Landkreis Lüneburg

About the District of Lüneburg

The District of Lüneburg is a public law corporation and, as a municipal territorial body in Lower Saxony, is responsible for well over 185,000 inhabitants. The district administration, with around 900 employees, sees itself as a modern, citizen-oriented service provider and offers, among other things, citizen and public order services, building supervision and permits, vehicle registration, health office services, the Lower Water Authority, veterinary and food monitoring, as well as municipal supervision and elections. The administrative seat is the District House Auf dem Michaeliskloster 4 in the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg; an information desk is located at Graalwall 4. The district was founded in 1867, reorganized as a district in 1885, and formed in its current shape in 1932 from the districts of Lüneburg and Bleckede. It belongs to the Hamburg metropolitan region and is involved, among other things, in climate protection management (European Energy Award) and economic development for regional development. Note: The District of Lüneburg is not a manufacturing or industrial company; therefore, no data on materials, processes, or components is available.

Site

Lüneburg

Processes

Citizen and Public Order Services, Building Supervision and Permits, Building Load Procedures, Vehicle Registration, Health Office / Hygiene and Drinking Water Monitoring, Lower Water Authority / Sewerage and Water Supply Systems, Climate Protection Management (European Energy Award), Economic Development / Regional Development

Founded

1867 (Dist

Employees

ca. 900

Industries

Public Administration

1. 01

   Citizen Services and Administrative Services

2. 02

   Specialist Services (Building, Environment, Health, Social, Order)

3. 03

   District Politics (District Council, District Committee, District Administrator)

Locations

Kreishaus Lüneburg

DE

District Administration / District House

Infothek Lüneburg

DE

Information Desk, Am Graalwall 4, Building 4

Untere Wasserbehörde Lüneburg

DE

Lower Water Authority, Horst-Nickel-Str. 4

History

1. 956

   First documented mention of Lüneburg Castle on Kalkberg (Charter of Otto I.)

2. 1388

   Benedictines move into the new monastery complex, now the area of the district administration

3. 1861

   Relocation of the administration of the Lüne Office to the Abbey Auf dem Michaeliskloster

4. 1867

   The District of Lüneburg is formed from the Lüneburg Office, the City of Lüneburg, and the Bleckede Office

5. 1885

   Abolition of the District of Lüneburg and creation of the District of Lüneburg; formation of the District of Bleckede

6. 1932

   Reformation of the District of Lüneburg from the districts of Lüneburg and Bleckede (District Reform)

7. 2019

   Jens Böther took office as District Administrator on November 1, 2019

8. 2026

   Steffen Gärtner will become the new District Administrator of the District of Lüneburg