Handeloh lies between the rivers Seeve and Este, south of Buchholz in der Nordheide.

The parish council, which was elected on 11 September 2011, is made up as follows: (as at: the local elections on 11 September 2011) On the left hand side of the shield, in the upper half a gold wagon wheel with 8 spokes on green, in the lower half two blue wavy lines on silver, on the right hand side a black pine with four roots on gold.

The dense woods are portrayed by the pine tree whose four roots symbolise the four villages in the parish association.

In addition the station of Handeloh on the Heath Railway is the last stop within the HVV tariff zone.

[2] A manor house (Reiterhof) in Handeloh was the main setting for the 52-part TV series Neues vom Süderhof.