were divided up into larger land owners, representatives of towns and representatives of rural parishes. In 1928 the county of Lüneburg was divided into 71 rural parishes. At the head of the county created in 1867 stood a Landrat, who was not an elected president, but a Prussian official. From 1885 to 1919 half of the members of the Lüneburg county council were from the rural parishes and half from the larger country landowners. References External links Lüneburg (district)