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LUNEBURGER See also: district of See also: Germany, in the Prussian province of See also: Hanover, lying between the Aller and the Elbe and intersected by the See also: railways See also: Harburg-Hanover and See also: Bremen-See also: Stendal
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Its See also: main character is that of a broad saddle-back, See also: running for 55 M. from S.E. to N.W. of a mean See also: elevation of about 250 ft. and attaining its greatest height in the Wilseder See also: Berg (550 ft.) at its See also: northern end
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The See also: soil is See also: quartz See also: sand and is chiefly covered with heather and brushwood
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In the See also: north, and in the deep valleys through which the streams descend to the plain, there are extensive forests of See also: oak, birch and See also: beech, and in the See also: south, of See also: fir and larch
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Though the See also: climate is raw and See also: good soil rare, the heath is not unfertile
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Its main products are sheep—the celebrated Heidschnucken breed,—potatoes, bilberries, cranberries and honey
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The district is also remarkable for the numerous Hun barrows found scattered throughout its whole extent
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See Rabe, Die Luneburger See also: Heide and die Bewirthschaftung der Heidhofe (See also: Jena, 1900) ; Kniep, Fz hrer durch die Luneburger Heide (Hanover, 1900) ; Linde, Die Luneburger Heide (See also: Luneburg, 1905), and Kuck, Das alle Bauernleben der Luneburger Heide (See also: Leipzig, 1906)
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