Heidenau (North Heath)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Harburg
Joint municipality :	Tostedt
Height :	48 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.71 km 2
Residents:	2243 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	58 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21258
Area code :	04182
License plate :	WL
Community key :	03 3 53 018
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 22 ; 21258 Heidenau
Website :	www.gemeinde-heidenau.de
Mayor :	Reinhard Riepshoff (UWG Independent Voting Association Heidenau)
Location of the community Heidenau in the district of Harburg

Heidenau is a municipality in the Harburg district in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

Heidenau wedding forest

Heidenau giant

Maria Magdalena Church Heidenau

Heidenau wind farm

Heidenau fire department

geography

Geographical location

Heidenau is located northwest of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park . The municipality belongs to the Tostedt joint municipality , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Tostedt .

Neighboring communities

Community structure

Heidenau, Avensermoor, Birkenbüschen, Everstorfermoor, Hollinde, Kallmoor and Vaerloh belong to the municipality of Heidenau.

history

War cemetery at the Heidenau cemetery

The community was formed in 1928 from the places Everstorf and Avensen.

From 1945 to 1957 Heidenau was a reception center for around 4,000 displaced persons (DPs), survivors of the concentration camps, forced laborers and civilian Eastern European workers. Two grave fields with 81 victims of the Second World War bear witness to this in the Heidenau municipal cemetery. Forced laborers and inmates of the UNRRA Displaced Persons - Camp Heidenau, including 35 children, mainly from the former Soviet Union and Ukraine.