Osterheide is an unincorporated area in the district of Heidekreis , in Lower Saxony , Germany .
4-707: The 177.99 square kilometres (68.72 sq mi) area has 2,463 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2020). Its administrative seat is the village of Oerbke ; other villages are Ostenholz and Wense. The districts of Osterheide and Lohheide cover the Bergen-Hohne Military Training Area . In 1935 the German armed forces, the Wehrmacht , established the military training area of Bergen between Bergen and Fallingbostel . A total of 24 villages were evacuated and their inhabitants relocated. In 1938
8-415: Is different from that of a municipality. Its instruments are the district principal ( Bezirksvorsteher ) and a council of elected representatives of the inhabitants. The mayor is proposed by the land owners and then elected by the council. The participation rights of the inhabitants are limited to the election of representatives as well as the opportunity to ask questions and listen to the public proceedings of
12-820: The Bergen Area Estate ( Gutsbezirk Platz Bergen ) was created to administer the training area and it was subordinated to Fallingbostel district. In 1945 the Gutsbezirk was split into two independent areas, known as the Osterheide and Lohheide Estates. Osterheide remained part of Fallingbostel district, whilst Lohheide was re-subordinated again to Celle district . Today Osterheide covers the NATO Bergen-Hohne firing ranges in Heidekreis district which were established in 1958. According to § 16 of
16-611: The Lower Saxony Municipality Regulations (NGO) the management of unincorporated or unparished areas is to be governed by a regulation. The extant version of this regulation was issued on 4 December 1996. This states that "the delivery of public services for the area's sphere of activity is the responsibility of the land owner" which in the case of Lohheide and Osterheide, is the Federal Government . The constitution of an unincorporated area
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