Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Heidekreis, Landkreis » Soltau Population* 22 040 Retail purchasing power* 5 630 €/person/year Urbanization* medium populated Area information Municipal area* 203,77 km² Industrial and commercial area* 187 ha Residential building area* 601 ha Agricultural area* 4 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 380 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 380 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 6,9 % Labour - total* 50 700 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 7 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 60 % Labour - helper* 21 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 401 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 467 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 332 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 681 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 5 km Motorway junction Soltau-Süd (A7) Nearby motorways A7 Airport Airport (distance)* 59 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 48 km Name of port Hafen Uelzen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Elbe-Seitenkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 67 km Name of freight village GVZ Hannover-Lehrte Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website