Salzhausen
Encyclopedia
Salzhausen is a municipality in the district of Harburg
, in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. It is situated approx. 40 km southeast of Hamburg
, and 15 km west of Lüneburg
.
Salzhausen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Salzhausen
.
Harburg
Harburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It takes its name from the town of Harburg upon Elbe, which used to be the capital of the district but is now part of Hamburg...
, 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...
. It is situated approx. 40 km southeast of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, and 15 km west of Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
.
Salzhausen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Salzhausen
Salzhausen (Samtgemeinde)
Salzhausen is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Salzhausen.The Samtgemeinde Salzhausen consists of the following municipalities:# Eyendorf# Garlstorf...
.