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| State: | Lower Saxony |
| Capital: | Holzminden |
| Adm. Region: | Hanover |
| Area: | 692 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 80,300 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 116 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | HOL |
| Homepage: | http://www.landkreis-holzminden.de' class='external' title="http://www.landkreis-holzminden.de">landkreis-holzminden.de |
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The district was established in 1833 within the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The last territorial modification was in 1974.
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.
| 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. |
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Rural and urban districts of Lower Saxony |
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Ammerland |
Aurich |
Bentheim |
Braunschweig (Brunswick) |
Celle |
Cloppenburg |
Cuxhaven |
Delmenhorst |
Diepholz |
Emden |
Emsland |
Friesland |
Gifhorn |
Goslar |
Göttingen |
Hameln-Pyrmont (Hamelin-Pyrmont) |
Harburg |
Helmstedt |
Hildesheim |
Holzminden |
Leer |
Lüchow-Dannenberg |
Lüneburg |
Nienburg |
Northeim |
Oldenburg (town) |
Oldenburg (district) |
Osnabrück (town) |
Osnabrück (district) |
Osterholz |
Osterode |
Peine |
Rotenburg |
Salzgitter |
Schaumburg |
Soltau-Fallingbostel |
Stade |
Uelzen |
Vechta |
Verden |
Wesermarsch |
Wilhelmshaven |
Wittmund |
Wolfenbüttel |
Wolfsburg
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