Altenboitzen

Coordinates: 52°49′0.55″N 9°30′55.38″E / 52.8168194°N 9.5153833°E / 52.8168194; 9.5153833
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Altenboitzen is located in Germany
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Altenboitzen is located in Lower Saxony
Altenboitzen
Altenboitzen
Coordinates: 52°49′0.55″N 9°30′55.38″E / 52.8168194°N 9.5153833°E / 52.8168194; 9.5153833
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHeidekreis
TownWalsrode
Area
 • Total6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 • Total350
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29664
Dialling codes05166

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.

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