Böstlingen was a village in the old district (Altkreis) of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the north German state of Lower Saxony.
In 1935/36 it was abandoned because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heath and forest of the Heidmark.
In the Celle treasury register (Schatzregister) in 1438 there is mention of 3 farms at Böstlingen.
For centuries heath farmers earned a living here by keeping moorland sheep, known as Heidschnucken.
Not until the 19th century, when they succeeded in breaking up the hardpan and cultivating arable land, did sheep farming decline.