Over is a village in the municipality of Seevetal

Seevetal

Seevetal is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen . Its seat is in the village Hittfeld...

 in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 with about 1400 citizens (as of ). In 1972 Over and 18 other municipalities were assembled to form the new municipalty of Seevetal.

Geography

Over lies south of the river Elbe

Elbe

The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...

. In Over the river Seeve

Seeve

The River Seeve is a tributary of the Elbe in northern Germany. It is approximately long. Its source is near Wehlen in the northern part of the Lüneburg Heath. It flows into the Elbe in Over, Seevetal...

 flows into the Elbe. A part of the natural reserve Untere Seeveniederung lies in Over.

Sports

The sportsclub TSV Over-Bullenhausen was founded in 1931. Among its activies are soccer, tennis and swimming. Over has a public indoor swimming pool.