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{{Infobox German Location
|Art = Stadt
|Name = Soltau
|Wappen = Wappen Soltau.png
|lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 59 |lat_sec = 0
|lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 50 |lon_sec = 0
|Lageplan =
|Bundesland = Niedersachsen
|Landkreis = Soltau-Fallingbostel
|Höhe = 57
|Fläche = 203.24
|Einwohner = 22044
|Stand = 2005-06-30
|PLZ = 29614
|Vorwahl = 05191
|Kfz = SFA
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 58 021
|Website = [http://www.soltau.de/ www.soltau.de]
|Bürgermeister = Wilhelm Ruhkopf
|Partei = SPD
}}
[[Image:SpielzeugmuseumSoltau.jpg|thumb|250px|Norddeutsches Spielzeugmuseum, Soltau]]
'''Soltau''' ({{IPA2|ˈzɔltaʊ}}) is a town in the [[Luneburg Heath]] in district of [[Soltau-Fallingbostel]], in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].
==History==
The first written document mentioning Soltau dates from the year [[937]]. In the year [[1388]] Soltau received city rights.
Until [[1977]] Soltau was the capital of the district Soltau, which was then merged with the district Fallingbostel to form the new district Soltau-Fallingbostel.
==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms of the city Soltau shows the lion of the [[Welfen]] dynasty behind a red city gate. The lion was present already in the oldest city seal from around the year 1400 as the city belonged to the Dukes of Lüneburg, of the Welfen dynasty. Later the lion was depicted lying on the city gate, since the 19th century it is depicted behind the gate.
==Twin towns==
* [[Coldwater, Michigan]], USA (since 1971)
* [[Laon]], France (since 1972)
* [[Mysliborz|Myślibórz]], Poland (since 1997)
==External links==
* [http://www.soltau.de Official homepage] {{de icon}}
* [http://www.spielzeugmuseum-soltau.de Norddeutsches Spielzeugmuseum, Soltau] {{de icon}}
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{{Cities and towns in Soltau-Fallingbostel (district)}}
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