What is Soltau?
{{Infobox German location | type = Stadt | name = Soltau | image_photo = Soltaualtesrathaus.jpg | image_caption = Old town hall | image_coa = DEU Soltau COA.svg | image_flag = Flagge Soltau.svg | coordinates = {{coord|52|59|N|9|50|E|region:DE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_plan = Soltau_in_HK.svg | state = Niedersachsen | district = Heidekreis | elevation = 57 | area = 203.25 | postal_code = 29614 | area_code = 05191 | licence = HK | Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 58 021 | website = {{URL|https://www.soltau.de/en/|www.soltau.de}} | mayor = Olaf Klang<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> | leader_term = 2021&ndash;26 | party = Independent }} '''Soltau''' is a mid-sized town in [[Heidekreis]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is in the middle of [[Lüneburg Heath]]. About 22,000 people live there. The town is known for its tourist attractions like the [[Heide-Park]], the [[Soltau-Therme]] and the [[Soltau Toy Museum]]. Today, Soltau has three primary schools, a grammar school, a middle school, a secondary modern school and a special needs school. == Localities == It has 16 districts: {{div col|colwidth=20em}} # Ahlften # Brock # Deimern # Dittmern # Harber # Hötzingen # Leitzingen # Marbostel # Meinern # Mittelstendorf # Moide # Oeningen # Tetendorf # Wiedingen # Woltem # Wolterdingen {{div col end}} == Twin towns == Soltau is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Coldwater, Michigan]], United States (since 1971) * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Laon]], France (since 1972) * {{flagicon|GER}} [[Osterburg (Altmark)|Osterburg]], Germany (since 1991) * {{flagicon|POL}} [[Myślibórz]], Poland (since 1997) * {{flagicon|POL}} [