1, 1978, the Region of Lüneburg has been increased by the area of the dissolved government district of Stade. The county and the city of Wolfsburg Gifhorn were incorporated in the administrative district of Braunschweig.
The government districts of Lower Saxony existed until 31 December 2004. Since January 1, 2005, all administrative districts are abolished in Lower Saxony and their agencies, the district governments resolved. In Lüneburg, the former County Hall was renamed " Behördenzentrum On the Hude " in which 2005 16 authorities are housed since January 1, including but not limited the Lower Saxony State School Board, the Police Directorate Lüneburg, the State Office of remuneration and pensions and the National Office for Social Affairs. Instead of the government agency established in 2005 in 2014 Regional Adviser were appointed for the territory of the former government district of Lüneburg, within the limits 1978-2004.
Continued existence of the government district as an EU region
Within the framework of the Structural Funds programs of the European Union of Lüneburg has been classified as "phasing out" area. As the only West German territory the Lüneburg region belongs to the highest EU funding category ( Objective 1 region ) in the Structural Funds funding phase for the 2007 - 2013 provided funds from the ERDF and the ESF funding. To this end, the State of Lower Saxony receives in this period amounted to € 800 million.
Former administrative divisions
Administrative divisions after 1885
Urban districts
- Celle
- Lüneburg
Counties
- Bleckede (1932 in the district of Lüneburg merged )
- Burgdorf (1974 in the district of Hanover merged )
- Celle
- Dannenberg (1951 Renamed Lüchow- Dannenberg )
- Fallingbostel
- Gifhorn
- Harburg
- Isenhagen (1932 dawned in Gifhorn )
- Lüchow (1932 aufgegengen district Dannenberg )
- Lüneburg
- Soltau
- Uelzen
- Winsen (1932 dawned in the district of Harburg )
- Verden
Administrative divisions after 1977
In the district reform, which was carried out in Lower Saxony essentially 1973-1977, the circles were merged into larger administrative units and the two urban districts built in the districts. Some of today's counties existed before the district reform. However, they were then still another cut. Following allocation of the governmental district of Stade, delivery of the circle Gifhorn and Wolfsburg to Braunschweig Region of Lüneburg comprised eleven counties:
- Celle, including large independent city of Celle
- Cuxhaven, including large independent city of Cuxhaven
- Harburg
- Lüchow -Dannenberg
- Lüneburg, including large independent city of Lüneburg
- Easter wood
- Rotenburg ( Wümme)
- Soltau -Fallingbostel (2011 Renamed County Heidekreis )
- Stade
- Uelzen
- Verden