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The municipality comprises the following seven component localities: Dellien, Haar, Kaarßen, Neuhaus upon Elbe, Stapel, Sumte and
Tripkau. They include the following settlements and places: Banke, Bitter, Bohnenburg, Brandstade, Darchau, Dellien, Gosewerder, Gülstorf, Gülze, Gutitz, Haar, Herrenhof,
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In an interstate treaty, both states agreed to separate Amt
Neuhaus from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on 30 June 1993, when it was annexed to Lower Saxony. The treaty also included the historically Mecklenburgian village of Niendorf, which had belonged to Sumte since 1 January 1974, and the north-Elbian
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a solid street connection between Amt
Neuhaus and the rest of Lower Saxony is in the process being planned. In a referendum the inhabitants of Amt Neuhaus voted for a merger with the city of Bleckede on 7 June 2009. Bleckede, however, had not decided as of 2017.
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in 1990, the municipalities that had once made up
Neuhaus until 1885 quickly held a referendum to secede from Mecklenburg and return to Lower Saxony as a joined municipality in 1992, which out of reasons of tradition took up the old name of
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781:) the first democratic municipal elections took place in May 1990. Today's municipality of Amt Neuhaus then still consisted of eight independent municipalities: Dellien, Haar, Kaarßen, Neuhaus upon Elbe, Stapel, Sückau,
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On 30 June the number of component municipalities of Amt
Neuhaus shrank to six, before the remaining ones merged into the unitary municipality of the same name. With the Elbe bridge between Darchau and
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Kaarßen, Klein
Banratz, Konau, Krusendorf, Laake, Laave, Neu Garge, Neuhaus, Niendorf, Pinnau, Pommau, Preten, Privelack, Raffatz, Rassau, Rosien, Stapel, Stiepelse, Stixe, Strachau, Sückau,
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dissolved the municipality of
Neuhaus, while the area remained part of the Province of Hanover. However, in 1945 the area of the former municipality was annexed to
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992:, Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen (ed.) on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2008, pp. 373-389, here p. 375.
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First ferry crossing the reopened border in the Elbe river on 16 November 1989 with East German border fences and watch towers in the background.
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the bulk of Saxe-Lauenburg was separated from
Hanover in 1815, the Neuhaus area, however, remained with Hanover, which had been elevated to
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of modern Lower Saxony (also used by the pre-1180 Duchy of Saxony) and an image of the former Neuhaus Castle.
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before 20 September 1296. The Land of Darzing was then a part of Saxe-Lauenburg, colloquially also called
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The coat-or-arms combines the coats of arms of the Saxon and Saxe-Lauenburgian dukes of the
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in Germany. Along with the rest of Mecklenburg, the area became part of the eastern
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Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg
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in Germany had no bridge between the bulk of the Hanover province south of the
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victory over the electorate the Neuhaus area became part of the ephemeral
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became one of a few small areas of the Province of Hanover (since 1946
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means "municipal office" in German. The original "municipal office of
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in Hanover on 1 April 1885 Neuhaus area became part of the
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665:Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg
493:due to lying on the right bank of the
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976:Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
958:Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
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202:Show map of Lower Saxony
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372: • Summer (
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328:6 m (20 ft)
231:53.28528°N 10.93222°E
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712:District of Lüneburg
669:Göhrde Hunting Lodge
557:eastern colonisation
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346: • Density
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61:Coat of arms
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24:Amt Neuhaus
1297:Tosterglope
1277:Scharnebeck
1267:Reppenstedt
1167:Brietlingen
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650:Brandenburg
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284:8 districts
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1282:Soderstorf
1237:Nahrendorf
1227:Mechtersen
1217:Lüdersburg
1202:Hittbergen
1177:Dahlenburg
1152:Betzendorf
1127:Artlenburg
678:After the
631:Glücksburg
627:Francis II
615:Francis II
600:dat Nyehus
573:Albert III
495:Elbe River
333:Population
289:Government
275:Lüneburg
222:10°55′56″E
219:53°17′07″N
1272:Rullstorf
1262:Reinstorf
1257:Rehlingen
1247:Oldendorf
1207:Hohnstorf
1142:Barnstedt
1137:Barendorf
1132:Bardowick
861:Wehningen
790:state of
778:Die Wende
725:With the
675:in 1705.
646:Ratzeburg
623:Bernard I
607:Catherine
569:Albert II
481:In 1885,
381:UTC+02:00
360:UTC+01:00
355:Time zone
325:Elevation
1349:Category
1307:Vögelsen
1252:Radbruch
1222:Lüneburg
1157:Bleckede
1112:Adendorf
874:Language
800:Bleckede
708:Bleckede
642:Augustus
611:Magnus I
541:Cold War
531:Bleckede
503:Calvörde
270:District
1322:Wittorf
1302:Vastorf
1232:Melbeck
1197:Handorf
850:Vockfey
755:Vockfey
604:dowager
581:John II
551:History
527:Neuhaus
483:Prussia
460:Neuhaus
452:Germany
442:in the
424:Website
251:Germany
247:Country
1242:Neetze
1192:Embsen
1172:Dahlem
1162:Boitze
1049:
1016:
996:
900:Poland
680:French
659:After
577:Eric I
516:After
409:038841
1187:Echem
1147:Barum
941:Notes
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857:]
846:Sumte
783:Sumte
762:]
446:, in
438:is a
398:19273
341:5,320
296:Mayor
258:State
1047:ISBN
1014:ISBN
994:ISBN
735:Elbe
587:and
579:and
536:Land
385:CEST
312:Area
896:Ryn
456:Amt
374:DST
364:CET
305:CDU
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