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Buchholz in der Nordheide
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Harburg
Population	39,465 (Nov 2006)
Area	74.63 km²
Population density	506 /km²
Elevation	72 m
Coordinates	53°19′ N 9°52′ E
Postal code	21244
Area code	04181, 04186, 04187
Licence plate code	WL
Mayor	Wilfried Geiger (CDU)
Website	buchholz.de

Buchholz in der Nordheide is the greatest town and a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km southwest of Hamburg. Image File history File links Buchholzer_wappen. ... Image File history File links Karte_buchholz_nordheide. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... (This article is about the district in northern Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... (This article is about the district in northern Germany. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ...

The city distrikts (germ. "Ortschaften") Dibbersen, Holm-Seppensen, Sprötze and Trelde belong to Buchholz.

In 1992, Buchholz was struck by a small tornado which destroyed many trees and damaged some houses. In 2002, the temperature in Buchholz rose above 38 degrees Celsius, marking an all-time high for this region.

In 2006, Buchholz tried to set a new world-record by placing a croud of 2000 people near the local swimming pool forming a big heart. However, this attempt failed because 39 people did not show up.

Buchholz has two twin towns, Canteleu in France (Arrondissement of Rouen), Wolow in Poland and Järvenpää in Finland. The arrondissement of Rouen is an arrondissement of France, located in the Seine-Maritime département, of the Haute-Normandie région. ... Wołów in the Lower Silesian Voivodship of southern Poland was founded in 1288. ... Coat of arms of Järvenpää Järvenpää (IPA: /ˈjærÊ‹emËŒpæː/; Träskända in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. ...