Amelinghausen is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Lüneburg

Lüneburg (district)

Lüneburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Lüchow-Dannenberg, Uelzen, Heidekreis and Harburg, and the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .-History:The Amt of Lüneburg appeared in 1862...

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Its seat is in the village Amelinghausen

Amelinghausen

Amelinghausen is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is also the seat of the collective municipality of Amelinghausen.- Geography :The municipality lies in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park...

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The Samtgemeinde Amelinghausen consists of the following municipalities:

• Amelinghausen
• Betzendorf
  Betzendorf
  Betzendorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
  
  
• Oldendorf (Luhe)
  Oldendorf (Luhe)
  Oldendorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.Nearby is an important neolithic gravesite, the Oldendorfer Totenstatt which has been well-preserved....
  
  
• Rehlingen
  Rehlingen
  Rehlingen is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
  
  
• Soderstorf
  Soderstorf
  Soderstorf is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Soderstorf has an area of 35.86 km² and a population of 1,488 ....
  
  

Waterbodies

The Lopausee

Lopausee

The Lopausee is a man-made lake east of the village of Amelinghausen in the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. The lake, which has an area of about 12 hectares, has been created by impounding the River Lopau with a dam. The dam lies parallel to the road embankent of the B209 federal road that runs...

 lies on the parish boundary of Amelinghausen on the upper reaches of the Lopau

Lopau (river)

The Lopau is a river in the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It is a right tributary of the Luhe.- Course :The Lopau rises with two headstreams from the ponds known as the Süderteichen and the Westerteichen in the Westergrund in the Munster North Training Area, near the abandoned village of Lopau,...

. This artificial lake has an area of about 12 ha and is a popular destination in the Lüneburg Heath. It was laid out in the 1970s as part of projects to improve the landscape.