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== Culture and places of interest ==
Cultural matters are looked after by those charged with communal cultural support within the towns and municipalities, the parishes, the banks, the [[Lüneburg Regional Association]] and private cultural initiatives.

=== Museums and collections ===
* Dat ole Hus (heath and open-air museum in [[Wilsede]])
* [[German Tank Museum]] in [[Munster, Lower Saxony|Munster]] (German military history of the 20th century)
* [[Düshorn]] Village Museum (life and work around 100 years ago)
* Hof der Heidmark in [[Bad Fallingbostel]] (memorial to the Heidmark)
* Klingendes Museum (mechanical musical instruments) in [[Schwarmstedt]]
* Museum of the Archaeological Working Group in Bad Fallingbostel 
* [[Soltau Museum]] (local history and archaeological exhibition) in [[Soltau]]
* [[Soltau Toy Museum]] (toys from four centuries)
* Peetshof (Zeugen Wietzendorfs um 1900) in [[Wietzendorf]]
* Prussian History (Pavillon im Landschaftspark Iserhatsche) in [[Bispingen]]
* Pult- und Federkielmuseum (Schulmuseum in Insel) in Schneverdingen
* [[Rischmannshof Heath Museum]] (heath and open-air museum) in [[Walsrode]]
* Schäferhof Neuenkirchen (Moorland sheep rearing to preserve the heath and moorlands between Neuenkirchen and Soltau) in [[Neuenkirchen (Lüneburg Heath)|Neuenkirchen]] 
* Heimathaus auf dem Schroershof (historic farmstead with many buildings) in Neuenkirchen
* [[Kunst-Landschaft Springhornhof|Art Society and Springhornhof Foundation]] in Neuenkirchen
* Bothmer School Museum (schools in the times of the Emperor) in Schwarmstedt
* Ehrhorn Woodland Museum (woods – heathland – people) in Schneverdingen

=== Cinemas ===
* Munster: Deutsches Haus 
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* Walsrode: Capitol-Theater

=== Lüneburg Regional Association ===
The district is a member of the [[Lüneburg Regional Association]] (''Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband''), which looks after regional, cultural-political tasks.

=== Nature reserves ===
There are 29 [[nature reserve]]s in the Heidekreis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/naturschutz/schutzgebiete/die_einzelnen_naturschutzgebiete/landkreis-heidekreis-45213.html |title=Landkreis Heidekreis, Liste der Naturschutzgebiete |publisher=[[Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation|NLWKN]]| access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> The largest one ([[Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve]]) has an area of 13,222 [[hectare|ha]] in the territory of the Heidekreis, the smallest (Söhlbruch) has an area of 8 ha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/naturschutz/schutzgebiete/die_einzelnen_naturschutzgebiete/steckbrief-naturschutzgebiet-soehlbruch-40016.html |title=Steckbrief Naturschutzgebiet "Söhlbruch" |publisher=[[Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation|NLWKN]]| access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>
{{see also|Nature reserves in Lower Saxony}}

=== Jewish cemeteries ===
There are four [[Jewish cemetery|Jewish cemeteries]] in Soltau-Fallingbostel : in [[Jüdischer Friedhof Ahlden|Ahlden]], [[Jüdischer Friedhof Rethem|Rethem]], [[Jüdischer Friedhof Soltau|Soltau]] und [[Jüdischer Friedhof Walsrode|Walsrode]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991006220528/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/sonst/aj/FRIEDHOF/NIEDERSA/PROJEKTE/liste-k.htm#LANDKREISSOLTAUFALLINGBOSTEL LANDKREIS SOLTAU-FALLINGBOSTEL. In: Jüdische Friedhöfe nach der heutigen Verwaltungsgliederung – Niedersachsen. In: Übersicht über alle Projekte zur Dokumentation jüdischer Grabinschriften auf dem Gebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland]</ref> There are protected [[cultural heritage management|cultural monuments]] – stone witnesses to former [[Judaism|Jewish communities]] and a thriving Jewish parish live into the 1930s. The cemeteries are mainly on the edge of parishes.